Sun Microsystems, Inc has announced that T-Systems, a SAP service provider in Germany and one of Europe's leading information and communications technology (ICT) service providers, has begun deploying an enhanced solution for its hosting services that supports the SAP NetWeaver platform.
The solution is designed to help customers derive significant cost savings by optimising the infrastructure of SAP solution-based environments. The T-Systems environment leverages the SAP adaptive computing capability of SAP NetWeaver for managing Sun Fire systems running the Solaris and Linux operating systems. With SAP adaptive computing capabilities, T-Systems can run any application on any server with an expected 30% improved data centre operational efficiency.
"We expect to see operational efficiency improved by more than 30% in our data centre," said Achim Stohr, Manager Application Hosting, T-Systems. By taking advantage of the capabilities of adaptive computing within SAP NetWeaver and combining that with Sun systems, we can offer customers a very compelling solution that drives down the total cost of ownership for their IT landscape.
Companies faced with diminishing IT budgets are looking to better utilise their existing computing assets and become more flexible to respond to rapidly changing business conditions. Sun's x86 systems are well-matched to SAP's Adaptive Computing Infrastructure by bridging software and hardware to help customers consolidate and streamline their IT infrastructure to better manage concurrent demand for hardware resources more efficiently. Software solutions are de-coupled from their hardware infrastructure, enabling a more flexible use of resources by matching the performance needs of e-business applications across the enterprise.
Sun has also successfully completed SAP's Adaptive Computing Compliance Testing for its Solaris OS platform. Thorough tests were done jointly with T-Systems staff at T-Systems' hosting facility in Germany and supported by T-Systems' focus solution SAP group.
Sun and SAP continue to push the envelope in terms of customer-focused solutions that solve real-world business and IT issues, said Stephen Borcich, vice-president, Partner and Industry Markets at Sun. In working with T-Systems to deploy SAP NetWeaver using SAP's Adaptive Computing Infrastructure, we're providing customers with choice and the ability to take cost and complexity out of their IT landscape and put it towards revenue-generating opportunities. Today's news follows several milestones in the alliance between Sun and SAP. At SAPPHIRE '04 New Orleans, Sun was awarded the Pinnacle Award for SAP NetWeaver Innovation. In March 2004, the two companies celebrated the opening of the Sun Excellence Centre for SAP NetWeaver in Walldorf, Germany. In 2003, the alliance celebrated the opening of the Sun-SAP Joint Java Technology Centre, housed in the SAP iForce Solution Centre, also in Walldorf.
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Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision - "The Network Is The Computer" - has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
T-Systems
T-Systems is one of Europe's leading providers of information and communications technology (ICT). Within the Deutsche Telekom group, T-Systems is responsible for serving major business accounts. The company has 40 000 staff on its payrolls in more than 20 countries. In 2003, the solutions provider generated 10.6 billion in sales.
T-Systems' solutions improve the business competitiveness of its customers in the industry sectors telecommunications, services and finance, public and healthcare as well as manufacturing. The company optimises processes and cuts costs for its customers, thus providing them additional flexibility for their core business. T-Systems makes targeted use of industry expertise and cutting-edge technology. Its services range from the integration of new ICT solutions into existing customer systems, through the implementation and operation of desktop systems, data centres and networks, all the way to telecommunications services and solutions for international carriers, as well as broadcast and media solutions.
T-Systems' services encompass all levels of the information and communications technology value chain, spanning from ICT infrastructure and ICT solutions, up to and including business process management. For more information about the company and its services, see www.t-systems.com.
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