Cap Gemini Ernst and Young Honored as 2003 Global Services Partner of the Year By Microsoft
Consulting and Integration Leader Is Turning Microsoft Technology Innovation Into Tangible Business Value For The Enterprise Customer
14 October 2003
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGE&Y) today announced that it has
been recognized by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as a co-winner of the 2003
Microsoft Global Services Partner of the Year Special Recognition
Award. The award was announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner
Conference 2003 in New Orleans last night. The award is given to the
partner that has demonstrated leadership and has been the most valuable
global services partner in delivering Microsoft solutions to mutual
customers in the past year. CGE&Y is pleased to join
Hewlett-Packard as this year’s co-winner.
CGE&Y grew
its worldwide Microsoft alliance revenues in fiscal year 2002 by over
30% from the previous year’s goal. This was accomplished by developing
a strong ISV ecosystem, co-developing innovative solutions, building a
strong technical community, increasing training center readiness, and
providing effective knowledge transfer on a global level. In parallel,
CGE&Y jointly implemented Microsoft technology-based solutions to
clients around the globe. For example, in Sweden, with BT Industries,
CGE&Y implemented a Field Service Mobility Solution using Microsoft
Windows Mobile software for Pocket PC’s to BT Industries 1,200 field
service engineers. In Canada, CGE&Y and Microsoft helped St. Mary’s
Cement plan, design, and implement three critical applications to run
the business, and build a completely new Microsoft based infrastructure
to support them. In the, Netherlands, with Hereema Marine Contractors,
CGE&Y built a new server and workstation environment using
Microsoft technologies. In India, CGE&Y developed an Office
solution that connects the company’s information users to enterprise
applications data, using a familiar and uniform user interface.
CGE&Y has over 40 Certified Partner locations worldwide and has
achieved Microsoft Gold Certified for e-commerce, collaborative
solutions, and business intelligence and enterprise systems that
requires completing significant customer deployments that have been
independently verified by Microsoft.
“Our relationship with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young has evolved in
profound ways over the past five years, and particularly in the last
year as our organizations have forged stronger ties in every area,”
said Sanjay Parthasarathy, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s
Platform Strategy & Partner Group. “With a shared vision and
aligned resources worldwide, together we can deliver what customers
want -- solutions that create value and reduce costs. Microsoft is very
pleased to honor CGE&Y as Global Services Partner of the Year for
2003.”
“We are honored to receive this distinction from Microsoft and to be a
co-recipient with a world-class organization like HP,” said Chell
Smith, Global Director of Technology Services, CGE&Y. “This award
not only recognizes the incredibly successful partnership that
CGE&Y and Microsoft have cultivated, but is a testament to the
employees that support our client initiatives. Without their hard work
and dedication, this award would not be possible.”
With a strong focus on healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and oil &
gas, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young announced 18 Microsoft solutions last
year, including a suite of Mobility solutions using the .NET Compact
Framework and Windows CE .NET, a SAP VALUEUpgrade solution, migrating
SAP R/3 onto a Microsoft platform and a set of Extended Retail
Solutions with Intel and Cisco Systems, basically an open system
architected on the Microsoft platform. In addition CGE&Y has
developed several solutions using the new Office System 2003, including
a Clinical Portal healthcare solution, Corporate Accountability,
Electronic Document Records Management, and Office-as-a-SMART-client.
“2003 was an extremely successful year for the CGE&Y Microsoft
Global Alliance,” said Deanne Handron, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young -
Global Alliance Executive. “Despite a challenging market, we exceeded
sales goals and gained several significant client wins worldwide - all
while continuing to deliver incredible value to alliance customers.”
About the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young / Microsoft Alliance
A global alliance partner since 1997, CGE&Y has invested in
developing integrated solutions that take advantage of the latest
Microsoft enterprise technologies, including Windows Server 2003,
Office System 2003, the .NET software such as BizTalk Server and SQL
Server and Visual Studio .NET. CGE&Y has developed a wide range of
reusable components, frameworks and solutions that support: IT
infrastructure, Application Infrastructure and Information Worker
Productivity.
About the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the world’s largest
providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing Services. The
company helps businesses implement growth strategies and leverage
technology. The organisation employs approximately 50,000 people
worldwide and reported 2002 global revenues of 7.047 billion euros.
More information is available at www.cgey.com .
