- The companies will provide end-to-end services for uploading IT infrastructure services and applications to the cloud, guaranteeing customers get the right application transformation supporting their business processes.
Telefónica and Indra will offer joint Cloud services and solutions to Public Administrations and Large Companies. The agreement was signed today by Salvador Anglada, Business Services Managing Director at Telefónica, and Santiago Roura and Ángel Vizoso, respectively Executive Vice President and Telecoms Market Director at Indra.
Cloud Computing technology is key for companies to move forward, evolving towards shared virtual environments to increase IT infrastructure and application flexibility and efficiency, providing better returns on business. This is why Telefónica and Indra have joined forces to provide the best cloud services for institutions and businesses.
The agreement aims to offer global solutions to large companies allowing them to appropriately transform the applications supporting their business processes. The two companies will jointly provide an end-to-end service to transfer the applications and services on supporting IT infrastructures to the cloud.
Helping businesses to evolve their IT model is one of Indra's priorities, a global technology company at the forefront of cloud solutions thanks to its comprehensive Indra In-Cloud service where transforming applications is the key. Through this initiative, Indra will be providing its vast experience in consulting, application and infrastructure development and transformation projects, as well as application maintenance in the new environment
In turn, the global telecom company Telefónica will be providing Infrastructure Outsourcing services for full system outsourcing. The focus will specifically be on Datacenter Cloud services that provide a flexible tailored platform for businesses to have their own private space in the most secure environment to install all their business applications. Telefónica will also be responsible for user management, technology management and communications.
The agreement includes the creation of a group of experts from Indra and Telefónica to identify market openings and offer the perfect solutions for lowering IT costs in line with companies' business strategies.
Indra is the leading technology multinational in Spain and a leader in Europe and Latin America. It is the second European company in its sector in terms of R&D, with €550 million invested in the last three years. Its turnover in 2011 was €2.688 million, and 55% of its revenue is currently from international markets. The company employs 42,000 professionals and has customers in 118 countries.
Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world in terms of market capitalisation and number of customers. Its business is mainly focused on mobile and fixed-line telephone services with broadband as the key driver behind both businesses. It is present in 25 countries and provides telecommunications services to over 295 million customers worldwide. Telefónica has a major presence in Spain, Europe and Latin America, a region where the company's growth strategy is mainly focused. Telefónica is a 100% listed company. It has over 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its share capital consists of 4,563,996,485 ordinary shares traded on the Spanish stock exchanges (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia), as well as on the London, Tokyo, New York and Lima stock exchanges.
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