Orange Business Services has formed a global strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises “accelerate” their digital transformation and leverage the benefits of the cloud.
Orange and AWS will work together to deliver new solutions in the areas of modernisation and migration, data analytics, innovation and security, “resulting in new products and services to fast-track customers’ journeys to the cloud”, said Orange.
Orange has become part of the AWS Channel Reseller Program, allowing it to resell AWS services to its customers as part of its value-added services and solutions.
As part of the agreement a dedicated Cloud Center of Excellence will be built on AWS, coordinating joint development of an extensive training and certification programme for more than 3,000 Orange Business Services cloud, cyber-security, digital and data experts.
Enterprises will have access to a “one-stop-shop” for all their Orange and AWS requirements. “This removes multi-vendor complexity for customers and allows them to speed up their digital transformation and explore future innovations that enhance cloud applications on AWS,” Orange said.
Doug Yeum, head of the global partner organisation at Amazon Web Services, said: “Orange Business Services brings a unique set of capabilities across connectivity, design, migration, security and local delivery.
“Together, we offer a proven digital transformation roadmap to help customers leverage the breadth and depth of AWS services to quickly develop and deploy cloud native applications that are highly secure, resilient and performant.”
Stefan Kanis, senior vice president for the cloud business unit at Orange Business Services, added: “This collaboration with AWS extends our relationship, levelling up our capabilities to simplify and accelerate customers’ cloud transformations.”
Earlier this month, Wipro launched its dedicated Wipro AWS Business Group (WABG), a unit designed to help customers “fast-track” their cloud transformation journeys on AWS too.
