Fujitsu Siemens Computers BV reached an agreement with shareholders Siemens AG and Fujitsu Limited to acquire the international Product Related Services Division of Siemens Business Services effective April 1, 2006. Customers will benefit from Fujitsu Siemens Computers’ increased ability to consult, design, implement and service from one source for industry growth segments — Dynamic Data Center and Mobility. The new Product Related Services business will be headed by Neil Allpress, executive vice president, IT Product Services.
SBS Product Related Services (PRS) consists of approximately 4,400 staff in 22 countries with revenue of approximately 1.3 billion euros for the fiscal year 2005. The services division is represented throughout the world by partners in 170 countries. The group’s portfolio focuses on bringing platform-independent services and IT infrastructures with solutions that address high-availability, consolidation, migration and lifecycle management. SBS Product Related Services is the sixth-largest IT service Company worldwide and the second largest provider in Germany.
“We are in a very good position at Fujitsu Siemens Computers with our strategy concentrating on Mobility and the Dynamic Data Center. The new Services Division substantially reinforces these core business pillars, enabling us to offer our customers even more added value,” remarked Fujitsu Siemens Computers President & CEO Bernd Bischoff. “We also anticipate positive effects as a result of the customer knowledge and product expertise the new unit brings, and will use this knowledge for product and solution development. Our goal is to make the new Services Division profitable within one year.”
The acquired Product Related Services of SBS will operate as a separate subsidiary. Both the existing platform and the Product Related Service business will report to Fujitsu Siemens Computers BV (Holding Company). Fujitsu Siemens Computers will continue to be a 50:50 joint venture of Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG. Fujitsu Siemens Computers Product Related Services will retain its key services focus in providing end-to-end platform solutions, while high-volume product services will continue to be provided with channel partners.
