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On 15 June 2012, the Centre for Healthcare Information Systems (CSIOZ) signed an agreement with the consortium of Asseco Poland and Kamsoft for the third stage of the construction of the Electronic Platform for Gathering, Analysis and Distribution of Digital Data on Medical Procedures (P1).
The contract involves the development of a system to gather medical data, handle registers, verify and support healthcare settlements, as well as the provision of an auxiliary database of extensive medical data. The contract is worth nearly PLN 160 million (gross).
The P1 project has been conceptualized and prepared by the Centre for Healthcare Information Systems primarily because of the need to adapt the functioning of information systems used in the Polish healthcare sector to the requirements imposed on the EU member states with respect to the development of European information society.
The project key objective is to construct an electronic platform of public healthcare services that would enable public administration bodies and citizens to collect, analyze and provide access to digital resources on medical procedures, in compliance with the Act of 28 April 2011 on the healthcare information system. The P1 system will gather information on all medical procedures performed for Polish citizens, regardless of the payer, as well as for citizens of the European Union and other countries, who are provided with healthcare services in the territory of Poland.
The P1 project is intended to expand the availability of patients’ health condition information and medical data, as well as to improve the quality of patient service by enabling performance of any e services related to medical procedures.
The total project cost exceeds PLN 712 million, of which 85 percent shall be financed from the European Regional Development Fund.

Asseco Poland S.A. is implementing the SAP system for JSC Chimpharm, member of Polpharma Group seated in Kazakhstan. JSC Chimpharm company operates under the brand name of Santo and has a 50% share in the drug production market in Kazakhstan.The SAP solution will help JSC Chimpharm support its mission-critical business processes. Under this project the solution will be also adjusted to meet the standards applicable in the pharmaceutical industry and followed by Polpharma Group. The project completion is expected by the end of 2012.“We chose to cooperate with Asseco for several reasons. First of all, Polpharma has a very positive experience in implementing other projects with Asseco, where it demonstrated professional know-how, competence and project management skills that local contractors are not able to ensure. Contrary to what one might think, the anticipated project execution costs also justified the choice of Asseco as a partner,” said Marek Skrzypczak, Financial Director of JSC Chimpharm.The project involves re-implementation of SAP modules in the areas of Finance, Controlling, Inventory Management, Sales and Distribution. An important task will also be to implement the SAP solution in Production activities.“It is absolutely crucial that business processes at Polpharma’s new foreign operations are managed and supported by information technology in line with the standards applied across Polpharma Group, and therefore we chose an IT provider with a proven track record,” commented Adam Dembicki, IT Director of Polpharma Group.“We are extremely satisfied that Polpharma Group decided to enter into cooperation with our team of experienced consultants. We believe that together we will successfully achieve all the project objectives required by JSC Chimpharm. It is a very positive sign that our professional competence has given rise to foreign market cooperation between two multinational companies financed with Polish capital,” said Robert Zieliński, Sales Director at the Key Enterprises Division of Asseco Poland S.A.
In May 2012, Asseco Poland was certified as the Partner Center of Expertise, which confirms its high level of competence necessary to meet SAP’s highly demanding standards for the provision maintenance and support services. Furthermore, Asseco Poland S.A. is the first Polish partner of SAP that has been granted accreditation under the SAP’s global Active Quality Management program. Such accreditation confirms the quality of sales and implementation processes applied by Asseco Poland S.A. By participating in the Active Quality Management program, Partners are able to increase the level of customer satisfaction, improve their own business achievements, and provide superior quality services.

On 1 June 2012, Asseco Poland S.A. concluded a contract worth PLN 18.8 million (gross) with the Marshal's Office of Lublin. The agreement provides for the supply of hardware and software under the execution of “Wrota Lubelszczyzny” (“Gate to the Lublin Region”) project.
Asseco Poland is going to implement software to support management of electronic documents, electronic inbox, on-line payments system as well as for keeping an electronic archive. Furthermore, Asseco will supply and set into operation routers, servers and other equipment necessary to launch electronic services for population by the local government offices, which acceded to the “Gate to the Lublin Region” program. The contractual term to implement the project is 18 months.The “Gate to the Lublin Region” program is co-financed in 85 percent from the EU funds available under the Regional Operational Program of Lublin Province for the years 2007–2013, and it has been implemented since 2010.This is not the first project executed by Asseco Poland in favour of local administration, where the company leverages on its vast competence within broadband network construction, IT infrastructure, as well as development and implementation of software. Presently, Asseco also performs other significant projects, including implementation of the Silesian Public Services Card, and construction of network infrastructure for the Regional Medical Information System in Łódź Province.

Asseco Group earned PLN 105 million for the first quarter of 2012, outperforming the last year's net profit by 8%. Sales revenues reached PLN 1.27 billion and they increased 6.4% from the corresponding period of 2011. The Group achieved an operating profit of PLN 171 million.Asseco Group consistently pursues its strategy to boost financial results by promoting sales of its proprietary IT solutions. In the first quarter of 2012, sales of proprietary software and services reached PLN 980 million, surging 17% from PLN 840 million reported a year ago, and they accounted for 77% of the total turnover. The largest portions of revenues came from the enterprises sector (44%), banking and finance (32%), and public administration (24%).During the first quarter of 2012, the Asseco Group companies signed a number of prestigious contracts virtually in all sectors of the economy. The most significant contracts concluded by Asseco Poland provide for support and maintenance of software for IT systems used by PZU Life, implementation and maintenance of passenger information system for the Municipal Transport Union of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, as well as for implementation of a billing system for PGNiG (Polish Oil and Gas Company).Major corporate events during the first quarter of 2012 included approval by the General Meeting of Shareholders of Asseco Poland of a resolution on dividend payment for 2011 amounting to PLN 169.9 million in total (or PLN 2.19 per share), and enabling a potential issuance of series K shares provided 96% of shareholders in Asseco Central Europe agree to a share swap transaction.

