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08/03/10 Infostructure Transformation Services - Capgemini

Capgemini Group - together with Sogeti (Capgemini Group subsidiary) - today announced the launch of a new suite of services that will help clients realise the business benefits of cloud computing and services. Infostructure Transformation Services enables organisations to re-engineer their IT infrastructure and deliver immediate, sustainable cost reductions, and enable the shift to creating an “Infostructure” . This will help them to position themselves to exploit the new consumption based, commercial models of cloud computing and cost-effectively create differentiation through the emergent cloud services environment which radically changes the way organisations assemble solutions. Four distinct offerings within Infostructure Transformation Services will help companies on their journey towards the cloud; these include data center optimisation and consolidation, virtualisation, unified communications and cloud-based solutions*. This broad offering will draw on expertise from right across Capgemini’s technology services, Sogeti, consulting and outsourcing business groups.

Virtualisation and cloud computing were highlighted as the top two technology priorities in Gartner’s recent 2010 CIO survey. The report also highlighted the industry-wide need to innovate against the backdrop of budget cuts as we move into a period of growth: “2009 was the most challenging year for CIOs in the corporate and public sectors as they faced multiple budget cuts, delayed spending and increased demand for services with reduced resources,” said Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner EXP. “This is set to change in 2010, as the economy transitions from recession to recovery and organizations transition their strategies from cost-cutting efficiency to value-creating productivity.”

“CIOs are under pressure to deliver sustainable cost-reduction whilst providing value-for-money opportunities for growth and differentiation. New business models are disrupting the manner in which computing capability is deployed and procured, perhaps more importantly the explosion of new cloud services creates the notion of the ‘Enterprise Apps Store’ which we believe will fundamentally change the means by which companies assemble solutions,” said David Boulter, vice president, Global Infostructure Transformation Services. “Capgemini has a track record for being an independent, progressive partner and is always eager to embrace the disruptive innovators, which has enabled us to accelerate our field learnings and bring cloud into reality for our clients”.

The journey to the cloud is a business-led conversation, typically starting with aligning business models and drivers with the technology roadmap. Infostructure Transformation Services takes this from business case through design and architecture to implementation and utility run. Capgemini has developed processes and methodologies to help clients with the journey—first from physical to virtual, and then into cloud; all the while moving from the traditional world of system integration, into the new world of services assembly.

As well as delivering sustainable cost-reduction and creating more opportunities in terms of cloud services, Infostructure Transformation Services will also create a considerable impact to clients’ carbon footprint. All four offerings* create considerable optimisation and hardware savings, while any services outsourced to Capgemini will benefit from operating within its new world-class green datacenters.

The creation of Infostructure Transformation Services represents the fourth stage of Capgemini’s major growth initiative, part of its ‘Business as Unusual’ plan which was unveiled on November 5, 2009. It was launched with a major investment in the Group’s Business Information Management capability, followed by the announcement of new global Application Lifecycle Services and the launch of an updated Testing Services offering. Through this series of strategic offerings, Capgemini aims to generate €800 million of additional bookings in 2010.

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