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QSC selected as IT service provider for Süwag Energie AG

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QSC selected as IT service provider for Süwag Energie AG

18.03.2015 / 10:00

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QSC selected as IT service provider for Süwag Energie AG

- QSC to take over operation of entire IT infrastructure
- Relocation of operations to QSC data centre in Frankfurt
- Contractual term of 72 months agreed

Cologne, 18 March 2015. The Frankfurt-based energy service provider Süwag
Energie AG has agreed an IT outsourcing services contract with QSC AG. The
contract has a volume of around EUR 40 million and a 72-month term.

Within this project, Süwag Energie AG will relocate its entire IT
infrastructure to a data centre of QSC AG in Frankfurt and then gradually
transfer responsibility for its IT services to QSC. QSC and Süwag aim to
forge a long-term strategic partnership and have therefore agreed a
contractual term of six years.

The project's overriding aim is to sustainably reduce IT costs while
maintaining consistently high IT service quality and ensuring compliance
with the utmost security standards. The collaboration will be based on
jointly agreed service level agreements setting out all the facts required
to measure IT service quality in line with market standards.

Alongside RWE, a total of 16 towns, local authorities and municipal
associations on the Rhine, Main, Lahn and Neckar rivers hold interests in
Süwag. In its energy generation and distribution businesses, the company
cooperates with 360 municipal partners and supplies electricity, natural
gas and energy-related services to around 800,000 customers. Hydropower,
wind, biogas and solar power are the key pillars of its proprietary
electricity generation.

The energy industry faces the major challenge of having to react to changes
flexibly and at short notice. These changes, which largely result from
regulatory and legal requirements, are difficult for companies to plan and
nevertheless binding.

QSC AG has successfully operated in the energy industry for years now. Its
sector-specific IT and process expertise covering the entire IT value chain
mean that it is superbly positioned to address the dynamic requirements
involved. With this new partnership with Süwag, QSC is further expanding
its market presence as an ICT service provider to the energy industry and
is now also serving distribution grid operators.