Capgemini,
one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and
outsourcing services, and VMware,
the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure,
today announced they have expanded their strategic partnership to
jointly develop new solutions. The move will extend Capgemini’s service
integration, aggregation and orchestration platform by leveraging
VMware’s industry leading cloud management offerings. This expanded
partnership reflects Capgemini’s and VMware’s vision of how IT
organizations are evolving in the cloud era. The new solutions will help
customers more easily achieve IT as a Service by improving the way they
manage cloud consumption across multiple providers and operators with
policy-based service provisioning, data sovereignty protection and
improved time to value for cloud adoption. The expanded partnership
brings together VMware’s virtualization and cloud management solutions
with Capgemini’s expertise in service integration, aggregation and
orchestration. The new solutions from Capgemini and VMware will help
enterprises worldwide simplify cloud management complexity, maximize
operational efficiency and increase IT and business agility, while
improving quality of service.
These new solutions, which are a key component of Capgemini’s
Orchestration Platform, will combine Capgemini’s market-leading service
integration solution, as well as Capgemini’s service aggregation and
orchestration solutions, with VMware vCloud® Automation Center™,
vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ and VMware IT Business Management
Suite™. As a result, enterprises will be able to more rapidly create and
deliver new business services while transforming their IT infrastructure
and modernizing their existing applications.
For instance, an enterprise marketing director seeking a new application
for business analysis and operations management will have the ability to
access a robust set of pre-packaged solutions that align to overall
business policies and specific marketing needs, eliminating
time-consuming background research, procurement and provisioning.
Through the end-user service portal, the marketing director will be able
to select the best provider and solution in accordance with business
goals, policies and budget requirements. This enables IT and the
business to more effectively manage usage, quality and costs of
available services, while dramatically improving time to market.
In addition, the joint solutions are designed to improve financial and
service level management of cloud services and providers via a real-time
dashboard, that can provide CFOs with visibility into LOB usage and IT
spend. Similarly, CIOs will gain transparency into overall application
usage, allowing for greater control over the support of business
processes and enabling true collaboration across the enterprise
ecosystem. The platform will also allow businesses to consume services
in a rapid and efficient manner.
“In order to support a globally connected workforce, cloud solutions
that are efficient, effective and bring real-time business insights are
essential,” comments Raf Howery, Senior Vice President and Head of
Infra Strategy and Ecosystem for Capgemini. “Expanding our VMware
partnership with the introduction of our new business cloud solution is
a key part of our cloud orchestration strategy, allowing enterprises to
better manage the complexity of their IT transformation journey. It will
enable them to transition to cloud with greater flexibility and
simplicity and to obtain resources across legacy, public, private or
hybrid environments. They will see an immediate business impact.”
“VMware Cloud Management solutions have been designed to meet the
demands of IT-as-a-Service – self-service, scale, velocity of change,
shared infrastructures – as well as the modern applications they
support. This industry leading cloud management solution, along with
Capgemini’s power and expertise to implement large-scale successful
enterprise solutions significantly expands our partnership and joint
value for our customers,” said Ramin Sayar, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Cloud Management Business Unit, VMware. “I am
excited about our joint investment and strategy, which will span across
multiple business and technology practices, and will provide unique and
differentiated value to the industry and our enterprise customers.”
Additional Resources
Video: Patrick Nicolet, Head of Infrastructure Services at Capgemini and
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, discuss the new expanded partnership – https://www.capgemini.com/resources/video/strengthening-the-partnership-of-capgemini-and-vmware
About Capgemini
With more than 130,000 people in 44 countries, Capgemini is one of the
world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing
services. The Group reported 2012 global revenues of EUR 10.3 billion.
Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and
technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they
want. A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its
own way of working, the Collaborative Business ExperienceTM,
and draws on Rightshore®, its worldwide delivery model.
Learn more about us at www.capgemini.com.
Rightshore® is a trademark belonging to
Capgemini
About VMware
VMware (NYSE:VMW) is the leader in virtualization and cloud
infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud
Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build,
deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is
evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2012 revenues of
$4.61 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and 55,000
partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices
throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
VMware, vCloud Automation Center, vCenter Operations Management Suite,
and IT Business Management Suite are registered trademarks or trademarks
of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other
marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective
organizations. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not
imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other
company.
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