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eutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications giant. The company behind, among other things, the T-Mobile network, is well known for providing landlines, broadband Internet and digital television. In amongst all of that are T-Systems, a globally recognised ICT solutions brand. “We have locations in more than 23 countries, we’re constantly opening new offices,” explains Ben Maree, head of Healthcare Sales and Solutions for T-Systems South Africa. “There are about 252,000 Deutsche Telecom employees worldwide, with around 48,000 of those working for T-Systems. In South Africa T-Systems have around 2,500 employees in our two major centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town.” T-Systems bring its global resources and local expertise to a whole range of environments in South Africa. “We work in a number of different market sectors but our main industry focus is on Energy, Healthcare as well as Travel, Transport & Logistics, and we’ve just started investing in the Education sector,” he explains. So what is the secret to T-System’s success? According to Maree it’s the product of the wide range of knowledge and skills that the company has access to. “We can really provide an end to end solution, touching on all the ICT elements,” Maree explains. “This, combined with our good geographical positioning, means we can get the right resources to locations across the country.” One tool that has become increasingly relevant to T-Systems solutions is the application of cloud solutions, which Maree is a determined advocate for. “From a technical point of view we have cloud solutions which we can provide to clients, saving them Continued
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