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SANDD OUTSOURCES STRATEGIC IT-SYSTEMS TO TERREMARK
Terremark’s Managed Hosting Subsidiary to Host Internal Systems for One of the Largest Postal Companies in Holland
Miami , FL. January 24, 2007 – Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) a leading operator of integrated Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors , today announced that Sandd, a leading provider of postal and logistic services, has signed a multi-year contract with Dedigate, N.V., Terremark’s managed hosting subsidiary, to host their systems in the Netherlands.
After an extensive selection process, Sandd, one of the largest postal companies in Holland, elected to entrust the hosting of their mission-critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and back-office systems to Dedigate because of the robust, innovative solutions and the scalability offered by Dedigate’s platforms.
“The Dutch postal market is characterized by the efficient services and low postal rates. In order to deliver an excellent price-quality ratio, we are focused on improvements in our operational performance,” says Laurens Oppers, ICT Manager of Sandd. “That is why we, in consultation with Magnus, our consulting firm, decided to outsource the management of our core IT systems to an external managed hosting specialist like Dedigate.”
According to André Damsteegt, Magnus’ consultant, “Dedigate’s experience in managing the infrastructure that supports the mission-critical ERP systems was one of the reasons we recommended Dedigate. Dedigate offers the swift and efficient service Sandd needs to continue excelling in their core company processes.”
Dedigate will provide Sandd with a robust, manageable and secure server environment to ensure Sandd’s ERP and back-office system availability. A secondary data center will facilitate a testing environment and can act as backup for the primary production environment in case of emergencies, such as the unusual “tropical storms” suffered in northern Europe these past weeks.
“We are very pleased with Sandd’s decision to select Dedigate as their hosting partner,” said Joost Metten, Dedigate’s CEO. ”We have designed a custom infrastructure to meet Sandd’s needs and demands while offering the redundancy necessary for their most critical systems, even in case of a major peak in traffic due to an unusual natural disaster.”
About Sandd
Sandd is the second postal company in Holland and aims at the delivery of addressed printing, such as direct mail and magazines with subscription. Sandd distributes on firm delivery days via a nationwide network that has been set up by themselves. As innovative organization, Sandd follows the new developments in the posta lmarket, which results in a high service level and an attractive rates. Sandd aims at a market share of 20-25% in 2008.
About Magnus
Magnus supports companies in order to improve their daily operations based on innovative concepts and architectures. With that goal in mind, Management Consultants focuses on general organization and technology advice; Magnus Technlogy Consultants takes care of technology and SAP advise. Typical customers are mid-size and large media, consumer products, retail and industrial companies and universities.
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