Continued international growth
T-Systems signs IT outsourcing contract with Centrica plc
London, February 27, 2007
T-Systems has signed a ten-year IT outsourcing contract with Centrica plc. T-Systems assumes responsibility for part of Centrica’s IT infrastructure, including data center operations and desktop support services for more than 23,000 users. As part of this deal, T-Systems has acquired two data centers and over 230 positions have been transferred to T-Systems from Centrica plc.
This new contract in the UK, Europe’s largest ICT market, marks a major milestone in the ICT provider’s international growth strategy. The data centers that T-Systems has acquired provide a strong basis for the company’s future growth in the coveted British IT market.
Sean Dewhurst, IS Operations Director for Centrica plc says: “Centrica’s new partnership with T-Systems will build on the considerable investment we have made in our infrastructure over the last three years. We share the same vision and commitment to providing the highest standard of delivery across our data center and desktop support services.”
“This is the largest contract that T-Systems has ever signed with a new customer. The fact that we were successful in the most competitive European IT market against global ICT providers confirms that we are on the right track with our international growth strategy,” stated Lothar Pauly, Deutsche Telekom’s Board Member for Business Customers (T-Systems) and Production. T-Systems’ goal is to double its international revenue share to 30 percent and assume a leadership position in major western European markets by 2010.
About T-Systems
T-Systems delivers high-quality services combining information and communication technology (ICT). The company’s broad expertise in both fields makes the business customer division of Deutsche Telekom a preferred partner for multinational corporations, small and medium-sized businesses and public institutions. Over 160,000 customers from every industry worldwide benefit from the company’s special expertise in providing integrated ICT solutions from a single source. T-Systems is the only company to offer its own complete ICT portfolio and to combine IT and communication technology to produce new solutions. In 2005, 52,000 employees in over 20 countries achieved a turnover of 12.9 billion euros.
T-Systems is the largest IT services provider in Germany, and an international market leader for desktop solutions, supporting more than 1.4 million desktops and over 870,000 active SAP users in over 20 countries. The company has 32 data centers worldwide, more than 50,000 m2 of hosting space and 36,360 open systems servers.
For more information about the company and its services, see www.t-systems.com
T-Systems media contacts:
Tim Hunt
Head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, T-Systems Limited
Phone: +44 (0)78 7676 5007
E-mail: tim.hunt@t-systems.com
www.t-systems.co.uk
www.t-systems.com
Head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, T-Systems Limited
Phone: +44 (0)78 7676 5007
E-mail: tim.hunt@t-systems.com
www.t-systems.co.uk
www.t-systems.com
T-Systems, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone:+49 (0) 69 665 31-126
Fax:+49 (0) 69 665 31-139
E-mail:presse@t-systems.com
Phone:+49 (0) 69 665 31-126
Fax:+49 (0) 69 665 31-139
E-mail:presse@t-systems.com
Centrica plc media contact:
Sian Callaghan
Head of Regional Corporate Affairs, Centrica plc
Phone:+44 (0)1753 494085
E-mail:Sian.Callaghan@centrica.com
www.centrica.com
Sian Callaghan
Head of Regional Corporate Affairs, Centrica plc
Phone:+44 (0)1753 494085
E-mail:Sian.Callaghan@centrica.com
www.centrica.com
