Telecom Lead Europe: Deutsche Telekom has signed a
contract with BP to supply cloud messaging services to more than 83,000
employees.
DT’s corporate customer division T-Systems will provide
Exchange 2010 to BP employees. The private cloud will support access to email
from a range of mobile and computer devices.
T-Systems will move BP’s Exchange 2003 to an Exchange
2010 service equipping BP’s users with enhanced capabilities. The cloud service
will enable BP to enjoy greater cost transparency through a pay-per-use model
linked to the consumption of services provided.
Automation will also enable BP to add or remove large
numbers of users to the service almost instantaneously. The combination of
enterprise scalability with industrialized operations will provide BP with a
reliable, secure and cost-efficient model for its messaging services.
“We are looking forward to working as partners with
T-Systems to enable BP employees to connect and collaborate using any device,
anywhere, at any time,” said Dana Deasy, CIO of BP Group.
“The development and provision of cloud services is
a key component of Deutsche Telekom’s strategy. Over the last seven years,
T-Systems has become a recognized cloud leader and our unique collaboration
offering from the cloud is a first choice for large enterprises. We are very
proud to deepen our business relationship with BP,” said Reinhard Clemens,
Board of Management at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems CEO.
The T-Systems messaging services solution is based on its
Dynamic Services for Collaboration (DSC) suite of integrated offerings,
providing the foundation for collaboration tools such as Lync and SharePoint.
The migration of BP’s email services to the cloud will be
carried out between now and June 2013. T-Systems has partnered with EMC
Consulting to carry out the mailbox migration process.-EMC Consulting has
proven messaging service migration methodologies, tools and experience which
will complement T-Systems’ expertise and reduce BP’s migration risk. During
transformation, over 100,000 mailboxes will be migrated to the T-Systems
private cloud.
In 2009, T-Systems was appointed as BP’s Lead Telecom
Services Integrator responsible for BP’s global network transformation for next
generation voice and data services.-In July 2011 T-Systems increased the range
of services provided to BP when it secured a deal for the provision of Firewall
services.
