Integrated solution will reduce total IT costs, extend the lifespan of current releases and deliver advanced enterprise AI, workflow and automation capabilities without need for upgrades, migrations or additional IT budget
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support and innovation solutions and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced a strategic partnership with T-Systems North America, a leading provider of hosting, digital services, security and IT solutions. This alliance combines the strengths of both companies to provide enterprises with enhanced software support, managed services, and hosting solutions, helping organizations reduce costs, improve IT stability, and accelerate their digital transformation.
Through this collaboration, Rimini Street and T-Systems North America will deliver an integrated approach to enterprise IT support, enabling clients to optimize their technology investments while benefiting from industry-leading service quality, infrastructure expertise, and cloud capabilities.
A True Strategic Partnership: Delivering Maximum Value for Enterprises
This alliance is built on collaboration rather than a traditional service provider model. With Rimini Street’s enterprise software expertise and T-Systems North America's deep knowledge of hosting and cloud infrastructure managed services, organizations will have the opportunity to extend the lifespan of their current IT products and releases while seamlessly adopting modern cloud and automation technologies.
Clients will benefit from Rimini Street’s nearly twenty years of expertise in providing ultra-responsive and cost-effective software support for SAP, Oracle, VMware and over 100 other enterprise products. Likewise, clients will benefit from T-Systems North America's more than twenty years of expertise as a multi-cloud service provider, ensuring access to world-class software support alongside high-performance hosting and infrastructure solutions.
This partnership provides the flexibility and connectivity needed to adapt to evolving market demands, foster innovation, deliver cost-effective solutions, and accelerate transformation goals. Additionally, it enables companies to improve profitability, growth and competitiveness in a rapidly changing, fiercely competitive business landscape.
Leadership Insights
“As the most trusted and proven global provider of independent enterprise software support, Rimini Street has helped thousands of organizations maximize the value of their IT investments while avoiding unnecessary costs,” said Seth Ravin, CEO and chairman of the board, Rimini Street. “Through this partnership, we are expanding our ability to deliver seamless, full-stack enterprise IT solutions, ensuring clients have access to the best support, infrastructure, and hosting services to drive success.”
“Our partnership with Rimini Street marks a significant step in delivering end-to-end IT solutions that offer enterprises greater flexibility with alternative roadmaps, efficiency, and cost savings,” said Cesar Martinez, CEO and chairman of the board, T-Systems North America. “By leveraging our combined expertise, we ensure that our mutual clients benefit from robust enterprise software support while accessing T-Systems' leading hosting and infrastructure solutions for a truly comprehensive IT strategy.”
About Rimini Street, Inc.
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support and innovation solutions and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software. The Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database, and technology software. The Company has signed thousands of contracts with Fortune Global 100, Fortune 500, midmarket, public sector and government organizations who selected Rimini Street as their trusted, proven mission-critical enterprise software solutions provider and achieved better operational outcomes, realized billions of US dollars in savings and funded AI and other innovation investments.
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About T-Systems North America
T-Systems North America is a leading provider of IT services, cloud solutions, and cybersecurity, helping businesses navigate digital transformation with innovative technology and expert guidance. T-Systems delivers end-to-end solutions to enterprises worldwide. Known for its reliability and high-quality operations along with more than twenty years of expertise as a multi-cloud service provider this digital leader is one of the few providers offering both IT and connectivity solutions from a single source, delivering a holistic approach to modern business needs. In addition to managing legacy systems and traditional ICT services, T-Systems North America supports the transition to cloud-based solutions, including international networks, customized infrastructure, platforms, software, and AI innovation projects.
Forward-Looking Statements
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These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Rimini Street’s business, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, adverse developments in and costs associated with defending pending litigation or any new litigation, including the disposition of pending motions to appeal and any new claims; any additional expenses to be incurred to comply with any injunction ordered by the courts relating to the Rimini II litigation matter and the impact on future period revenue and costs incurred related to these efforts; changes in the business environment in which Rimini Street operates, including the impact of any macro-economic trends and changes in foreign exchange rates, as well as general financial, economic, regulatory and political conditions affecting the industry in which we operate and the industries in which our clients operate; the evolution of the enterprise software management and support landscape and our ability to attract and retain clients and further penetrate our client base; significant competition in the software support services industry; customer adoption of our expanded portfolio of products and services and products and services we expect to introduce; our expectations regarding new product offerings, partnerships and alliance programs, including but not limited to our partnership with ServiceNow; our ability to grow our revenue and accurately forecast revenue, along with the results of any efforts to manage costs in light of current revenue expectations and expansion of our offerings; the expected impact of reductions in our workforce during the last and current fiscal year and associated reorganization costs; estimates of our total addressable market and expectations of client savings relative to use of other providers; variability of timing in our sales cycle; risks relating to retention rates, including our ability to accurately predict retention rates; the loss of one or more members of our management team; our ability to attract and retain additional qualified personnel, including sales personnel, and retain key personnel; our business plan, our ability to grow in the future and our ability to achieve and maintain profitability; our plans to wind-down the offering of services for Oracle PeopleSoft products, which may be impacted by pending decisions in the Rimini II litigation; the volatility of our stock price and related compliance with stock exchange requirements; our need and ability to raise equity or debt financing on favorable terms and our ability to generate cash flows from operations to help fund increased investment in our growth initiatives; risks associated with global operations; our ability to prevent unauthorized access to our information technology systems and other cybersecurity threats; any deficiencies associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies potentially used by us or used by our third-party vendors and service providers; our ability to protect the confidential information of our employees and clients and to comply with privacy regulations; our ability to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting; our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our brand and intellectual property; changes in laws and regulations, including changes in tax laws or unfavorable outcomes of tax positions we take, tariff costs (including tariff relief or the ability to mitigate tariffs, particularly in light of proposed policies of the new Presidential administration), a failure by us to establish adequate tax reserves, or our ability to realize benefits from our net operating losses; any negative impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters on our reputation or business and the exposure of our business to additional costs or risks from our reporting on such matters; our ability to maintain our good standing with the United States government and international governments and capture new contracts with governmental entities/agencies; our credit facility’s ongoing debt service obligations and financial and operational covenants on our business and related interest rate risk, including uncertainty from the transition to SOFR or other interest rate benchmarks; the sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents to meet our liquidity requirements; the amount and timing of repurchases, if any, under our stock repurchase program and our ability to enhance stockholder value through such program; uncertainty as to the long-term value of Rimini Street’s equity securities; catastrophic events that disrupt our business or that of our clients; and those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Rimini Street’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2025, and as updated from time to time by Rimini Street’s future Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other filings by Rimini Street with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, forward-looking statements provide Rimini Street’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Rimini Street anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Rimini Street’s assessments to change. However, while Rimini Street may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Rimini Street specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Rimini Street’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication.
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Contacts
Janet Ravin
VP, Global Communications
Rimini Street, Inc.
+1 702 285-3532
pr@riministreet.com
Fernanda Rosales
T-Systems North America
irma-fernanda.rosales-rodriguez@t-systems.com
Rimini Street and T-Systems North America Announce a Strategic Partnership to Deliver Comprehensive, Cost-Effective Enterprise Software Support and Hosting Solutions (Graphic: Business Wire)