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Technology Leadership with IBM Software and Hardware
Capgemini are leaders for innovative development of solutions based on IBM technology. We have a significant IBM skills base in our Outsourcing and Technology Services disciplines and a substantial investment in IBM technology at our Accelerated Delivery Centre (ADC) in Aston, Birmingham.
Key skills and accreditations
- Winners of IBM’s Beacon Award as Global Consultant and Integrator of the Year 2004 for our Siebel implementation at Abbey
- IBM Rational - Most Valuable Partner Award 2004
- a group of IBM’s most significant partners and product development teams responsible for shaping the future product direction of WebSphere
- The only Global SI working with IBM Software on the launch and development of their Service Oriented Architecture
- 100 people within our IBM/Java Technology Business Unit and 450+ consultants with experience of IBM projects
- Extensive skills across the entire IBM Software and hardware products from WebSphere and Rational to zSeries and pSeries
- To ensure we are at the forefront of IBM’s technology development we regularly take part in beta programmes. In recent years we have been involved in the beta programmes for WebSphere App Server v5.0 and WebSphere Portal Server v.4.0 – we have also recently tested and delivered Siebel ‘Portlets’ through WebSphere Portal server at our Aston ADC.
Advanced infrastructure capability around IBM hardware
Capgemini’s recent projects indicate the extent to which we are working with our clients and IBM to deliver cost effective and innovative solutions:
- Testing Oracle on Linux performance, running on Z-series Mainframes to support cost effective database deployment
- The deployment of a virtualised blade environment for a large financial services client to support NT4 migration
- The rollout of IBM’s new Linux ePOS system to all of Matalan’s stores in the UK which included the design, build and deployment of 2350 ePOS systems and 185 InStore Servers. This is probably the biggest Linux deployment in Retail worldwide for Capgemini.
Developing innovative solutions faster
Capgemini’s IBM ADC enables us to accelerate the delivery of IBM technology based projects, delivering the solutions our clients need faster and with higher quality than industry averages:
- 160 seat at Aston ADC is an IBM Centre of Excellence
- £8m worth of IBM technology ready to quick-start projects for our clients
- Concentrated IBM skills and knowledge development programmes
