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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