Gfi Informatique and Orange Business Services have signed a partnership to support enterprises when outsourcing their information systems and adopting cloud computing. It will provide enterprises with a global solution, unique on the market, and managed end-to-end including - on-demand - business solutions, application management, IT platforms and Network.

This alliance combines the complementary skills of Orange Business Services, France's leading supplier of cloud computing services[1]:
#_ftn1, with those of Gfi Informatique, one of Europe's leading value-added IT services and software players in the field of applications and business solutions. As a result, enterprises will benefit from a complete offer that includes:

  • Orange Business Services' Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, notably integrating the cloud offers available in the Flexible Computing:
    http://www.orange-business.com/fr/entreprise/real-times/solutions-it/infrastructures/flexible-computing/ range, accessible via the Internet, and/or enterprise private networks via the VPN Galerie:
    http://www.orange-business.com/fr/entreprise/services-solutions/reseau-et-internet/services-wan/business-vpn-galerie/ solution for secure IT system access,
  • a catalogue of services covering the facilities management of existing application assets, and providing access to new software solutions for Business Units (eBusiness, ERP, etc.),
  • an integrated service centre combining both players' know-how to manage the follow-up of their future customers.

Unique on France's IT market, this service offering makes Gfi Informatique and Orange Business Services the preferred partners of the Enterprise market for support with the deployment of their IT strategies: outsourcing, virtualisation, use of cloud services.

 

In the framework of the partnership:

  • Orange Business Services hosts the shared platform in France, imparts its expertise in terms of cloud computing infrastructure management and provides common customers with its Internet or private company network connectivity catalogue,
  • Gfi Informatique provides its know-how in architecture and multi-technological application integration, its comprehensive expertise in infrastructure management of applications and its application and business solution services.

This partnership will help speed up the transformation of information systems to a
cloud-based model via an end-to-end offering that extends from the infrastructure and the integration of software solutions through to the management of applications, regardless of the terminal concerned - fixed or mobile.

 

"We are delighted to associate Gfi Informatique's expertise in the delivery of complementary application and infrastructure services with our hosting and cloud computing offers" explains Didier Jaubert, Global Services Executive Director, Orange Business Services. He goes on: "We are now in a position to provide the Enterprise market with an end-to-end solution that simplifies the management of their information systems."

 

"This partnership consolidates the Gfi Informatique Group's high-growth strategy. By pooling our technologies and innovations with Orange Business Services, we offer our French customers a complete package for application and infrastructure services that can be deployed both in France and overseas", affirms Vincent Rouaix, CEO, Gfi Informatique Group.

 

About Orange Business Services

Orange Business Services, the France Telecom-Orange branch dedicated to B2B services, is a leading global systems integrator and outsourcing programmes provider for multinational corporations. With the world's largest, seamless network for voice and data, Orange Business Services reaches 220 countries and territories with local support in 166. Offering a comprehensive package of communication services covering cloud computing, enterprise mobility, M2M, security, unified communications, videoconferencing, and broadband, Orange Business Services delivers a best-in-class customer experience across a global landscape. Orange Business Services was awarded three of the telecom industry's highest accolades at the annual World Communication Awards (WCA) 2012 - Best Global Operator, Best Cloud Service and the User's Choice Award. Learn more at www.orange-business.com:
http://www.orange-business.com/ www.orange-business.tv:
http://www.orange-business.tv/ www.blogs.orangebusiness.com:
http://www.blogs.orangebusiness.com/

 

France Telecom-Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with 172,000 employees worldwide and sales of 45.3 billion euros in 2011. Orange is the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates. France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.

Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limited, Orange France or France Telecom.

  

About Gfi Informatique
Gfi Informatique is a major European player in value-added IT services and software that occupies a strategic position in its differentiated approach to global firms and niche entities. Its multi-specialist profile enables the Group to serve its clients with a unique combination of proximity, sector organisation and quality industrial solutions. With around 8,700 employees, the Group generated 2012 revenues of ?750 million (Proforma) .
Gfi Informatique is listed on Paris Euronext and NYSE Euronext (Compartment B) - ISIN Code: FR0004038099.Pour plus d'informations : www.gfi.fr:
http://www.gfi.fr/

 

Media contacts

Orange Business Services :

Hélène Dos Santos, helene.dossantos@orange.com:
mailto:helene.dossantos@orange.com, +33 1 44 37 65 56

Ghislain Garesse, BM i&e, ghislain.garesse@bm.com:
mailto:ghislain.garesse@bm.com , +33 1 56 03 14 19

 

Gfi Informatique :

 

GFI INFORMATIQUE

Communication Dir

Sabine de LEISSEGUES

Tél. : +33 1 44 04 50 45

sabine.de-leissegues@gfi.fr:
mailto:sabine.de-leissegues@gfi.fr 		POINT VIRGULE

Presse relation

Khéloudja SADAOUI

Tél. : +33 1 73 79 50 72

ksadaoui@pointvirgule.com:
mailto:ksadaoui@pointvirgule.com

[1]:
#_ftnref1 according to a 2012 survey by PAC (Pierre Audoin Consultants)

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