With this new partnership, Etex aims to maintain its competitive advantage in order to optimize its business-critical applications and to further develop its IT platform. The network implemented by Orange Business Services will provide Etex the following benefits: convergence; flexibility and lower costs; management solution for application performance; and Business Everywhere, which offers mobile employees a secure way to access the internet and business applications.

Walter Wiele, managing director of Manasco – the IT business unit of the European business material division for Etex Group, said: We were looking for a flexible network partner who could offer us network standardization, monitoring and control at the application level and proactive error monitoring for the end user. It was primarily the technical quality of the network, the network reach and the extensive service offering that ultimately made us choose Orange Business Services.

Jeroen Brussel, country manager and managing director for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg regions of Orange Business Services, said: We are delighted with Etex’ confidence in us and that we are able to meet their needs. Stability and efficient management of business-critical applications are of crucial importance when it comes to this. The acquisition of this contract underscores the success of our own business strategy and the quality and expertise of our employees.