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Atos, EMC and VMware to form an open cloud computing strategic alliance
(Thomson Reuters ONE (English) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Atos to create Canopy, a One-Stop-Shop Company for Advanced Cloud Services;
EMC and VMware to Invest Alongside Atos to Unlock the Potential of Cloud
Computing
for Enterprises and Governments
Webcast today at 15.00 (CET) with Thierry Breton Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer at Atos and Joe Tucci, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at EMC
Registerhere
Paris, France; Hopkinton, Mass; Palo Alto, Calif. 15 February 2012 - Atos, EMC
Corporation and VMware announced today a strategic alliance for open cloud
computing. Additionally, Atos plans to create a new company, Canopy, providing
a wide range of cloud solutions and services designed to speed the delivery and
help customers quickly take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing. Based
on best-of-breed technology from global cloud computing industry leaders EMC and
VMware, the new offerings will include an open cloud platform that enables
customers to easily and flexibly choose, access and deploy cloud-based services
for their enterprise IT needs.
Canopy will provide a market-leading one-stop shop for cloud services, enabling
organizations to easily, securely and cost effectively accelerate their move to
the cloud. As part of the strategic alliance and in addition to providing the
advanced technologies upon which the new Atos cloud solutions and services will
be delivered, EMC and VMware also intend to invest alongside Atos to help drive
innovation and the successful adoption of Canopy's solutions in the marketplace.
Thierry Breton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Atos, said: "Today's
enterprises and governments face in parallel massive pressures on IT costs,
growing user expectations for agility, user-friendliness, and innovation. Cloud
Computing is radically changing the world of IT by meeting these needs. The
launch of Canopy and its unique set of enterprise-grade services will ensure
that Atos is well positioned to play a leading role in this new and growing
market. The value of today's strategic alliance is very promising for our
customers as Canopy has been designed to leverage the capabilities of Atos, EMC
and VMware technologies so as to offer our clients the best one-stop-shop cloud
services. Canopy will in particular closely work with its private and public
sector customers to guarantee that its cloud solutions and operations will
provide the highest level of integrity, reliability and security."
Joe Tucci, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EMC, said: "Cloud computing
is altering forever the way in which IT is designed and consumed across data
centers, applications and end user access points. EMC looks forward to working
even more closely with Atos, accelerating this shared vision and making the
benefits of cloud computing a reality for enterprise customers in key targeted
industries."
Paul Maritz, Chief Executive Officer, VMware said: "Cloud computing represents
a significant shift in how customers consume and manage IT resources, but they
are asking for the benefits of the cloud on their terms, with the ability for
managed services to be delivered on or off premise. We're pleased to be working
with Atos and EMC to deliver cloud solutions in this fashion - simplifying and
automating IT services to help customers not only reduce costs, but also
transform IT into a strategic asset that yields business and competitive value.
"
The new strategic cloud offerings will be based on open standards so clients can
always choose their preferred technology, whether to run the solution off- or
on-premise and how to mix private, public and hybrid cloud solutions to best
meet their business needs. They will be targeted at selected vertical markets
and include:
* An Enterprise Application Store - powered by EMC and VMware technologies-
will enable clients anywhere in the world to choose, access and download
applications they require under the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. The
store will include horizontal (cross-industries) and industry-specific
business applications.
* An Enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) - powered by EMC and VMware
technologies, and managed by Atos, will provide a secure enterprise Java
development environment, incorporating a standard development framework
where Canopy and its clients can design, create and test new cloud
applications.
* A Private Cloud - powered by EMC and VMware technologies - will provide
clients with a pre-configured, standardized, enterprise-grade cloud stack
for on-premise and off-premise deployments, enabling clients to speed up
their cloud readiness.
* Cloud strategy & transformation Journey Design - these consulting services
will range from building customized cloud strategy to shaping a cloud
transformation journey so that customers can grasp the benefits while moving
to the cloud securely and at the speed that is right for them.
The strategic alliance will leverage the common channels of Atos and EMC to
bring to the market this portfolio of end-to-end cloud services.
With cloud computing currently accounting for 10% of the IT market and set to
quadruple by 2020, Atos, EMC and VMware share the same vision and strategy
regarding ongoing IT/Cloud transformation and the Cloud solutions and services
required in the marketplace.
Canopy will enable the transformation of the application landscape of customers
and help them capture the value delivered by the cloud. Canopy customers will
benefit from the highest levels of integrity, security and confidentiality of
data in the cloud as well as secure operations with high level of availability
leveraging the broad portfolio of solutions and services from its partners.
Thus, Canopy customers will fully benefit from the cutting-edge EMC and VMware
technologies, orchestrated, carefully integrated, industrialized and delivered
through the Atos worldwide datacenter network and proven know-how in cloud
services. For organizations, the benefits are huge -in IT costs reduction
through flexible pricing models plus access to innovative, flexible, agile
technology that ensures rapid implementation and faster time to market for
products and services.
Headquartered in Europe, Canopy will propose Cloud offerings from dedicated
infrastructures in order to ensure its customers' data protection and security,
complying with all relevant regulations. Canopy CEO will be appointed by Atos,
its principal shareholder.
Webcast today at 15.00 (CET)
Thierry Breton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Atos and Joseph M.
Tucci, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at EMC invite you to
join a webcast in English today, 15 February, at 3:00 pm, CET time, to find out
more about the new strategic alliance and the creation of Canopy. To register
and join the webcast or to find the dial in details to join by phone,
click,here.
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States and other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property
of their respective owners.
About Atos
Atos is an international information technology services company with annual
revenues of €8.6 billion and 74,000 employees in 42 countries. Serving a global
client base, it delivers hi-tech transactional services, consulting and
technology services, systems integration and managed services. Atos is focused
on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create
their firm of the future. It is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for
the Olympic and Paralympic Games and is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market.
Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting & Technology Services, Atos
Worldline and Atos Worldgrid. For more information visit www.atos.net.
Contacts:
Media Relations, Atos: Caroline Crouch: T: +44 7733 310086;
E:caroline.crouch@atos.net
Investor Relations, Atos: Gilles Arditti: T: +33 6 11 69 81 74
E:gilles.arditti@atos.net
Industry Analyst relations, Luc Barbier: T+336 32 88 52 70
E:Luc.barbier@atos.net
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers
to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this
transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC
accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store,
manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset - information - in a more
agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be
found atwww.EMC.com.
EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective
owners.
Contact: Media Relations, EMC: Dave Farmer: T: +508-293-7206; E:
dave.farmer@emc.commailto:caroline.crouch@atos.net
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About VMware
VMware 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 2011 revenues of $3.77 billion, VMware has more than 350,000 customers and
50,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices
throughout the world and can be found online atwww.vmware.com. VMware is a
registered trademark and/or trademark of VMware, Inc. In the United States
and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the word « partner » or « partnership »
does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other
company.
Contacts:
Media relations, VMware Global: Nick Fuentes: T: +1 650 427 1104; E:
nfuentes@vmware.com
Media relations, VMware EMEA: Mathias Raeck: T: +49 89 3706 17322; E:
mraeck@vmware.com
Investor relations, VMware: Gloria Lee: T: +1 650 427 3267; E: glee@vmware.com
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