T-Systems Cloud Services Now Also SAP Certified

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG has awarded T-Systems the worldwide "SAP-Certified in Cloud Services" certificate.  This makes the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary one of the first providers to offer its "Dynamic Services for SAP® Solutions", on the market since 2004, within a cloud environment certified by SAP.

"T-Systems has demonstrated considerable maturity in the field of standardization and automation of virtualized SAP environments.  Customers benefit from the comprehensive and innovative service offerings on dynamic platforms," said Michael Ressemann, Global Head of Outsourcing Services and Solution Delivery, SAP AG.

More than 100 companies currently purchase their SAP applications from T-Systems via network as required.  The solution is based on a platform that is open to all common operating systems and on which the customers' SAP environments are run virtualized.  This makes the applications available in a flexible, standardized and automated way worldwide from the private cloud.

SAP has been part of T-Systems' core business for many years.  More than 1.8 million live users rely on SAP services provided by T-Systems, making it the largest SAP outsourcing company in Europe.  It is also one of the first globally certified "SAP Application Management Services Providers" and one of the few certified "Global Hosting Partners" of SAP.

About Deutsche Telekom AG

Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 151 million mobile customers, over 38 million fixed-network lines and more than 15 million broadband lines. The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in some 50 countries and has around 260,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 64.6 billion (US$85.4B) in the 2009 financial year -- over half of it outside Germany. (As of December 31, 2009)

About T-Systems

Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions and provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. Some 45,300 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise with ICT innovations to add significant value to customers' core business all over the world. The corporate customers unit generated revenue of around EUR 8.8 billion (US$11.6B) in the 2009 financial year.

SOURCE T-Systems