Case study
Accenture
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Technology
But that ’ s just part of it . In addition to bundled solution packages , business leaders and , in turn , their IT organizations , want the simplicity of purchasing technology with the “ swipe of a credit card .” Drawing from its own HPE Helion private cloud and the industry leading hardware , software , and services included in that ooering , Accenture is serving up hybrid cloud solutions that are more in line with what its clients want .
A hybrid focus — because one size doesn ’ t fit all
To help IT organizations empower their respective businesses , Accenture is focusing on the hybrid cloud space . It recognizes that no two businesses are alike . Some are more oriented toward the public cloud and others toward the private cloud . Finding the right mix requires a hybrid model that can be tailored to individual business requirements . To this end , the company is excited about two key ooerings — Accenture Cloud Platform and Accenture Hybrid Cloud . Both are hybrid cloud solutions that launch clients on their respective journeys . “ It depends on whether the customer wants to start with more of a focus on the public or private cloud ,” says McCullough . “ This will ultimately drive the diierent solutions we put in place for clients .”
Accenture builds on its HPE Helion foundation
To drive solutions that satisfy clients ’ specific and evolving needs , Accenture relies heavily on its own HPE Helion private cloud solution . “ One of the goals within our Hewlett Packard Enterprise practice ,” says McCullough , “ Is to own the private cloud space within Accenture .”
The company ’ s private cloud solution , leveraging HPE Helion OpenStack , is built on a pre-configured converged infrastructure that can be easily and rapidly deployed to support application environments .
The Accenture Dealer Management System ( ADMS ), for example , provides SAP hosting services for Caterpillar Inc . dealers . Transparent scalability of the HPE solution allows the infrastructure to scale up as Accenture onboards more dealers onto the platform .
The HPE solution provides balanced building blocks of servers , storage , and networking , along with integrated management software . It also delivers a best-in-class virtualized infrastructure that is delivered as a single , proven solution that can support multiple hypervisors and enables cloud management . Both HPE Data Protector and the newer Recovery Manager Central ( RMC ) data protection solutions are available as part of Accenture ’ s solution ooering depending on the client use case .
Accenture ’ s HPE Helion private cloud delivers , “ Absolutely leading edge technology that we are able to take into the diierent ooerings and solutions we ’ re building for clients ,” says McCullough . He adds , “ We ’ re integrating it directly into the Accenture hybrid cloud and our ACP hybrid cloud solution set . It provides a very powerful capability that allows us to bring to our customers a strong private cloud solution combined with a public cloud piece .”
Powerful technology and flexible consumption model
Three components of the HPE Helion solution make it easier for Accenture to build out solutions that better serve its clients . The first piece is HPE ’ s industry leading hardware , which Accenture uses as the foundation for many of its solutions . “ If you look at Gartner and other analysts ’ views ,” says McCullough , “ the HPE hardware solution absolutely stands out . And we ’ re able to optimize our clients ’ solution through this very powerful hardware set .”
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