HP Enterprise Services said that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has joined the HP Agility Alliance. Together, the companies will to provide business transformation services that help clients streamline their business processes and achieve greater return on their technology investments.
Through the collaboration, HP and PwC will provide services including, transformational enterprise resource planning (ERP), integrates PwC’s business consulting competencies and knowledge with HP Enterprise Services’ ability to implement, configure, integrate, host and run ERP environments; and business transformation, enhances HP’s methodology and IT infrastructure capabilities with PwC’s business case development, IT strategy assessments, enterprise data management and tax planning services.
In addition, the companies will also provide governance, risk and compliance services by combining PwC’s strategy and integration experience with HP Enterprise Services’ development, integration and managed security services capabilities; and industry services that leverage HP’s and PwC’s respective strengths and capabilities to address client demands in industries such as healthcare, energy and manufacturing.
Greg Robins, director of global alliances at HP Enterprise Services, said: “These challenging economic times require companies to continually innovate, while looking at ways to further optimise their operations. The addition of PwC to the HP Agility Alliance provides clients with a more powerful set of business transformation solutions at a lower total cost of ownership, enabling them to better compete globally.”
Vicki Huff, partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, said: “By working together, PwC and HP are responding to clients’ needs to transform their businesses, allowing us to demonstrate business value and drive growth. Furthermore, the collaboration leverages respective industry strengths and capabilities, allowing different markets the opportunity to benefit from our combined solutions.”
Recently, the companies completed the initial planning and design phase of a SAP-enabled business transformation project for the STP Nuclear Operating Company. The team worked with STP to plan and blueprint the replacement of more than 60 enterprise-wide legacy applications.
The HP Agility Alliance is a coalition of application and business service providers that work with HP Enterprise Services to develop and provide business services.
