T-Systems Expands Cloud Computing: 10 Million SAPS From the Cloud

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- T-Systems is expanding its leading position in cloud computing: The ICT service provider now supplies 10 million SAPS (SAP Application Performance Standards) from the cloud, which accounts for around two thirds of all SAP transactions.  This makes the "Dynamic Services for SAP" solution the most successful one in the cloud portfolio.

"With cloud computing, companies place great emphasis on availability and security.  This is why so many of our international customers rely specifically on our solutions from highly secure data centers in Germany," said Olaf Heyden, T-Systems director responsible for data centers and networks.  More than 100 companies - including Shell, MAN SE and Linde - currently purchase their SAP applications from T-Systems via the Internet as required.

The SAPS index is determined using an SAP standard application benchmark and renders SAP system performance measurable: SAPS shows how many process steps an SAP system processes per time unit.  To compare, Deutsche Telekom uses a T-Systems solution with a capacity of 166,000 SAPS.  With this solution, the system posts 1.5 million invoices every day, processes the corresponding payments and manages almost nine billion archived documents.

In July, SAP AG globally certified T-Systems' cloud services based on their high degree of automation and integration.  This makes the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary one of the first providers to offer its "Dynamic Services for SAP Solutions" within a cloud environment certified by SAP.

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About Deutsche Telekom AG

Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 131 million mobile customers, around 37 million fixed-network lines and nearly 16 million broadband lines (as of June 30, 2010).  The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for corporate customers and business customers.  Deutsche Telekom is present in around 50 countries and has over 251,000 employees worldwide.  The Group generated revenue of EUR 64.6 billion 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