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Information Technology
TenCaTe reaLizeS own gLoBaL neTwork
Connected worldwide
The process to realize the Global TenCate
Network consists, among other things, of
concentrating the IT services by means
of three IT shared service centres: EMEA
(Europe and Dubai), USA and Asia. Within
this network all companies are being
standardized in terms of IT infrastructure
(Microsoft Exchange), which brings numerous
advantages. Employees worldwide will have
at their disposal – besides the traditional
telephone system − internet, intranet, e-mail
and Office Communicator, which serves for
audio communication, video conferencing and
the exchange of documents and other data.
Sharing the systems, IT know-how and costs
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means saving costs for external consultants,
as well as promoting internal cooperation.
The project applies to the generic (applicable
to all market groups) systems, and
concentration will only occur if it makes
sense. Company-specific systems are
being standardized within the groups.
Successful
The process started in 2008 with the TenCate
companies in Europe and Dubai (EMEA). After
a successful start, the pace eased off in the
course of 2009 because of the economic
circumstances. The corporate IT department
was tasked with bringing costs into line with
the sales. Through a partial reorganization, the
postponement of projects and new techniques,
the consolidation and standardization of
systems, and through server virtualization,
operational costs could by reduced by 20%.
Thanks to the ‘virtualization of servers’,
several applications can run on one server,
which means fewer servers are necessary,
and therefore less power and lower costs.
This then is process innovation and it fits in
nicely with TenCate’s Green IT objective.
in america
By the end of 2010 TenCate Grass in Dayton
(Tennessee) and TenCate Advanced Armour