Pliezhausen, July 11, 2018. DATAGROUP and its subsidiary, DATAGROUP Financial IT Services GmbH, have won the tender for the Next-Generation-Outsourcing of NRW.BANK over a period of ten years, subject to the usual statutory time limit laid down for public tenders. The order volume is in the high double-digit million euro range. This is the largest single order in the history of DATAGROUP.

From July 1, 2019, DATAGROUP will take responsibility for the supply and operation of the entire IT infrastructure as a managed service. The range of services covered includes the supply and operation of the entire IT infrastructure and the server infrastructure as well as the applications management of the individual applications and pc workstations. The services must be rendered in conformity with the established international security standards (esp. ISO 2700X, ISO20000, etc.) and in compliance with the corresponding IT Baseline Protection of the BSI (German Information Security Agency). Additionally, DATAGROUP Financial IT Services GmbH must comply with the German regulatory requirements for banking operations, esp. the “MaRisk”, i.e. the minimum requirements for the risk management (“BAIT”, Regulatory Requirements for IT Systems).

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