Browse latest IT Outsourcing vendor assessments by name

  • Accenture - Remote Infrastructure Management

    November 2007 | Vendor Analysis by NelsonHall ITO Analyst

    Analyzes the offerings and capabilities of Accenture in remote infrastructure management.

  • Accenture - Software Testing

    December 2011 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

    Analyzes Accenture's offerings and capabilities in software testing.

    Historically, Accenture has provided testing services embedded within its vertically-aligned operating units. In the early 2000s, Accenture created a testing practice out of those loosely connected testing specialists. The practice is known as Accenture's Application Testing Services (ATS).

  • Accenture - Software Testing

    September 2008 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

    Historically, Accenture provided testing services embedded within its operating groups (i.e; industry verticals). In the early 2000s Accenture created a testing practice out of those loosely connected testing personnel, known as Accenture Test Services (ATS).

  • Amdocs - Software Testing

    November 2011 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

  • AppLabs - Software Testing

    August 2010 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

    AppLabs is a U.S.-headquartered, privately-held software testing specialist backed by Sequoia Capital. The company was set up in 2001 to deliver specialist testing services from India to U.S. clients. Since then, AppLabs has expanded its client base to U.K. and Europe.

  • Application Management Vendor Landscape

    September 2008 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

    This vendor landscape report consists of 64 pages.

    It analyzes the positioning, capabilities, strengths and challenges of the leading suppliers of application management services.

  • Atos - Private Cloud Services

    April 2012 | Vendor Analysis by Mark Dale

    This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes the private cloud services offerings and capabilities of Atos and consists of 13 pages.

    Atos, a major IT services organization, entered the private server cloud space in October 2009 with its 'Atos Sphere' cloud. Atos has since evolved its private cloud portfolio to include three 'Atos Sphere' platforms: Atos Sphere Dedicated, Atos Sphere Private and Atos Sphere Shared. The three offerings differ on aspects including the level of resource sharing, the number of tenants using the environment, security levels, availability and flexibility.

    Atos is looking to expand its private cloud portfolio in the future to include community clouds and in the immediate future, form partnerships with public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Service in preparation for its hybrid cloud offering.

    Across the three offerings Atos is able to target organizations of all sizes. The 'Atos Sphere' clouds are positioned across the Atos groups target verticals with similar take up levels besides the healthcare and financial services sector where it is subdued. By geography private cloud adoption is similar to traditional outsourcing although Spain remains a soft market for Atos.

  • Atos - Virtual Desktop Services

    March 2012 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

    This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes the virtual desktop services offerings and capabilities of Atos and consists of 14 pages.

    The acquisition of SIS has increased the number of workplaces managed by Atos from 800,000 (standalone Atos Origin) to 2.4m. Atos is now the fifth largest workplace manager in the world behind HP, Fujitsu, CompuCom and IBM, ahead of other major IT outsourcing vendors such as CSC and T-Systems.

    In H2 2011 Atos worked on integrating the offerings from both legacy SIS and Atos Origin. The company has also strengthened its offering and marketing message around BYOD and providing access to applications to mobility devices, whether tablets or smart phones.

    It has reorganized its offering around:

    • A managed desktop service which includes VDI and Terminal Services: the offering targets large enterprises
    • Atos in a Box
    • User-Owned Device

  • Atos Origin - Application Management Services

    September 2008 | Vendor Analysis by Dominique Raviart

    Analyzes the application management capabilities of Atos Origin.

  • Atos Origin - End User Workplace Services

    April 2008 | Vendor Analysis by NelsonHall ITO Analyst

    This assessment of Atos Origin's end user workplace services capability consists of 7 pages.

    In 2008 Atos Origin will be offering an Internet Office option where the workplace will be virtual to better support roaming and role-based administration, and managed in the HTTP network using standardized and centralized processes and tooling and making use of self-service portals.