HEERLEN, Netherlands -- Royal DSM N.V. has signed a 5-year contract with Orange Business Services for global Wide Area Network (WAN) services, connecting DSM’s 180 offices, data centers and production facilities in 50 countries all over the world. In addition, DSM granted Orange Business Services the status of A-supplier for the next six months, a status that is only applicable to high-performing ICT suppliers to DSM.

Orange Business Services has been providing DSM with global WAN services since 2005. The new agreement is the result of the good performance of Orange during the current relationship between DSM and Orange Business Services. In anticipation of the contract expiry date, DSM decided to renew the contract. Other reasons for this decision are the attractive price / quality ratio and guaranteed annual price improvements.

Aloys Kregting, CIO of DSM comments: “We are acting in a quickly evolving business, with a continuous need to innovate, become more agile and reduce our time to market. One of the trends fueling DSM’s strategy is continued growth in emerging markets, especially in China and India. DSM’s ICT department needs to enable this growth in a flexible way, and Orange can support us to do so. DSM ICT supports the sustainability agenda of DSM in the most optimal way. The reliable network that Orange Business Services delivers helps us to contribute to this.”

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