| Type | Public (OSE: EDBASA) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Area served | Norway |
| Key people | John Arne Haugerud (CEO) |
| Revenue | NOK 9.5 billion (2009) |
| Employees | 6,000 (2009) |
| Website | www.edb.com |
EDB Business Partner (OSE: EDBASA), branded as EDB (Elektronisk Data Behandling) is a Norwegian information technology company that supplies a vast array of services relating to computing, including operation, outsourcing and online banking. The company is headquartered in Oslo and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Telenor owns 51.3% of EDB. EDB BP has wholly owned subsidiaries in Sweden and Denmark, and more recently acquired the majority of Miratech and Infopulse, Ukrainian IT companies. In June 2010 EDB announced merger with ErgoGroup, another big IT company in Norway.[1].
The company made headlines in several major newspapers in Sweden in March 2009 when a consultant hired through a recruitment company was fired because he, outside work, had expressed political views belonging to the Pirate Party in a public chat interview organized by the newspaper Nerikes Allehanda.[2][3][4][5]