Asseco Poland S.A. acquired 42,940 shares representing a 99.84% voting interest and a 99.87% equity interest in CK ZETO S.A.The term sheet for the acquisition of Łódź-based IT company was signed already in December 2011, but the transaction was subject to approval by the Polish Antimonopoly Office (UOKiK). The total price for the purchased stake of shares amounted to PLN 42.5 million. Last year the acquired company earned a net profit of PLN 5.6 million.Centrum Komputerowe ZETO S.A. has fifty years of experience in the IT industry. The company specializes in outsourcing of information technology services, focusing especially on the areas of data security, trainings, computer hardware, management and archiving of documents, web hosting, bulk printing, and electronic signatures. CK ZETO employs 160 specialists. The company's key accounts include major banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, as well as leading corporations, such as BRE Bank, Nordea Bank Poland, PKO Bank Polski, Raiffeisen-Leasing Poland, PKP Intercity, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Social Insurance Institution (ZUS), Marshal's Office in Łódź, Rossmann Drugstores, Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK).Owing to this transaction Asseco Poland has an opportunity to become a major partner to the region of Łódź in building professional information technology solutions, commented Adam Góral, President of the Management Board of Asseco Poland.Entering the organization of Asseco Poland provides a whole new development perspective for Centrum Komputerowe ZETO. I mean a very dynamic growth resulting from our enhanced position in the local market, and enabled by the access to new competencies, products and markets. Joining the Asseco Group will enhance CK ZETO's image in the eyes of our customers and both existing and potential employees. It will also help improve our competitiveness among other providers of IT services and products. Besides, being part of Poland's largest IT group ensures greater endurance to any adverse circumstances, such as market stagnation or recession. We are delighted that the business mix we have created for years has now become a piece of a larger and more prestigious organization, said Robert Kobylański, CEO of CK ZETO.

Asseco Poland has carried out the migration of a database containing more than one billion records on 1.15 million customers, by the Big Bang method. This is the first simultaneous migration conducted on such a large scale in the Polish power industry.The whole project lasted 18 months. Whereas, the migration itself – from the transfer of databases to the operational launch of the entire solution – took just 12 days. The process covered 1TB of data and 8 operational support systems used by TAURON Obsługa Klienta GZE (including billing, contract management, accounting, payments, reporting, and measuring devices management), described in 1400 implemented business processes. This migration allowed for Poland's first full unbundling, i.e. separation of databases of the electricity distributor and seller."The Big Bang method entails a greater risk, but we decided to apply it in order to save both time and money. This complex, high-risk project has been executed with extreme diligence, which proves Asseco has all the necessary know-how to centralize such extensive billing systems," said Andrzej Balsamski, Director of IT Services Centre at TAURON Obsługa Klienta GZE Sp. z o.o. (TAURON Group).Asseco effectively eliminated the risks associated with simultaneous migration of all the data. We have adopted a special testing model, consisting of several iterations of trial migrations, which made it possible to identify potential hazards, which were not recognized at the data analysis stage, and consequently avoid any undesirable events that might cause an interruption of the client's customer services. Various testing activities consumed tens of thousands of hours. Each test was analyzed on the basis of specially prepared scenarios. The company created task teams that eradicated any faults and improved the application on a daily basis. Such commitment was a key element conditioning the successful implementation of the project."Our previous projects for the centralization of billing systems were realized through the sequential filling of databases. The project performed for TAURON Obsługa Klienta GZE involved the largest amount of data migrated using the Big Bang method in the Polish power industry. The database was not divided as in the sequential migration method. Data on more than a million electricity consumers as well as all outstanding transactions were transferred simultaneously," explained Piotr Kępiński, Project Manager on the part of Asseco Poland S.A.
 The centralization of billing systems at TAURON Obsługa Klienta GZE involved the solutions applied for billing medium and small-sized businesses and individual customers. The new system will serve 1,150,000 electricity consumers and was implemented during one and a half years. So far, no Polish company has managed to implement such a large system in such a short period."We made a decision that Asseco's solutions we used for billing large and small-sized enterprises should be extended to serve individual customers as well. This process involved the migration of eight systems," commented Karol Janosz, Vice President at TAURON Obsługa Klienta GZE Sp. z o.o. (TAURON Group).Asseco Poland S.A. is a stable, global partner with a strong position in the local market. The company continually develops IT products for the energy sector and maintains a team of nearly 200 professionals with many years of proven experience."We invest in products, and we invest in our professional team. Owing to such approach, our specialists, having completed an implementation project, do not go back to their daily routines just as hired consultants, but continue to work with the client under suitable maintenance and development agreements. Our products will be implemented also abroad. Especially with such client references," emphasized Tomasz Bendlewski, Director of Energy, Gas and Utilities Division at Asseco Poland S.A.