Trying to give something back to the Community...
Doesn’t seem like 5 years since this was setup but it’s produced some great solutions and long may it continue:
PLANO, Texas, May 28, 2009
EDS, an HP company, today announced the five-year anniversary of the EDS Agility Alliance, a coalition of technology and business service providers that work with EDS to develop and provide dynamic technology services and business solutions.
Additionally, Symantec Corp., the maker of security, storage and systems management solutions, has joined the alliance to provide EDS clients with industry-leading capabilities and innovative approaches to the challenges customers are facing in today’s environment. The joint solutions EDS and Symantec offer will help clients secure and manage their information.
Customers around the world have distinct needs and are faced with unique challenges – from safeguarding their interactions, information and infrastructure to implementing processes and policies to protect their organizations and identify threats. Through this alliance, EDS and Symantec joint customers will experience benefits including:
Symantec and EDS also plan to combine technical and marketing resources to identify and address industry trends, solution innovation and process improvements.
“At a time of increasing data breaches and security threats, safeguarding important business information and protecting IT infrastructures have become mission critical to businesses around the world,” said Greg Robins, director of Global Alliances at EDS, an HP company. “By adding Symantec to the EDS Agility Alliance, we are responding to our clients’ need for more innovative security products and solutions that help them better secure their mission-critical business data and address specific enterprise security issues.”
EDS and Symantec have been working together for nearly a decade, implementing Internet security, compliance, storage and risk management solutions for clients. The elevation of Symantec to EDS Agility Alliance partner will enable greater innovation and integration of technologies to better align solutions to the needs of clients.
“Symantec’s addition to the EDS Agility Alliance marks our commitment to providing an even more powerful set of solutions to our clients, helping them prepare for future security threats and ensuring that their critical business data is protected,” said Bill Robbins, executive vice president of worldwide sales at Symantec.
In addition to Symantec, EDS Agility Alliance members include Cisco, EMC, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems and Xerox.
About EDS EDS, an HP company, is a leading global technology services provider, delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry nearly 50 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology, applications and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries, and to governments around the world.
About HP HP, the world’s largest technology company, simplifies the technology experience for consumers and businesses with a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/090528xb.html
Read the complete post at http://wmug.co.uk/blogs/cliffs_blog/archive/2009/05/28/hp-eds-an-hp-company-welcomes-symantec-as-eds-agility-alliance-marks-five-year-anniversary.aspx