— Thomas Zinniker , Chief Information Officer , BKW Group

instance T-Systems is a strong partner in the SAP area . We just outsourced the total SAP infrastructure to them . “ With their very strong position as a service provider to the energy market , we are continuously exploring additional opportunities to further grow in to new areas .” As an operator for critical infrastructure in Switzerland we need to be resilient in case of major incidents in order to guarantee an up and running energy supply for our customers . With HPEs services for data storage and backup solutions we have implemented additional resilience . Our goal was to build a fallback scenario which has to work in case our own security measures are failing .

But not only in the infrastructure area , but also in the business part we rely on partners such as Accenture bringing in expertise and new ideas to develop new services for our

customers . “ It is crucial to think out of the box , when developing new products for a changing market . Strategic partner help us to bring in new ideas an shed light on bling spots we all have . Especially in areas , where we are working since decades more or less the same way ”.

DID YOU KNOW ?

• Production sites : 103

• Countries : 8

• Shareholders : Canton of Bern ( 52.54 %), Others ( 37.50 %) and Groupe E ( 10 %)

• Employees : 3,200 ( Building Solutions ), 2,900 ( Engineering ), 1,700 ( Energy ) and 700 ( Power Grid )

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