Sales turnover for Q1′ 2006/2007 up 26%. In line with 2006/2007 targets

The Solucom Group has got off to a good start to the financial year with consolidated turnover of € 11.2M for Q1' 2006/2007, up overall 26% on Q1' 2005/2006. This performance comes against an extremely dynamic market environment, which helped the high level of Group sales, particularly in the area of software architecture.

In this context, Dreamsoft continued the dynamism already demonstrated during the previous period, with turnover of over € 2M for the quarter. This figure has been boosted by bringing together in Dreamsoft all the Group's software architecture activities, which accordingly makes an identical comparison impossible.

In a difficult employment market , the efforts invested for more than a year now in recruiting are starting to bear fruit. Staff increased 5% in Q'1, exactly in line with the forecast road map, and the Group currently has 410 employees.

2006/2007 forecasts confirmed

This performance is entirely in line with the announced target of overall growth of at least 20% on the previous financial year, including Dreamsoft for 12 months and excluding any new acquisitions.

The major contract signed with the Ministry of the Interior to handle the project for the move to ToIP at the Ministry's 2,300 locations and 160,000 extensions started as planned in Q2' 2006/2007.

Next date: Turnover for the first half of 2006/2007, on 14 November 2006 (after close of trading).

The Solucom Group: Strategy, Design and Governance of Infrastructures

A key player and leader in the field of IT infrastructure consulting, the Solucom Group works with the IT departments of major accounts to develop their infrastructure strategies, design solutions and ensure the governance of their infrastructures.
The Group also consults to Telecoms operators and the media to define their strategy for innovative offerings and services.
Solucom is the partner of the largest French companies in their national and international projects: Air France, Alstom, ANPE, BNP-Paribas, Bouygues Telecom, EDF, France Télécom, Gaz de France, Crédit Agricole, La Poste, L'Oréal, Ministères des Affaires Etrangères, de l'Education Nationale, de l'Intérieur, Neuf Cegetel, SFR, SNCF, Société Générale, Suez.

Solucom is listed on Euronext Paris ? Eurolist ? Section C, NextEconomy section.
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