T-Systems joins forces with VMware to provide customers with easier, quicker and more manageable access to cloud computing. The companies announced their strategic partnership today at the VMware vForum 2012, in Frankfurt.
On average, enterprises have virtualised more than 50% of their servers, leading to sizable gains in efficiency and manageability over the past few years. That enterprises are increasingly choosing VMware's virtualisation and cloud solutions to realise these benefits speaks to the trust that customers place in VMware cloud infrastructure.
Yet, the promise of cloud to access IT capacity on-demand without a fixed investment is better fulfilled when a service provider offers the same quality of IT infrastructure in the cloud that enterprises are used to on-premise. The VMware vCloud Datacenter Service to be provided by T-Systems delivers on the hybrid cloud promise, to provide IT infrastructure out of the cloud, which has undergone a demanding certification process by VMware.
This gives enterprises the confidence to move IT capacity into the cloud easily and without any surprises in terms of portability, compatibility, security, manageability and control. Thus, when a customer's data centre has reached its capacity limit, or resources for new projects are needed within minutes, T-Systems provides a familiar solution in a hybrid cloud model. T-Systems plans to deliver its VMware vCloud Datacenter Service this autumn. It will be based on VMware's award-winning cloud infrastructure suite, including VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director.
Into the cloud at push of a button
"Put simply, enterprises will be able to move the contents of their servers to the T-Systems cloud at the push of a button," said J"urgen Urbanski, Cloud expert at T-Systems and a member of Deutsche Telekom's Cloud Leadership Team.
"Internally, we have been using proven VMware technologies for many years. Therefore, we are delighted to announce that we plan to deliver VMware vCloud Datacenter Services. This will help ensure that our joint customers can move seamlessly between on-premise and cloud deployments, with the high standards of security and compliance expected of a German provider,” he added.
Deutsche Telekom aims to strengthen its growth with cloud services over the next few years. Closer partnerships with top-tier technology providers like VMware play a crucial part in achieving this aspiration. “Our goals are to make innovations from our community of strategic partners available to customers more quickly, to empower customers through self-service, and to offer customers choice and flexibility by embracing industry-leading standards and cloud APIs,” says Urbanski. “Our new VMware vCloud Datacenter Service will be a great example of that.”
"We have a longstanding strategic partnership with T-Systems. Starting with the virtualisation of the server and client infrastructure, through business-critical applications to setting up a highly automated data centre environment, we are delighted that T-Systems is now also expanding the VMware vCloud Datacenter Services network," said Thomas K"uhlewein, Vice-President for VMware CEMEA. "T-Systems understands how a whole mix of factors are changing the nature of IT and running a business: more mobile employees, a host of new devices, applications and data, as well as an increased need for greater flexibility - all while continuing to control costs. T-Systems cloud services help IT organisations master these new challenges, and delivering VMware vCloud Datacenter Services can enable them to successfully become key innovation drivers for their organisations," K"uhlewein continued.
“This exciting news of how we deliver on our cloud strategy is another example of how T-Systems' customers in South Africa can benefit from our cloud services, reflecting our seven-year track record and maturity in the cloud environment. However, the benefits of VMWare virtualisation and resource sharing are not totally new to the South African market. We have already established our Dynamic Services for SAP and Dynamic Services for Standard Applications solutions in South Africa - based on a private cloud service that meets the business demands of scalability, agility and usage based computing - which utilises VMWare's virtualisation and resource sharing capabilities. Some of our South African customers, who are making use of our Cloud Services, are already experiencing the real benefits of the T-Systems relationship with technology providers, such as VMware,” says Roelof Louw, Cloud Expert at T-Systems in South Africa.
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Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, with over 129 million mobile customers, almost 34 million fixed-network lines and 17 million broadband lines (as of 31 March 2012). 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 around 50 countries and has over 235 000 employees worldwide. The group generated revenue of EUR 58.7 billion in the 2011 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of 31 December 2011).
T-Systems
Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centres and networks, T-Systems operates ICT systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. The company's 48 200 employees combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers' core business all over the world.
T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 9.2 billion in the 2011 financial year.
Since the inception of T-Systems in South Africa in 1997, the company has cemented its position as one of the most successful T-Systems companies outside of Europe. A leading ICT outsourcing service provider locally, T-Systems offers end-to-end ICT solutions in both the ICT operations and systems integration markets. Its extensive portfolio of services covers the vertical, horizontal, IT and TC space. T-Systems South Africa's head office is located in Midrand, with another major office in Cape Town, and 20 further representative offices in locations throughout southern Africa.
VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the cloud era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume IT resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2011 revenue of $3.77 billion, VMware has more than 350 000 customers and 50 000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices throughout the world, and can be found online at www.vmware.com. Its German branch office is located in Unterschleissheim, Munich.
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