Why Switzerland is the best choice as CeBIT's partner country

Switzerland. Land of high mountains, great chocolate, and Swiss cheese. But state-of-the-art IT? We say: Yes! In a video, Managing Director of T-Systems Schweiz Pierre Klatt explains why Switzerland is the best choice to star as the CeBIT 2016 partner country and how common preconceptions are being turned into unique selling propositions.

"We offer our Swiss customers the whole spectrum of cloud models, from individually customized private clouds to cost-effective public clouds or a combination of both – and highly secure, whichever version they choose," says Klatt. T-Systems stores particularly sensitive customer data in the Swiss economic region at its own twin-core data centers in Switzerland, which comply with the country's strict security policies. For non-critical data, customers can also use offshore cloud services in parallel as a lower-cost solution.

Swiss virtues combined with international power
Alongside SAP solutions, T-Systems Schweiz's partner ecosystem also includes offerings from Microsoft, Cisco, Salesforce, VMWare, EMC, Huawei, SugarCRM, and Informatica. "None of our competitors can provide such a global cloud portfolio both locally and with the flexibility and security that we can offer," says Klatt.

T-Systems recently signed new agreements on cloud services with Swiss customers including aircraft manufacturer Jet Aviation, tobacco supplier Socotab, and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). In addition, T-Systems is the leading provider of state-of-the-art hospital IT across Switzerland. One such example is the video platform that the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary operates for the University Hospital of Basel, which allows diagnoses to be carried out remotely and is used for training medical professionals.

The analysts from Experton have also given T-Systems Schweiz's cloud services a top rating. T-Systems is one of the most heavyweight experts in the field of cloud transformation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, according to Experton.

Deutsche Telekom continues to expand its market position
In the 2015 financial year, the Group saw revenue increase by 30 percent at group level from cloud solutions. For 2016, the growth focus is on public cloud services – infrastructure, platforms and applications – that can be accessed through the public Internet. DSI Intercloud was launched in December 2015 as the first of three public cloud offerings from Deutsche Telekom. This will be followed by the Open Telekom Cloud in conjunction with Huawei to mark CeBIT 2016. Microsoft solutions from the German cloud will be available in the second half of the year. The Group aims to more than double its cloud revenues overall by the end of 2018.

Experience our products and services live at CeBIT from March 14-18 at Deutsche Telekom's stand C38 in hall 4. If you would like an interview with Pierre Klatt, Managing Director of T-Systems Schweiz, during CeBIT 2016, please get in touch via e-mail.

About Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with more than 156 million mobile customers, 29 million fixed-network lines and around 18 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2015). The Group provides fixed-network/broadband, mobile communications, Internet, and Internet-based TV products and services for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in more than 50 countries and has around 225,200 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 69.2 billion in the 2015 financial year – around 64 percent of it outside Germany.

About T-Systems
As one of the leading global ICT service providers, T-Systems supplies integrated solutions for business customers. These are based on global offerings in fixed-network and mobile communications, highly secure data centers, a unique cloud infrastructure built around standardized platforms and global partnerships, and top security in line with the strictest German data protection regulations, as demanded by our customers. With a footprint in more than 20 countries, 46,000 employees, and external revenue of 7.1 billion euros (2015),
T-Systems is the ideal partner for digital transformation. Alongside traditional ICT services,
T-Systems' portfolio also offers cloud access, custom infrastructure, and platforms and software from the cloud, alongside innovation projects in future business areas such as big data, the Internet of Things, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and Industry 4.0.

About T-Systems Schweiz
T-Systems Schweiz AG was established in 2001. As a cloud industry pioneer, T-Systems has been offering its customers in Switzerland secure end-to-end cloud solutions – from consultation and implementation through to customer service and maintenance – since 2005. T-Systems Schweiz has some 650 employees and is represented countrywide at various locations, including its headquarters in Zollikofen. It serves corporate customers in Switzerland in particular from the healthcare, manufacturing, travel, and transport and logistics industries. For more information, go to:
https://www.t-systems.ch/