T-Systems

T-Systems is a German global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Frankfurt. Founded in October 2000, it is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.

As of 2012, T-Systems is the largest German and one of the largest European IT services companies, serving customers such as WestLB, Old Mutual,Daimler, Volkswagen, Royal Dutch Shell, Sanlam, Murray & Roberts,BP, TUI AG, De Agostini, Philips, MAN SE, Airbus, E.ON. and British American Tobacco.

The company operates in more than 20 countries and employs approximately 50,000 people worldwide (2013), among them around 27,000 in Germany and 27,000 outside. Since December 2007 Reinhard Clemens is the CEO. Before that, he was president of EDS (now HP Enterprise Services) Germany since 2003.

History

T-Systems was founded in 2000, when Deutsche Telekom acquired a 50.1% stake of debis Systemhaus, one of the largest IT services companies in Germany at the time. Most of Deutsche Telekom's existing service and IT businesses were then merged and incorporated under the control of one single company, the newly founded T-Systems. In 2001 T-System's headquarters were moved from Bonn to Frankfurt, a major IT centre in Germany. In 2002 the remaining 49.9% share of debis Systemhaus was acquired and fully incorporated into T-Systems.