Telecom Lead America: Capgemini, a provider of
consulting, technology and outsourcing services, announced its agreement with
SAP AG to co-develop a mobile sales execution solution and a joint go-to-market
plan for the next five years.
The new agreement follows the global managed mobility
agreement Capgemini signed with SAP and Sybase in September 2011.
The solution will be based on Sybase Unwired Platform and
aims to help customers reduce costs but at the same time improve customer
experience, as mobile channels become increasingly important.
“This agreement builds on our strong relationship
with SAP in the area of mobile. It will help us deliver further value to our
customers as we continually strive to build and advise on solutions, in a
sector where mobile channels are developing at a rapid pace,”
said Fernando Alvarez, mobile solutions global service line leader,
Capgemini.
Capgemini has a long-standing relationship with SAP with
nearly 11,500 practitioners focused on SAP solutions globally. It provides
application life-cycle services in support of SAP solutions, including
on-premise, on-device and on-demand projects to thousands of clients worldwide.
“We are partnering with Capgemini because of their
strong global footprint, deep expertise in implementation, hosting services,
mobile capabilities and functional expertise in the market,”
said Sanjay Poonen, president, Product Go-to-Market, and head of Mobile
Division, SAP. “
Capgemini has one of the broadest offerings of SAP
Services globally, including design, build, run and operate services. It
delivers solutions to its customers by providing SAP software licensing,
implementation, hosting, application management and business process
outsourcing under one contract.
Capgemini in pact with MATRIXX Software
Recently, Capgemini and MATRIXX Software entered into a
global partnership to enable communications services providers (CSPs) to
develop interactive, real time relationships with their subscribers.
