ONION S.p.A.

ONION S.p.A.
2006 3rd quarter facts

September

ONION Partnerships.
ONION signs a reseller partner agreement with BMC, the world-leading company in Business Service Management solutions. The agreement demontrates BMC's attention to ONION's competences in the BMC Remedy technology, for which ONION is also education partner, and confirms ONION's interest in expanding its presence in this market segment.

Vendor rating.
ONION releases a vendor rating support solution in Microsoft technology fora n important company in the automotive distribution sector.

CRM Solutions.
Important industrial group with world-wide presence contracts ONION for the implementation and delivery of a CRM corporate solution based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Remedy Applications.
Important service center in the banking sector renews its trust in ONION for the evolution maintenance of its Remedy-based applications.

Web Agency.
Important industrial company contracts ONION for the development of new sections of its corporate web site.

Corporate Applications.
Important multi-national company in the telco sector contracts ONION for the evolution of corporate applications supportino R&D processes.

IT Quality Management.
The IT organization of an important mobile operator contracts ONION for Process and Product Quality Assurance activities on its entire IT process model.

E-Learning.
ONION is awarded a contract by the Italian subsidiary of the largest European car manufacturer for the evolution and integration of the company's E-learning system.

Embedded Software.
ONION is awarded a contract by a primary industrial group for the analysis and optimization of the development / acquisition practices for embedded software in complex systems.

Technology Innovation.
ONION gives a significant contribution to an ambitious innovation project in an important multi-national company, with special focus on Testing, Integrated Development Environments, Support Enfironments, Re-Use and Project Management tools.

ERP Projects.
ONION expants its support for the management and evolution of the ERP systems of an important manufacturing group.

CMMI Services.
ONION is awarded a contract for the analysis of the requirements for the introduction of Level 4 practices in an important R&D center.

Business Performance Management.
Leading company in Customer Care services extends the use of the ONION BPM solution to the tracking of performance KPIs in its operational environment.

Business Performance Management.
ONION completes the set-up of a cockpit for the monitoring of over 30 companies in an important industrial group; most indicators are automatically extracted by the group's SAP-based information system.

Mobile Applications.
ONION is awarded a contract for the implementation of an innovative mobile application in Java technology by a research center.

Java Applications.
ONION strengthens its testing for a complex Java application in the Telecommunication sector.

August

First-Half Results.
The first half of the year showed excellent results for the company. Volumes grew by over 30% with respect to the same period of the previous year, with a positive trend for all the company business lines and with a more than proportional margin growth.

Corporate Applications.
ONION is awarded a contract for the development of significant extensions to Microsoft-based applications for an important company in the automotive sector.

Service Level Management.
Leading provider of Business Service Management solutions contracts ONION for the set-up of a Service Level Management prototype fora n important service center.

Call Center Services.
Important banking group in Northern Italy contracts ONION for the implementation of an extention of its Call Center for services to the Public Administration.

Embedded Systems.
Important industrial group contracts ONION for the development of embedded systems for some of its companies.

IT Quality Management.
The Italian subsidiary of the largest European group in mobile telephony contracts ONION for support in the design and re-engineering of IT processes according to the CMMI model.

ERP Projects.
ONION is awarded a contract for the feasibility study of SAP roll-out in the Chinese and Russian subsidiaries of an important manufacturing group.

Business Performance Management.
ONION completes the set-up of a cockpit for the management of IT-related KPIs in a MIB30 company; the indicators cover several proceses including outsourcing.

Intranet Solutions.
ONION implements an evolution of an Intranet service for procurement support in an important company in France.

Project Management.
ONION strengthens the team supporting Project Management activities in an important R&D center.

TLC SW Development.
ONION expands the team dedicated to the development of mobile radio systems for an important multi-national company, with special focus on Operation & Maintenance.

Test Environments.
ONION conducts a feasibility study for the development of an integration test environment for telecommunication systems.

July

Quality Management. Important company in the chemical sector contracts ONION for additional support for the management and evolution of its product documentation system towards the compliance to specific regulations.

Industrial Automation. Company in the machine-tool sector contracts ONION for the set-up and tuning of a complex automation system to be deployed in one of the main shipyards in Italy.

Sales Force Automation. Primary company in the pharmaceutical sector contracts ONION for the implementation of sales force automation trial in one of the main European markets.

IT Governance. Important multinational company in the automotive components sector requests the participation of ONION experts in an international team aimed at defining the guidelines for the harmonization of the business supporting IT systems.

Remedy Applications. ONION is awarded a contract for the development of special application security features for the Remedy-based applications of a primary company in the real estate sector.

SAP Applications. Company in the postal system management services sector contracts ONION for evolution maintenance services for its SAP-based applications.

CRM Applications. Primary company in the media sector contracts ONION for the development of a new Remedy-based application for the management of inbound calls.

Content Management. The Italian subsidiary of the largest European mobile operator confirms its trust in ONION for content management services for its business and consumer portal.

Mobile Radio Systems. ONION strengthens the team for the development of 2G and 3G systems for a primary European group; additional support is acquired for embedded software development, system and integration test, project management, and support applications.

Test of Embedded Systems. Important international group in the transport sector awards ONION a contract for the module test of safety-critical embedded applications; activities will comply to PrEn50128 regulations.

Technological Innovation. ONION expands its support team for technological innovation for a primary R&D centre.

Mobile Applications. As part of its activities for an important customer in the TLC sector, ONION co-operates in the development of a patent regarding remote video-recording from mobile devices.

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