Accenture Partners HP to Provide IT Solutions to Enterprises

Emma Okonji

Hewlett-Packard Company and Accenture has announced an alliance to provide Information Technology (IT) outsourcing services to enterprises. The two firms will focus on migrating legacy mainframe applications to next generation architectures and platforms as well as supporting “backwards” integration with legacy applications. These new services will give enterprises a faster and simpler way to harness IT assets while minimizing costs and risk.

The alliance formalises a three-year collaboration developed to support the full lifecycle of complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, among the most difficult to implement and scale globally. The two companies have already collaborated on 15 engagements and developed repeatable best practice methodologies for ERP outsourcing. Today’s announcement builds on this heritage to provide customers with a single point of contact and accountability for program management.

Speaking about the partnership, the Managing Director, Technology, Accenture, Mr. Niyi Tayo, said, there are new technologies and solutions, more data than ever before, legacy and new systems coming together, an upsurge in collaboration inside and outside the enterprise, more of everything digital driving businesses.

Accenture HPE solutions include, private cloud for the Hybrid Cloud, Automated and highly scalable private cloud that minimises upfront investment, improves scalability, rapidly deploys secure application environments and simplifies management. The comprehensive service management—Real-time and predictive service monitoring, analytics services and automation that delivers superior results with business-class monitoring, five 9s reliability, scalability, enhanced service quality, greater predictability, increased agility and cost optimisation
It also has the data-driven digital analytics, customisable and scalable architectures that improve analytics, performance and digital capabilities with seamless integration, reduced TCO, enhanced innovation and performance, through an automated SAP environment that speeds business outcomes.

The Accenture HPE solutions has the adaptive networking, agile and optimised next-generation networking that enables service velocity and agility in the cloud and optimises high-performance, high-density environments across distributed operations, all while reducing total cost of ownership.

According to the Regional Manager, Software Sales, Africa, at HPE, Mr. Faisal Aljudi, the HP Alliance ONE Partner of the Year Awards are presented to an exclusive set of HP alliance members in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in the development and delivery of innovative solutions that achieve standard-setting levels for business excellence and client satisfaction.