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QSC selected as IT service provider for Süwag Energie AG
18.03.2015 / 10:00
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QSC selected as IT service provider for Süwag Energie AG
- QSC to take over operation of entire IT infrastructure
- Relocation of operations to QSC data centre in Frankfurt
- Contractual term of 72 months agreed
Cologne, 18 March 2015. The Frankfurt-based energy service provider Süwag
Energie AG has agreed an IT outsourcing services contract with QSC AG. The
contract has a volume of around EUR 40 million and a 72-month term.
Within this project, Süwag Energie AG will relocate its entire IT
infrastructure to a data centre of QSC AG in Frankfurt and then gradually
transfer responsibility for its IT services to QSC. QSC and Süwag aim to
forge a long-term strategic partnership and have therefore agreed a
contractual term of six years.
The project's overriding aim is to sustainably reduce IT costs while
maintaining consistently high IT service quality and ensuring compliance
with the utmost security standards. The collaboration will be based on
jointly agreed service level agreements setting out all the facts required
to measure IT service quality in line with market standards.
Alongside RWE, a total of 16 towns, local authorities and municipal
associations on the Rhine, Main, Lahn and Neckar rivers hold interests in
Süwag. In its energy generation and distribution businesses, the company
cooperates with 360 municipal partners and supplies electricity, natural
gas and energy-related services to around 800,000 customers. Hydropower,
wind, biogas and solar power are the key pillars of its proprietary
electricity generation.
The energy industry faces the major challenge of having to react to changes
flexibly and at short notice. These changes, which largely result from
regulatory and legal requirements, are difficult for companies to plan and
nevertheless binding.
QSC AG has successfully operated in the energy industry for years now. Its
sector-specific IT and process expertise covering the entire IT value chain
mean that it is superbly positioned to address the dynamic requirements
involved. With this new partnership with Süwag, QSC is further expanding
its market presence as an ICT service provider to the energy industry and
is now also serving distribution grid operators.
"In QSC, we have found a partner we can trust when it comes to IT and
industry expertise, flexibility and working together on an equal footing",
commented Dr. Holger Himmel, member of the Management Board at Süwag
Energie AG, with regard to the successful contract agreement.
"We are familiar with the specific needs of the energy industry", remarked
Henning Reinecke, Management Board member at QSC AG, in respect of the
signing of the agreement. "Our wealth of experience, high security
standards and innovative strength will enable us to accompany Süwag towards
a successful future."
QSC AG already has energy companies, such as the transmission grid operator
Amprion and the transmission system operators Nowega, Gascade and Gasuni,
among its customers.
QSC: ICT for medium-sized enterprises
QSC AG is a one-stop ICT service provider for medium-sized enterprises in
Germany. Its customers benefit from a full range of products and services
in the fields of Telecommunications, Consulting, Outsourcing and Cloud. QSC
draws on internally developed platforms to integrate both traditional IT
applications and Cloud services on behalf of its customers. This enables
companies to select a secure, customised approach to the Cloud and the
Internet of Things. QSC's proprietary infrastructure, comprising TÃV and
ISO-certified data centres in Germany and its own nationwide voice data
network, offers maximum end-to-end security for all applications. Products
and services are marketed both directly and via partners. QSC has around
1,700 employees and is listed in the TecDAX.
Süwag Energie AG at a glance
Süwag Energie AG is a stock cooperation with municipal participation. The
area supplied by Süwag and its subsidiaries covers almost 5,200 square
kilometres and is spread across four federal states: Hesse,
Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. These companies have
multiregional structures and numerous locations close to their customers -
in line with their motto "Power on My Doorstep". The companies have around
1,700 employees and 100 trainees.
"Making energy greener and more municipal" - that is the strategy adopted
by Süwag Energie AG and its subsidiaries when it comes to shaping the
future energy supply. That involves green grids, green products and green
generation. The group of companies will be investing an additional EUR 100
million to expand its green and decentralised generation plants - with a
preference for biomass, wind, solar and hydropower - and green grids. And
all that exclusively in its supply area, where Süwag and its subsidiaries
already generate around 135 million kWh of green electricity exclusively
from regenerative and decentralised energy generation plants.
Further information is available from:
QSC AG
Arne Thull
Head of Investor Relations
Mathias-Brüggen-Str. 55
50829 Cologne, Germany
Tel.: +49 221 669-8724
E-mail: invest@qsc.de
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Language: English
Company: QSC AG
Mathias-Brüggen-StraÃe 55
50829 Köln
Germany
Phone: +49-221-6698-724
Fax: +49-221-6698-009
E-mail: invest@qsc.de
Internet: www.qsc.de
ISIN: DE0005137004
WKN: 513700
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart
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