TYSONS, Va. and ARMONK,
N.Y., July 19, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today
announced a collaboration in which IBM will provide its Cloud
Managed Services for z Systems -- IBM Cloud for z -- and
associated mainframe hardware, software, monitoring and governance
support to CSC clients who are moving to the cloud and want a more
secure, scalable, flexible information technology infrastructure at
significantly reduced operational costs.
The expanded alliance further advances CSC's vision of the
"Service-Enabled Enterprise" and IBM's "as-a-service" strategy,
both designed to increase client choice and innovation in adopting
emerging technologies. The as-a-service strategy provides
consumption-based pricing for the IBM z Systems environment to give
clients' greater capital investment flexibility.
"Many clients are looking for ways to make historically fixed
cost more variable to migrate from legacy platforms to modernized
applications and to a cloud enabled infrastructure," said Stephen
Hilton, CSC's executive vice president & general manager,
Global Infrastructure Services. "As a solution independent
integrator, CSC is uniquely positioned to leverage transformative
services like the IBM Cloud for z to benefit our clients. This new
cloud-based service expands our cloud offering and is a natural
evolution of our long-standing alliance with IBM. We are very
excited to be providing our clients greater choice and capital
flexibility when transforming legacy computing to a cloud-like
service, and delighted that our close partnership with IBM has
enabled us to bring this transformative offering to
market."
The agreement builds on an announcement earlier this year that
the IBM Cloud is available to CSC clients as an option through
CSC's next generation IT services. Integration of the CSC Agility
Platform™ with the IBM Cloud will enable clients across multiple
industries -- including healthcare, insurance and finance -- to
quickly leverage the benefits of the hybrid cloud and deploy some
10,000 applications that deliver rapid proof of value.
"IBM's ability to bring its world-class strengths in customer
service and information technology operations will enable CSC to
maximize mainframe efficiencies now and in the future via the IBM
Cloud for z," said Philip Guido, GM
of IBM Services in North America.
"IBM's leadership in next-generation cloud, security, big data,
management processes and support aligns with CSC's objectives of
leading client digital transformation needs and providing long-term
solutions to meet their ever-evolving requirements."
IBM's Cloud for z support of CSC will:
- Enable the right level of computing resources and dynamically
adjust capability levels as client needs change;
- Provide a predictable pricing model offering increased
flexibility;
- Offer high levels of secure computing, coupled with
configurable options of high availability that can help reduce
business risk; and
- Reduce total cost of computing and IT operations by using a
shared infrastructure for software, server, disk and tape
needs.
Additional information concerning IBM Cloud Managed Services for
z Systems can be found at
https://www.ibm.com/marketplace/cloud/managed-cloud-environment-for-system-z/us/en-us
Resiliency services that will be provided to CSC include
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), which provides replication,
backup and recovery of critical infrastructure, data, and systems
to the cloud to enable a rapid recovery of applications and
data.
The IBM Cloud delivers fast, easy and automated access to
public, private and hybrid cloud services to help drive digital
transformation. IBM Cloud is a growing collection of services
including analytics, mobile, networking, storage, Internet of
Things and cognitive computing. With more than 40 global cloud data
centers, IBM offers CSC clients the most advanced mainframe
technologies and skills needed to run their most critical business
applications no matter where they reside.
About CSC
CSC (NYSE: CSC) leads clients on their digital transformation
journeys. The company provides innovative next-generation
technology services and solutions that leverage deep industry
expertise, global scale, technology independence and an extensive
partner community. CSC serves leading commercial and international
public sector organizations through the world. CSC is a Fortune 500
company and ranked among the best corporate citizens. For more
information, visit the company's website at www.csc.com.
About IBM Global Technology Services
IBM Global Technology Services offers end-to-end IT consulting and
business services supported by an unparalleled global delivery
network that is transforming its business to lead in an era of
Cognitive and Cloud. As a cloud services integrator, GTS is
managing the services and underlying infrastructure in an
integrated and unified way. It is modernizing clients' IT
environments to help them meet the increasingly complex customer
demands. GTS provides clients with innovative technology solutions
that help them to improve their business processes and in turn,
profitability.
CSC Contacts
- Richard Adamonis, Corporate
Media Relations, 862.228.3481, radamonis@csc.com
- Neil DeSilva, Global M&A and
Investor Relations, 703.245.9700, neildesilva@csc.com
IBM Contact
- Clint Roswell, Director,
External Communications, 914.766.2422 roswellc@us.ibm.com
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