SchlumbergerSema, the information technology (IT) business segment of the listed Schlumberger Limited, and Sun Microsystems have unveiled 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 use Sun's utility computing architecture to enable businesses in these sectors to dynamically match IT sourcing to business needs. The agreement gives these organisations access to a globally available, secure outsourced business solution from SchlumbergerSema that includes consulting and managed services as an option.
"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 utilised, enabling them to predict and control costs of securely shared IT resources," says 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's expertise in providing IT business solutions, can deliver customised, pay-for-use network computing options that equip organisations to meet market-specific business priorities," he adds.
The 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; and worldwide support services from the hosted operation to the desktop.
Jos Nickmans, channel development manager at Sun Microsystems SA, says: "Businesses will be able to pay for the computing resources they use through Sun's resource metering capabilities."
Nickmans adds that the agreement is a demonstration that Sun's utility computing initiative is gaining solid traction and momentum in its partner community.
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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, visit www.slb.com.
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