T-Systems Rolls-Out Datalex Business Travel Management Solution across Deutsche Telekom Group.Business Editors DUBLIN, Ireland & FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 Rollout of Datalex BookIt! Corporate Tool to Commence within the Telecommunications Giant Following Reseller Agreement With T-Systems Bonn based, Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's largest and the world's fifth largest telecommunications group, is to deploy the Datalex BookIt! CORPORATE(TM) solution throughout its global organization following an initial implementation of the technology within its T-Systems subsidiary in 2003. The rollout of the solution follows the signing of a joint marketing and sales agreement in 2002 between leading technology provider Datalex (ISE Ise (ē`sā), city (1990 pop. 104,164), Mie prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. It is one of the foremost religious centers of Shinto, the site of the shrines of Ise. : DLE (character) DLE - Data Link Escape, the mnemonic for ASCII 16. )(OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : DLEXY), and T-Systems. T-Systems, based in Frankfurt, Germany, is Europe's second largest systems provider and is one of the four pillars of Deutsche Telekom AG along with T-Mobile, T-Online and T-Com. Deutsche Telekom also own numerous other communications companies globally. Employing in the region of 247,000 employees worldwide, the global business travel management solution could potentially cut business travel expenses in Deutsche Telekom annually by EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 9 million. "Having such a prestigious global organization deploy our business travel management solution is a very significant opportunity for Datalex, which considerably enhances our reputation as a major player in the corporate travel arena," said Damian Hickey, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Datalex. "The benefit of having the support of T-Systems' technical experience and infrastructure has enabled us to explore and develop the potential of this technology to enable enterprises to control and manage more cost efficient travel procurement strategies." Designed for use by medium and large companies, and capable of managing corporate travel programs in a multi-national environment, the BookIt! CORPORATE solution is agency, fulfillment partner, GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards and travel supplier independent. It is based on a technology platform that utilizes open standards and provides a complete range of back-end connectivity options. Since signing the agreement, Datalex and T-Systems has customized the business management tool for the German market and for Deutsche Telekom, BookIt! CORPORATE is now being optimized for use against TQ3 as global fulfillment partner. The solution already supports Lufthansa 'Pay as you Fly' ticketing and some market specific functionality such as the support of Lufthansa Senator Card service in which members get instant waitlist wait·list n. A waiting list. tr.v. also wait-list wait·list·ed, wait·list·ing, wait·lists To put on a waiting list. clearance in certain booking classes on fully booked flights. Built on BookIt! MATRIX(TM), the core Datalex technology component that provides connectivity with back-end host reservation and distribution systems, BookIt! CORPORATE provides corporate travel managers with an online booking solution that dynamically manages their corporate travel policy by evaluating the best itinerary options based on customized business needs, trip purpose, traveler preferences and supplier offerings. Says Jens Dille, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul Global Purchasing of Deutsche Telekom: "It's part of Deutsche Telekom AG's strategy to team with world leading companies to enhance our productivity and reduce our costs. Datalex and its product suite fit perfectly into this strategy." About Datalex Datalex provides technology to leading global travel industry suppliers and distributors that enable them to aggregate and package a broad range of travel components for distribution across multiple sales channels. Datalex's customers include Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Amadeus, American Express, ATA Airlines, Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run , Best Western International, California State Automobile Association The California State Automobile Association is a motor club dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. It was founded in 1907 as an offshoot of the Automobile Club of Southern California (ACSC) to serve members in Northern , Delta Air Lines, Disney Cruise Lines, Emirates Airline, Galileo, GoHop.ie, Japan Travel Bureau, KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) , Korean Airlines, LasVegas.com, Malaysia Airlines, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Page & Moy, Siemens UK, Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in , Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, SNCF SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (French National Railways) SNCF Sans Nous les Cafés Ferment (French) , South African Airways South African Airways (SAA) is South Africa's largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It is also known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) , Thomas Cook, Trailfinders, TravelBag, Travelcare, T-Systems, Vail Resorts Inc., Unisys, WEXAS and Worldspan. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and maintains offices across Europe, the USA and Asia-Pacific. Datalex is a publicly held company traded on the Irish Stock Exchange The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) (Irish: Stocmhalartán na hÉireann) is Ireland's stock exchange, formed through the merger of the Cork and Dublin exchanges, both of which have existed as far back as 1793. (symbol: DLE, and also OTC: DLEXY). For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.datalex.com. About T-Systems With annual revenue of 11.9 billion euros (restated)(a), T-Systems is Europe's No. 2 systems house. A member of the Deutsche Telekom Group, it combines global capabilities in information technology (IT) and telecommunications, laying the foundations for convergent and e-business solutions such as Application Service Providing (ASP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and electronic marketplaces. Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, T-Systems has some 43,500 employees and operates in more than 20 countries worldwide. (a) Group restructuring made it necessary to adjust the audited annual revenue of 13.8 billion euros. In future, Deutsche Telekom's business with national carriers will be reported by T-Com, while its business with international telcos will be reported by T-Systems. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking information involves risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results. |
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