Hewlett-Packard
2009-12-15
AMSTELVEEN, 15 December 2009 - HP Enterprise Services kondigt vandaag
aan dat PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) zich aansluit bij de HP
Agility Alliance.
Samen zullen HP en PwC bedrijfstransformatie oplossingen en diensten
bieden die klanten helpen om hun bedrijfsprocessen te stroomlijnen en
een groter rendement op hun technologie investeringen te behalen.
"Deze economische tijd vraagt van bedrijven dat ze blijven innoveren,
terwijl ze tegelijkertijd moeten kijken naar manieren om hun
werkzaamheden te optimaliseren," zegt Greg Robins, directeur van
Global Alliances, HP Enterprise Services. "De deelname van PwC aan de
HP Agility Alliance biedt klanten een krachtiger portfolio van
bedrijfstransformatie oplossingen, waardoor de kosten omlaag gaan en
waardoor ze wereldwijd beter kunnen concurreren."
Met deze samenwerking zullen HP en PwC onder andere de volgende
oplossingen en diensten bieden:
* Transformational enterprise resource planning (ERP) - integreert
PwC's bedrijfsconsulting competenties en branchekennis met de
ervaring van HP Enterprise Services om ERP omgevingen te
implementeren, configureren, integreren, hosten en runnen.
* Business transformation - versterkt HP's innovatieve methodologie
en IT-infrastructuur mogelijkheden met PwC's business case
ontwikkeling, IT strategie analyse, enterprise data management en
belastingplanning oplossingen
* Governance, risk en compliance - combineert PwC's ervaring in
strategie en integratie met de mogelijkheden van HP Enterprise
Services voor ontwikkeling, integratie en managed security
capaciteiten.
* Industry solutions - maakt gebruik van HP's en PwC's gebundelde
krachten en mogelijkheden om te voldoen aan vragen van klanten in
sectoren als gezondheidszorg, energie en industrie.
** Vervolg persbericht in het Engels**
"By working together, PwC and HP are responding to clients' needs to
transform their businesses, allowing us to demonstrate business value
and drive growth," said Vicki Huff, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"Furthermore, the collaboration leverages respective industry
strengths and capabilities, allowing different markets the opportunity
to benefit from our combined solutions."
HP and PwC signed a teaming agreement more than a year ago that has
already benefited clients. Recently, the companies completed the
initial planning and design phase of a major SAP-enabled business
transformation project for the STP Nuclear Operating Company, an
acknowledged leader in the nuclear power industry. The team worked
with STP to plan and blueprint the replacement of more than 60
mission-critical, enterprise-wide legacy applications while improving
and sustaining business performance.
"The coming together of PwC and HP was a win-win for our company,"
said Mike Meier, vice president, Shared Services, STP. "PwC's proven
nuclear power industry experience combined with HP's applications
management leadership will help us put quality and excellence in the
forefront of this project."
The HP Agility Alliance is a coalition of application and business
service providers that work with HP Enterprise Services to develop and
provide dynamic business solutions.
HP Enterprise Services is the recently announced brand name for
Electronic Data Systems, LLC.
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