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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 22, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 38
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Systems/Enterprise:
ACS, SUN DELIVER INNOVATIVE
UTILITY COMPUTING SOLUTIONS
ACS, a premier provider of business process and information technology
outsourcing solutions, and a member of the Sun iForce partner community, and
Sun Microsystems Inc announced a new alliance to provide outsourced utility
computing solutions to Global 1000 companies worldwide.
Under the agreement, Sun will provide flexible network computing resources
on
a pay-for-use basis to ACS. In turn, ACS will offer outsourced information
technology (IT) services to clients with utility-based pricing. ACS will be
able to better match the IT resources provided to clients on a dynamic basis,
to their varying business needs. As a key element to this alliance, ACS will
be able to offer a specified commitment to lowering total costs of IT sourcing
to its clients.
"ACS has been building a variety of leading-edge solutions for our
clients,"
stated Don Liedtke, COO of ACS Commercial Solutions. "This new alliance with
Sun is one of the ways we're working to provide true utility computing
business models to provide better value for our clients."
Sun and ACS have created an integrated set of hardware, software and
services
that can be scaled dynamically to create the optimal systems to meet computing
demand. Sun will provide to ACS computing capacity as needed, and ACS' clients
will be able to scale computing resources at specified intervals, paying only
for what they use based on a standard unit of pricing. Sun will also provide a
system technology refresh to further reduce spikes in acquisition costs and
maintain state-of-the-art performance. This innovative sourcing model will
allow ACS and its clients to:
- Meet short-term or seasonal computing demands more cost-effectively
- Predict resource costs through the unit pricing approach
- Meet SLAs more reliably
- Maintain current technology systems better
- Streamline their technology lifecycle management process of acquisition,
support, refresh, and retirement.
"Sun and ACS are teaming to provide an exciting and innovative way to help
clients more efficiently architect, build and evolve their network computing
resources," stated Patricia C. Sueltz, executive vice president of Sun
Services. "It's at the heart of Sun's strategy to work with best-in-class
partners to give the client the most optimal and flexible network computing
solution. Sun will also continue to drive product innovation, such as its
recently released temporary capacity on demand technology, to enhance that
flexibility and keep the clients in control of their businesses."
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a leading
provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at sun.com/.
About SunNetwork
Register for SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion. The SunNetwork 2003
Conference and Pavilion is the only conference 100 percent dedicated to
showcasing end-to-end solutions from Sun and our iForce partners. SunNetwork
2003 will provide information and insights through more than 200 education and
technical sessions about products and innovations designed to reduce the cost
and complexity of network computing. More information about SunNetwork 2003
and registration is available online at sunnetwork.sun.com/.
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