SchlumbergerSema
teams with Sun to offer utility computing solutions worldwide
Posted: 2 October 2003
Combined strengths offer customers greater choice and flexibility,
dynamically matching IT resources with business goals
SchlumbergerSema, the Information Technology (IT) business segment
of Schlumberger Limited, and Sun Microsystems, Inc announced an
agreement to bring utility computing solutions to customers in the
energy, finance, telecommunications and public sectors around the
world.
The agreement enables SchlumbergerSema, a member of the Sun iForce
community, to deploy Sun's utility architecture so that customers
in these sectors can dynamically match IT sourcing to business needs.
These customers can have a globally available, secure outsourced
business solution that includes consulting and managed services
as an option with SchlumbergerSema.
"With SchlumbergerSema and Sun, customers have the ability
to scale up and scale down on processing capacity, as well as pay
only for the increments utilized, enabling companies to predict
and control costs of securely shared IT resources," said Hossein
Sazegar, vice president, Computing Infrastructure Outsourcing, SchlumbergerSema.
"Our experience at providing variable-cost and variable-capacity
solutions has shown that such models can address business objectives
to generate immediate cost-efficiencies and improve return on investment."
Sun's open, secure utility computing infrastructures and pricing
model, combined with SchlumbergerSema expertise in providing IT
business solutions, can deliver customized, pay-for-use network
computing options that help each customer meet its market-specific
business priorities.
Customers will be able to pay for the computing resources they
use through Sun’s resource metering capabilities. Furthermore,
the complete solution from SchlumbergerSema will include:
- Federated security from the Java Card identity badge through
network identity servers managing identities and controlling access
to the networks, applications and facilities;
- Full, cost-effective worldwide support services from the hosted
operation to the desktop.
"Sun is working with SchlumbergerSema because they are a leading
technology service provider with a long history of helping customers
control IT costs and complexities," said Patricia C. Sueltz,
executive vice president, Sun Services. "This agreement is
another demonstration that Sun's utility computing initiative is
gaining solid traction and momentum in the partner community."
Together, SchlumbergerSema and Sun are providing a variety of full
life-cycle solutions for customers to maximize ROI on network computing
resources. For general information about SchlumbergerSema, please
visit schlumbergersema.com.
About Schlumberger
Schlumberger is a global oilfield and information services company
with major activity in the energy industry. The company employs
78,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in 100 countries
and comprises three primary business segments.
Schlumberger Oilfield Services is the world's premier oilfield
services company supplying a wide range of technology services and
solutions to the international oil and gas industry.
WesternGeco, jointly owned with Baker Hughes, is the world's largest
and most advanced surface seismic company.
SchlumbergerSema is a leading supplier of IT consulting, systems
integration, and network and infrastructure services to the energy
industry, as well as to the public sector, telecommunications and
finance markets. In 2002, Schlumberger operating revenue was $13.2
billion.
For more information see www.slb.com.
About Sun Microsystem
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.
For more information see http://sun.com.
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