SchlumbergerSema, the information and communications
technology segment of Schlumberger, and Sun Microsystems have
joined forces to offer utility computing solutions to customers in
the energy, finance, telecommunications and public sectors around
the world.
The agreement aims to enable SchlumbergerSema, a member of the
Sun iForce community, to use Sun's utility computing architecture
to enable businesses in these sectors to match ICT 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 ICT 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 ICT business solutions, can deliver customised,
pay-for-use network computing options that equip organisations to
meet market-specific business priorities," he added.
The offering from SchlumbergerSema is said to 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,
says: "Businesses will be able to pay for the computing resources
they use through Sun's resource metering capabilities."
Nickmans added that the agreement is a demonstration that Sun's
utility computing initiative is gaining momentum in its partner
community.
This story was written by
Computing SA staff