2014 HIGHLIGHTS
Our portfolio strategy is informed and augmented by our partners strategy and investments in new and disruptive technologies. PAUL NANNETTI, GROUP SALES AND PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR
Driving growth for Capgemini, and for our clients Inventing the business models of the future is the main challenge facing our clients. We have what it takes to meet their strategic challenges and support their digital transformation, notably new and existing partners with the best technology, and specific solutions targeted to the needs of each sector.
PARTNERS SELECTED WITH CARE Technology is an enabler for business transforma- tion and market disruption. Each year, Capgemini works strategically with a focused group of partners within our technology partner ecosystem to identify joint opportunities that are strongly aligned with our group priorities. According to Charlie Li, Head of Global Channels and Partners: Our US West Coast based partner team acts as a filter to identify the promising bets from established and new players in our ecosystem . In 2014, we continued to invest with the biggest names in technology in the areas of cloud, big data, mobility and digital, while also increasing our
investments with disruptive partners in the market such as Cloudera, Amazon Web Services, Pivotal, Google and Netsuite. We were once again recognized as one of the top partners by Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and HP, while winning top accolades from EMC and IBM. We were named HANA(1) partner of the year by SAP. Finally, we continue to focus on co-innovation and sector IP solutions.
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OUR PARTNER ECOSYSTEM
Strategic partners Specialized new champions
Cloud:
Big data:
And also
Alliances & Innovative Sector Solutions
(1) HANA is the SAP cloud platform for building and deploying next-gener- ation, real-time applications and analytics. It offers the ability to deal with huge amount of data (big data & analytics), to get key information from it and take decisions in real-time.
CAPGEMINI 2014 ANNUAL REPORT