Capgemini Will Launch a Series of Global Environments to Help Customers Become Service-Oriented Enterprises; Rain Models the Future for Organizations Based on Service-Oriented Technologies.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. & CUPERTINO, Calif. -- The Capgemini Group (Capgemini), one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology, and Outsourcing services, today announced plans to launch a series of environments around the globe to usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. the next era of service-orientation and end business as usual. The environments, called Rain, for "RApid INnovation," were developed in collaboration with Intel and will show transformation in action. The first physical Rain environment opened today in Cupertino, CA and another one in Europe will open soon. The physical environments are complimented by a virtual environment that allows organizations to model business processes with plug-and-play applications and a modular infrastructure. The Rain environments will bring organizations along a journey that envisions the future, unleashes the business from IT constraints and ultimately helps transform the business model. Ever since the introduction of Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. as the next evolution of scalable software architecture, leading technology vendors and their systems integration partners have been seeking to position themselves as innovators around service-orientation. However, many technology vendors and systems integrators have focused their efforts solely around the software or service-oriented architecture See SOA. layer. Capgemini and Intel take a different approach to service-orientation. The two groups believe organizations must apply service-orientation to more than software. SOEs modernize software and hardware, streamline business processes and use technology to define the future competitive landscape. This focus on software, hardware, processes and business value helps organizations make a fundamental shift from the "business as usual" of the past to a future built on innovative service-oriented business processes supported by a modular, manageable IT infrastructure. At the end of a Rain experience, organizations will have a clear roadmap to becoming a Service-Oriented Enterprise. Through the combination of Capgemini consulting expertise and Intel's next-generation computing platforms See platform. , companies seeking to make many of their core business processes "plug and play," will have the ability to turn raw data into real time intelligence, and at the same time, prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between suppliers, customers and employees. "Together, the Service-Oriented Enterprise concept and Rain act as the gateway to the emerging intelligent economy," said Joe Thomas Joe Thomas may refer to:
"The Service-Oriented Enterprise is about much more than architecture or infrastructure; it is a fundamentally different business model," said Chris S. Thomas, Chief Strategist for Intel. "SOE SOE - Standard Operating Environment is about how a company uses IT better to support market-driven business processes. New Intel platforms provide the ideal foundation for SOE through delivering enhanced manageability, hardware-based virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. features and energy-efficient performance." Rain will have a sector orientation that initially focuses on three industries where the need for service orientation is most acute: utilities, retail and manufacturing. Global clients will be invited to an "Insights Day" at the Cupertino hub on October 26 to discover first hand the methodology that Capgemini and Intel have outlined to bring the Service-Oriented Enterprise to life. Capgemini and Intel are the founding partners of Rain, and they are joined by ecosystem partners. The Rain environment is vendor agnostic ag·nos·tic n. 1. a. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God. b. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism. 2. and welcomes the participation of infrastructure and application partners. For more information on the vision of the Service-Oriented Enterprise please visit www.nextgenerationinsights.com About the Capgemini Group Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, which it calls the Collaborative Business Experience. Through commitment to mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, Capgemini helps businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 63,000 people worldwide and reported 2005 global revenues of 6.954 billion euros. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com. |
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