Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched a new version of its Accenture Cloud
Platform, offering new and enhanced cloud management services for public
and private cloud infrastructure offerings. By expanding its ecosystem
of cloud providers, Accenture can now offer an expanded service catalog
allowing clients to procure the solutions they require, when and where
they are required, and in a pre-packaged, standardized format, which can
result in faster and lower cost deployments.
The platform now supports an expanded portfolio of infrastructure
service providers including, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows
Azure, Verizon Terremark and NTT Communications.
“With this next version, we’ve enhanced its capabilities as a management
platform for clients to confidently source and procure capacity from an
ecosystem of providers that meet the highest quality standards, as well
as providing the critical connections required to seamlessly transition
work to the cloud,” said Michael Liebow, managing director and global
lead for Accenture Cloud Platform. “An expanded provider portfolio
increases our geographic footprint helping us to better serve our
clients around the world as they migrate to the cloud and fits with our
blueprint for enterprise-grade cloud services.”
Providing services and solutions designed to help organizations
integrate and manage hybrid cloud environments across multiple vendor
platforms, the new version of the Accenture Cloud Platform offers a more
flexible, service-enabled architecture based on open source components,
which helps reduce deployment costs for clients while the expanding
catalog of services helps to speed deployments.
The growing portfolio of top tier providers extends the geographic
footprint of the Accenture Cloud Platform with new data center locations
in Latin America and Asia, helping to better serve clients around the
world. The platform delivers infrastructure services with the following
providers:
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Amazon Web Services – Providing account enablement and expert assisted
provisioning services, the Accenture Cloud Platform supports clients
deploying Amazon Web Services environments in their nine regions
around the world.
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Microsoft Windows Azure – Providing account enablement, the Accenture
Cloud Platform supports the deployment of application development
solutions on the Windows Azure platform.
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Verizon Terremark – Offering provisioning, as well as administrative
and support services for Terremark’s Enterprise Cloud, a virtual
private cloud solution, the platform adds datacenters around the
world, extending reach into Latin America through the Verizon
Terremark datacenter in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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NTT Communications – Supporting NTT’s private and public enterprise
clouds, Accenture offers provisioning, administrative and support
services, as well as professional architecture guidance to help
clients design and deploy their applications in the cloud. The
platform gains public datacenters in Hong Kong and Tokyo, expanding
locations in the Asia-Pacific region.
“The addition of Windows Azure platform and infrastructure services to
the Accenture Cloud Platform simplifies adoption of cloud services and
hybrid computing scenarios for our clients,” said Steven Martin,
Microsoft, general manager, Windows Azure. “It offers all the benefits
of Azure – rapid provisioning and market leading price-performance –
wrapped in robust solutions from Accenture.”
“We are focused on providing global customers with a secure,
enterprise-ready cloud solution,” said Chris Drumgoole, senior vice
president, Global Operations at Verizon Terremark. “By participating in
the Accenture Cloud Platform ecosystem, our mutual clients have another
avenue for acquiring cloud services worldwide.”
“The Accenture Cloud Platform offers enterprise clients total
flexibility to design an ecosystem that meets their own unique
technology and geography requirements,” said Kazuhiro Gomi, NTT
Communications board member and CEO of NTT America. “NTT is proud to be
a key infrastructure and services partner to Accenture for the global
delivery of robust cloud computing business solutions.”
“We have a robust blueprint for enterprise services on the Accenture
Cloud Platform that goes far beyond the typical service provider and
leverages our deep capabilities,” said Liebow. ”For instance, we’ve done
more than 30 conference room pilots for ERP on the platform to help our
clients smoothly and quickly provision the cloud for their ERP systems.”
The Accenture Cloud Platform is a major part of Accenture’s investment
of more than $400 million in cloud technologies, capabilities and
training by 2015 to focus on delivering the right cloud services from
its network of providers, as well as blending its own industry solutions
and innovations with third party offerings.
Accenture has worked on more than 6,000 cloud computing projects for
clients, including more than 60 percent of the Fortune Global 100, and
has more than 7,900 professionals trained in cloud computing. Accenture
is consistently recognized for its industry leadership by leading
independent analyst firms and software alliance partners.
Learn more about the Accenture
Cloud Platform.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and
outsourcing company, with approximately 266,000 people serving clients
in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience,
comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions,
and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies,
Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance
businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of
US$27.9 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2012. Its home page
is www.accenture.com.
Copyright Business Wire 2013