Dell and Accenture to jointly develop enterprise efficiency

Dell announced that it is expanding its worldwide agreement with Accenture to address some of the most pressing technology challenges businesses face today, particularly during business transformation. To accomplish this, Dell and Accenture have signed a four-year global go-to-market agreement to jointly develop and sell a new set of offerings designed to deliver improved enterprise efficiency, higher security, and better business outcomes.

Under the go-to-market agreement, the companies will work together to build, implement and manage data center solutions for mid-market and select enterprise customers who want to drive business innovation while controlling costs and reducing risk.

The agreement will bring together Dell's end-to-end portfolio of infrastructure, software, and services with Accenture's capabilities as well as Avanade's, which was created in 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. This agreement augments Dell's existing cloud capabilities in hardware, software and services.

In addition, Dell has signed a four-year agreement with Accenture to develop the joint solutions that support Dell's global market expansion. The new solutions include cloud solutions, application assured platforms and security services

"By joining with a technology infrastructure leader like Dell, we have a great opportunity to develop and bring-to-market innovative new solutions that address some of the most pressing needs in IT today," said Jack Sepple, senior MD, Infrastructure Services, Accenture.

"Accenture is viewed as a worldwide leader in developing the strategy to architect data centers for some for the world's leading brands - a strategy that complements our scalable datacenter solutions and business strategy," said Cheryl Cook, VP, partner programs, Dell.

The three initial Dell/Accenture solutions will be available in North America in mid-2014 and available in multiple countries around the world in 2015.