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Accenture intros private cloud for SAP application

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MADRID, SPAIN: Consulting and outsourcing company Accenture announced that it has developed a private cloud solution in support of SAP applications.

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Accenture, in a release, said that it will allow businesses and organizations to migrate to private cloud infrastructure.

The solution features a transparent migration of two SAP solutions -- ERP application and NetWeaver Business Warehouse (NetWeaver BW) component -- to a managed private cloud infrastructure.

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Accenture's private cloud solution was unveiled at the co-located Sapphire Now and SAP TechEd conferences being held in Madrid from November 8-10.

"By taking advantage of this new solution, our clients stand to realize a reduction in total cost of ownership, while also benefitting from the ability to quickly deploy new SAP solutions," said Kevin Campbell, group chief executive, Technology, Accenture. "We're pleased to be taking our relationship with SAP to an even greater level of commitment by sharpening and deepening our focus in this strategic growth area."

The powerful combination of hardware and software was created and delivered through a collaboration between Accenture, Cisco, NetApp, VMware, Red Hat and RealTech.

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"Accenture and SAP possess a unique combination of skills, experience and capabilities to deliver an infrastructure transformation solution," said Mark Willford, global managing director of Accenture's SAP business. "We intend to help our customers maximize the performance of their SAP enterprise systems through a managed, private cloud solution."

The solution's architecture -- known as FlexPod -- is comprised of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) and NetApp storage.

"This announcement underscores SAP's commitment to delivering enterprise applications via the cloud in cooperation with our leading partner ecosystem," said Chakib Bouhdary, executive vice president, chief strategy and value officer, Value Engineering, SAP Americas. "The Accenture private cloud solution will further empower our customers by providing a direct path to new innovations from SAP in areas including analytics, in-memory and mobility technology. Together with our ecosystem of partners, we can help customers transform their businesses in open and flexible ways while increasing efficiency and boosting performance."

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