Deutsche Telekom’s takeover of SAP’s hosting business in Europe

T-Systems’ acquisition of SAP’s hosting customers in Europe has been approved by the Federal Cartel Office. Deutsche Telekom’s corporate customer subsidiary will gradually take over SAP system support for some 90 large and medium-sized customers at its data centers, where they will be able to obtain infrastructure, services and know-how in the future and have the additional option of calling up SAP services dynamically on demand.

T-Systems is the leading global provider of customized SAP services from the network. Multinational groups such as Shell, MAN and Linde already use this innovation from T-Systems and source SAP services dynamically via Deutsche Telekom’s network.

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. On this basis, Deutsche Telekom’s corporate customer arm provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. Some 46,000 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers’ core business all over the world. The corporate customers unit generated revenue of around EUR 9.3 billion in the 2008 financial year.