“Solita is not a traditional IT company, but was born and raised with data processing, systematisation, and advanced analysis on modern technology. With an increasing number of international companies and several well-known companies such as Laerdal Medical, and Strawberry on the customer list, we see exciting potential in combining artificial intelligence with robust use of advanced analytics in the Norwegian market,” says Espen Jacobsen, the newly appointed managing director of Solita Norway.
Solita has 1,800 employees in offices across the Nordic countries, Germany, Belgium, and Estonia, and had a turnover of 201 million euros in 2022. The company has grown profitably for over 25 years.
Norway is digitized but not data-driven
Several indices measuring digital maturity show that Norway is still among the leading countries in digitalisation. “Digital business and data-driven business are not the same,” points out Jacobsen. “Although Norway has high digital maturity, we still have a long way to go to become data-driven, and Norway needs to catch up to the other Nordic countries in developing, utilising, and professionalising the value of data and data-driven business.”
According to Jacobsen, the Norwegian market is flooded with AI proof-of-concepts and tests based on relatively thin data. Digitalisation and the use of IT systems that create and store data in a secure way are in many ways a prerequisite for data-driven business. The groundwork needs to be in place to leverage the company’s data and the data of others.
