 | | | | Equant signs global IP VPN deal with Dutch specialty chemicals giant DSM | Paris - December 15, 2005 - Equant has signed a multimillion dollar deal with DSM, the Dutch specialty chemicals producer of life science products and performance materials, to provide and manage a global IP VPN covering 180 sites. |
| Equant will provide a MPLS-based network to link DSM's offices and production facilities globally, while a DSL network will also connect satellite offices, giving users easy access to the corporate network and business-critical applications, such as SAP. |
| In total, the IP VPN will connect 45 countries and 23,000 staff. At the same time, Equant will provide a network management service encompassing life cycle management, extended fault and project management. |
| "The IP VPN provided by Equant will help us lower the cost of maintaining and managing our global network," said Jo van den Hanenberg, chief information officer of DSM. "With over 23,000 employees worldwide, we need a secure, cost-effective IP-based network for easier communication between sites that will also meet the future needs of the company as described in the recently presented strategy Vision 2010: Building on Strengths. After reviewing other providers, we selected Equant for its track record, ease of migration and far-reaching network." |
| "For global organisations, the convergence of all business communications - voice, video and data on an IP network brings huge benefits with reduced network and administration costs as well as improved productivity," said Jeroen van Brussel, head of Equant in the Netherlands. "In addition to reducing costs, our network management services will improve the performance of critical applications." |
| The Equant IP VPN will provide DSM with a Wide Area Network service for its future communication needs. DSM's IP-based Global Network (DGN) connects all DSM businesses, but the company aims to reduce acquisition, operation and contract management costs further by selecting the right services from the right service provider. |
About Equant | Equant is a recognized industry leader in global communications services for multinational businesses. Equant combines its network expertise with its expanded services capabilities to provide global, integrated and customized communication services to enable its customers' key business processes. Equant serves thousands of the world's top companies, with the industry's most extensive portfolio of communications services and network solutions, including the market-leading IP VPN used by more than 1,400 global businesses. Equant, a subsidiary of France Telecom, consistently leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction. |
About DSM | DSM is active worldwide in nutrition and pharma ingredients, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The group develops, produces and markets innovative products and services that are designed to raise the quality of life. DSM's products are used in a wide range of end-use markets and applications, including human and animal nutrition and health, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, the automotive industry, coatings, the construction industry and the electrics & electronics market. The group has annual sales of around EUR 8 billion and employs about 23,000 people worldwide. DSM is a leading world player in many of the markets in which it operates and has plants and facilities on every continent. The company's head office is in the Netherlands.
Based on the strategy and business needs of DSM, DSM Corporate ICT is responsible for providing an integrated, global, highly available, cost effective and secure ICT infrastructure within DSM. The infrastructure provides a number of functions and applications, such as office functions, ERP and other business applications, collaboration tools, Internet access, secure third party access, and digitized voice and video. |
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