German oil and gas company Wintershall hasoutsourcedthe management of all itsSAPsystems, Lotus Notes e-mail and
its intranet toBASF IT Servicesto ensure
availability and security.
This includes 12 SAP systems for 1,000 users worldwide and 2,500
mailboxes hosted on 43 servers across the company.
Last year, Wintershall outsourced part of its IT activities to
BASF IT Services, including infrastructure services, computing
centre operations, security and support for 1,200 PC users at the
company's sites in Germany.
The decision to extend the outsourcing agreement was based on
BASF's ability to provide security, availability and
round-the-clock management services, said Mario Mehren, head of
information management at Wintershall.