November 10th, 2010
ENTIRETEC WINS GLOBAL CONTINENTAL PROJECT
Hans-Peter Schober, Head Networks & Communication, Continental and Stefan Kehmstedt, Director Organization, ENTIRETEC at the ENTIRETEC Office Center in Dresden
Source: ENTIRETEC
With an innovative concept, ENTIRETEC decentralizes the highly secure Internet access of Continental and provides this solution as a fully Managed Services for all sites worldwide.
For the changeover to a more flexible, decentralized concept for highly secure internet access for all its sites, the globally operating supplier to the automobile industry, Continental made the strategic decision to collaborate with ENTIRETEC, the internationally established IT specialist company based in Dresden. Aside from expertise gained in many years of conducting IT projects, ENTIRETEC operates a global network of offices and data centers, which enables the successful completion of this comprehensive project.
Up until now, employees of Continental obtained Internet access via cost intensive nodes in the respective area of operation. The innovative concept designed by ENTIRETEC will decentralize the internet access while fulfilling all security objectives of the automotive supplier. ENTIRETEC provides highly secure internet connectivity with Unified Threat Management as fully managed service. The configuration of the deployed, highly available hardware components as well as operating, monitoring and reporting activities can be performed in an uncomplicated manner.
On November 10 and 11, the project team responsible from Continental will be visiting the ENTIRETEC Office Centre Dresden to further plan the project process. Says Hans-Peter Schober, Head Networks & Communication of Continental about the global project: „Through the decentralized concept by ENTIRETEC, we gain in performance, increase our flexibility whilst reducing cost without compromising on security. With one single step, we have achieved all our strategic goals. Throughout the conceptual design phase and during the negotiation period, ENTIRETEC proved to be a competent and highly motivated partner. The experience from the pilot phase and the beginning of the roll-out leaves us confident that we have made the right decision.”
Thomas Herrmann, CEO of ENTIRETEC is proud to be able to win Continental as new client: „After months of collectively working towards this new concept, we look forward to successfully adding the first sites in the near future. It is our objective to provide the automotive supplier with global internet connectivity with all related resources while guaranteeing security and high availability at the same time. With our managed service strategy, we effectively create a foundation for Continental to aggrandize its IT applications and processes easily at any time in the future."
Already back in 2009, ENTIRETEC developed, in close cooperation with Continental, a concept capable of connecting every corporate site and local entity. At the same time, other expensive methods of transmission are relieved. After extensive evaluation of manufacturers, ENTIRETEC found Astaro to be the most suitable partner to fulfill the requirements of Continental for a secure, decentralized Internet access solution. Since the official commencement of the Project in September 2010, 15 of the scheduled 200 sites were successfully connected to the worldwide network.
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