Shortfacts - July/August 2016


SAP operation of Gruner + Jahr
Hamburg-based publishing house Gruner + Jahr has handed over responsibility for operating a major portion of its SAP systems to QSC. Following a one-year transition phase, 23 SAP and other IT systems are now being operated entirely from the Hamburg data center of the Cologne-based ICT services specialist. The contract has a term of 60 months. Gruner + Jahr is one of Europe's largest printing and publishing houses. With over 500 media activities, magazines and digital offerings, as well as well-known brands such as Stern, Brigitte and 11 Freunde. The publishing house had commissioned QSC to take over its SAP operations as well as further systems in the SAP environment, for example for document capture, accounting or bank communication. In addition to the technical implementation and integration of the respective services, the internal ticket systems were also linked with QSC Support.