T-Systems launches data center quality drive

T-Systems has put the performance and efficiency of its around 300 storage area networks (SANs) and 70,000 SAN ports under the microscope at 50 sites across the globe. Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) provided the professional services for this project, which was T-Systems' first step in a permanent drive to enhance quality. The aim is to continually improve the performance and availability of its data centers.

"We worked together with Brocade to develop a strategy that will enable us to analyze each individual storage environment in future," explained Olaf Heyden, Member of the Management Board of T-Systems and Head of ICT-Operations. "If what we find does not correspond to our expectations, we can respond immediately and thus safeguard the performance of our data centers over the long term."

Brocade has trained the ICT provider's network experts and familiarized them with the company's test standards, which means T-Systems can take the next steps independently.

About Deutsche Telekom AG

Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 150 million mobile customers, approximately 38 million fixed-network lines and more than 15 million broadband lines (as at March 31, 2010). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has more than 258,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 64.6 billion in the 2009 financial year - almost half of it outside Germany (as at December 31, 2009).

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. On this basis, Deutsche Telekom's corporate customers arm provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. Some 45,300 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise with ICT innovations to add significant value to customers' core business all over the world. The corporate customers unit generated revenue of around EUR 8.8 billion in the 2009 financial year.

About Brocade

Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD) develops extraordinary networking solutions that enable today's complex, data-intensive businesses to optimize information connectivity and maximize the business value of their data. For more information, visit www.brocade.com