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Nicholas Carr to Join T-Systems at SAPPHIRE 2008 Conference in Orlando

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., May 1 PRNewswire — T-Systems has invited renowned author and IT expert Nicholas Carr to appear in its exhibit at SAPPHIRE, SAP's annual user conference being held in Orlando, Florida May 4-7, 2008. Mr. Carr's 2004 book Does IT Matter? ignited a global quarrel about the strategic importance of IT in business.

Mr. Carr's SAPPHIRE 2008 appearance is part of T-Systems' exclusive sponsorship of Mr. Carr's nationwide tour to promote his new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google, which describes how today's computer industry is being reshaped by its own technological advances and the explosion of Internet-based computing.

In The Big Switch, Mr. Carr makes an eloquent and compelling case for the growing transition of computing to a full utility model where most information processing and storage is done remotely, on the Internet, with the associated far-reaching effects on corporations, media and society in general. One needs only to look to a social-networking site such as Facebook to see his vision in reality.

"I'm pleased to be appear with T-Systems at SAPPHIRE 2008," said Mr. Carr. "T-Systems has been a pioneer in helping businesses harness the power of the Internet's global computing grid."

Mr. Carr will appear in T-Systems' exhibit, booth #1772, on Monday, May 5th to meet interested SAPPHIRE attendees and autograph their copies of his books. Mr. Carr also will speak to select T-Systems customers and prospective customers during a limited access, invitation-only luncheon the same day. Interested SAPPHIRE attendees should contact T-Systems for more information.

About Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr is the author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google and Does IT Matter? The former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, he has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, Wired, and other publications. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts. The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr is published by W.W. Norton & Company.

About T-Systems

T-Systems is Deutsche Telekom's enterprise customer unit. More than 160,000 corporations and public institutions use the provider's network-centric information and communications technology (ICT) services — ranging from data center operations and global services based on the Internet Protocol, to the development and management of applications. With locations in over 20 countries, T-Systems is a preferred supplier for Corporate Europe's global business activities. The company, based in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, serves all industries and is a leading provider for the automotive and telecommunications industries as well as the public sector. With approximately 56,500 employees, T-Systems posted revenue of 12 billion Euros in 2007.

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