Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems Kills Off 9 Out Of 10 Of Its Data Centre Assets

Deutsche Telekom’s IT service provider has drastically reduced the number of its data centres around the globe getting rid of around 85% of its facilities and reducing the total number from 89 to 13.
With such a major downsize in the last six years, T-Systems reported that the company is saving an annual three-digit million euro sum.
“We are particularly proud of the fact that we were able to implement the transformation without any loss of quality in customer operations,” said Jörn Kellermann, responsible for IT production at T-Systems.
The company insists that despite the reduction in the number of data centres they now have, its ability to offer computing power has increased by 25%. The transformation comprised a total of 5,200 migration projects with around 23,600 compute servers, with 60% of them in Germany.
“Our data centres are highly scalable and automated. The infrastructure is consistently geared to the cloud,” added Kellermann.
The company also mentioned that it “relies throughout on so-called twin data centres”, which always mirror the processed data for more security, adding that the environment also benefits as CO2 emissions for computer centre operations have dropped by 56%.
Data Economy reached out to T-Systems to find out whether the company is consolidating into its own facilities or outsourcing, to which they said they are unable to go into the details for security reasons.
Back in 2016, T-Systems announced the opening of a data centre facility in Hayes, West London, to twin with its existing data centre in Slough, England.
Even more recently, the pan-European IT services subsdiary of Deutsche Telekom, has unveiled the completed the expansion of its data centre in Biere, near Magdeburg in Germany with the direct aim of increasing cloud capacities at the site by 150% according to the company itself.
To add to that, the expansion of the data centre was said to effectively increase capacity by 45,000 servers by 2018.
source dataeconomy
Industry: Data Centre News

Latest Jobs
-
- Contact 12 month- Security Operations- Crowdstrike Falcon Insight EDR / Analyst.
- United Kingdom
- Dependent on experience
-
Security Operations engineer / Analyst with Crowdstrike Falcon Insight EDR experience for a 12 month contract. Experienced Contractor with Crowdstrike Falcon Insight: Endpoint detection and Response (EDR) experience needed - 12 month rolling project. Implementation, configuration and Analyst experience needed with Crowdstrike Falcon Insight: (EDR) Migration project- relocating capability internationally. technically implementing, configuration of that that migration and then transition to BAU role monitoring. DCL Search exclusive associate Project.
-
- SailPoint Consultant
- London
- Upto £75,000 plus benefits
-
SailPoint Consultant is needed for an expanding Financial Service business, this is an exciting time to join the Business as they are in the Process of deploying both IAM and PAM solutions and this consultant will form a key part of the IAM team Location can be flexible but would require the individual to come into the London office a couple of times a month for team meetings and face to face project reviews Duties include · Engage in the Identity & Access Management project to deliver SailPoint IdentityNow and Privileged Access Management · On-board applications and users into IAM tools and customise or configure integrations as required · Regularly review, secure and recertify privileged roles in applications, databases and operating systems · Implement least privilege, just-in-time access, password rotation and vaulting wherever possible · Migrate application authentication to Single Sign-On through the use of SAML and OAuth · Implement and enforce the use of MFA where possible, focusing on critical applications and risky sign-ins · Provide technical support to Centrify and SailPoint users Key experience required: Previous experience with SailPoint, including integrating and deploying into a business, onboarding users and applications, supporting users and performing manual administration tasks. Experience with SAML and OAuth to migrate applications to Single Sign-on. If you are interested in hearing more please reach out to me for more information
-
- Centrify Consultant
- London
- Upto £75,000 plus benefits
-
A Privileged Access Management Consultant is needed for an expanding Financial Service business, this is an exciting time to join the Business as they are in the Process of deploying a Centrify PAM solution,, this consultant will form a key part of the team Location can be flexible but would require the individual to come into the London office a couple of times a month for team meetings and face to face project reviews Duties include · On-board applications and users into PAM tools and customise or configure integrations as required · Regularly review, secure and recertify privileged roles in applications, databases and operating systems · Implement least privilege, just-in-time access, password rotation and vaulting wherever possible · Migrate application authentication to Single Sign-On through the use of SAML and OAuth · Implement and enforce the use of MFA where possible, focusing on critical applications and risky sign-ins · Provide technical support to Centrify users You would also gain expsoure with the IAM toolset as part of an Identity Access deployment. Key experience required: Previous experience with a PAM tool (Centrify would be an added bonus but not essential) including integrating and deploying into a business, onboarding users and applications, supporting users and performing manual administration tasks. Experience with SAML and OAuth to migrate applications to Single Sign-on. If you are interested in hearing more please reach out to me for more information
-
- SOC team lead- Deputy SOC manager - Managed Security Services, Bradford. Exclusive
- Bradford
- £70,000 +
-
SOC team lead- Deputy SOC Manager - Managed Cyber Security Services, Bradford. Exclusive Identifier project. Technical team lead needed to join a Managed Cyber Security Services business. The role will be a hands on lead role and technical escalation point for the team. You will also be responsible for leading, mentoring, growing and developing the team. You will be the deputy SOC manager and be involved in the strategic growth of the capability. A managed security services background is essential, specifically within a managed security operations capability. Current hands on support experience across Firewall, SIEM, Incident Response is essential.