Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE)’s T-Systems unit won an extension of a 1 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) deal to manage the data center infrastructure of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), two people familiar with the matter said.
The initial outsourcing contract, signed in March 2008, will be extended by at least another five years, the people said, asking not to be identified as the agreement hasn’t been announced yet. Under the deal, T-Systems is moving data into a cloud computing infrastructure, meaning Shell can access information and services remotely, without having to maintain its own servers, one person said.
T-Systems, whose sales of 9.2 billion euros accounted for 16 percent of Bonn-based Deutsche Telekom’s revenue last year, is promoting cloud services as a way for clients to reduce information technology spending and facilitate data access. The unit is trying to standardize and speed up its processes, meaning employees won’t have to start from scratch on new projects, after the division’s profitability dropped last year.
T-Systems this year announced outsourcing contracts with companies such as U.K. insurer Old Mutual Plc (OML) and British American Tobacco Plc. (BATS) When T-Systems announced the Shell deal in 2008, it said it would take on about 900 employees of the oil company and five data centers and turn the data center in Malaysia into its operational hub for the Asia-Pacific region.
A representative for T-Systems declined to comment. The business, Europe’s largest provider of cloud-computing services, is currently also taking over the management of its parent’s internal computer and communications systems.
T-Systems, whose European operations include sites in Debrecen, Hungary and St. Petersburg as well as in the Czech Republic, partnered with Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (CTSH) (CTSH) in 2008 to expand its reach and cut costs.
Deutsche Telekom dropped 0.1 percent to 8.66 euros in Frankfurt, valuing the company at 37.4 billion euros. The stock has declined 2.4 percent this year.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
