Software AG announced that T-Mobile International is developing its IT-Governance methodology and tools in conjunction with Software AG. One of the goals of this program is to accelerate the introduction of new products and service plans using Software AG’s technologies for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM). The two companies are also developing a joint competency center to support their planned multiyear, international collaboration. The competency center is tasked with further development of T-Mobile’s SOA/BPM strategy and with moving the company’s IT infrastructure forward using SOA/BPM process models.

Within the telecommunications industry, T-Mobile is considered a trailblazer in service-oriented architecture. SOA and BPM are particularly important to telecommunications providers, such as T-Mobile, due to the competitive advantage that they provide in accelerating the market-readiness of new products. The industry is also characterized by a high degree of complexity and large amounts of data. For example, T-Mobile has millions of customers in Germany alone, as well as many different service plans and products, to which new products are constantly being added.

T-Mobile’s goal in undertaking this joint development of its SOA strategy is to launch new mobile communications products while increasing efficiency and lowering costs. T-Mobile will be implementing webMethods BPMS, Software AG’s full-feature process design, execution, monitoring and management solution, in conjunction with T-Mobile’s existing global SOA platform. T-Mobile’s own innovative tools for SOA governance will be migrated to a CentraSite-supported solution, which allows T-Mobile to benefit from the strengths of the CentraSite service governance and lifecycle management platform as well as its existing tools and best practices.

An important component of the agreement is the creation of a joint competency center. The center will bring together IT architects with leading research and development employees from both companies to work closely on the implementation of T-Mobile’s SOA/BPM strategy.

The agreement was concluded with T-Mobile International and covers Germany as well as the Netherlands, Austria, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic.

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