Accenture and Microsoft announce a cloud team up-- the Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for Microsoft Azure, a hybrid cloud platform delivered Avenade, the two company's IT services joint venture.
The platform promises new technologies handling the migration and management of applications between private and public clouds, all on demand, at speed and from a single console.
It is built on components from the 3 companies involved, namely the Microsoft Azure (provides hyper-scale and hybrid capabilities connected to Windows Server with Hyper-V, System Center and Azure Pack), the Accenture Cloud Platform (supports multi-platform environments with self-service provisioning and centralised management dashboard) and Avenade customer support.
“Enterprises around the globe are looking for the right platforms and partners to help them transform and thrive in a mobile-first, cloud-first world,” Microsoft says. “The Microsoft cloud, combined with Accenture’s industry knowledge and implementation expertise, accelerates our customers’ cloud adoption and unlocks new benefits, including powerful new applications, data-driven insights and increased productivity.”