- Companies announce intent to expand partnership at CeBIT 2014
- T-Systems to bring Salesforce solutions to customers of all sizes across DACH
- Europe, Middle East and Africa to follow later this year
T-Systems and salesforce.com, the world’s #1 CRM platform, announced today at CeBIT their intent to enter into a new strategic partnership agreement. T Systems CEO Reinhard Clemens and salesforce.com President and Vice Chairman Keith Block confirmed their intent to bring Salesforce solutions to small, medium, and enterprise customers across Germany, Switzerland and Austria (DACH). The companies also plan to partner to provide industry-specific solutions for companies of all sizes across DACH. For T-Systems, this partnership with salesforce.com is an important step in the development of its cloud services. "Every company, small or large has to invest into the digitalization of their business models, to keep up with the pace of the digital age. To take advantage of the whole technology spectrum, companies need to be able to take advantage of new social, mobile, cloud, and connected technologies. T-Systems and salesforce.com intend to partner to make this a reality," explained Telekom board member and T-Systems CEO Reinhard Clemens. "Companies across Europe are turning to salesforce.com as their platform for growth and innovation, which is why salesforce.com delivered full fiscal year 2014 revenue growth of 41 percent in Europe," said Keith Block, President and Vice Chairman of salesforce.com. "Our announcement today with T-Systems is the latest in our continued commitment to bring our world-class Salesforce solutions to companies in Germany." T-Systems plans to extend this partnership to the rest of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) later in the year.
About Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 142 million mobile customers, 31 million fixed-network lines and more than 17 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2013). The Group provides fixed network, mobile communications, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in around 50 countries and has approximately 229,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 60,1 billion in the 2013 financial year – more than half of it outside Germany. 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. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. Some 50,000 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to the digitization strategies and core business of customers all over the world. T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 9,5 billion in the 2013 financial year.