The value of the deal for Accenture is worth €52 million. "By creating the preferred supplier team, ING is one of the first European companies to employ a multi-vendor outsourcing arrangement where each vendor provides a part of the overall service, coordinated by a service integrator, a critical element of Accenture's overall infrastructure delivery model," said Edwin Vander Ouderaa, the senior executive in Accenture's Financial Services practice responsible for this deal. "This innovative outsourcing strategy, whereby governance, service management and supplier management are all part of the service integrator's role, will enable ING to adapt quickly to change and to incorporate innovative processes and technologies, creating a competitive advantage that could go far beyond pure cost savings." Atos Origin will be responsible for the complete architecture and management of the back-end of ING's office automation including e-mail and the active directory and will deliver server management services.