IT consultancy provider Capgemini has announced that it is extending its outsourcing portfolio to include Google Apps Premier Edition.By partnering with the search engine, Capgemini is aiming to extend its portfolio of desktop solutions and provide more choice to its corporate customers.
The firm states that the move will allow it to support more client employees, regardless of their platforms, roles and locations.
Google Apps includes Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Talk and Start and is delivered in the form of a Software as a Service (Saas) solution over the internet via a web browser.
Paul Spence, chief executive officer of global outsourcing at Capgemini, commented: "Our corporate vision is designed to help our clients achieve better, faster, more sustainable results by linking them with their partners, suppliers and the latest technologies.
"Incorporating Google Apps Premier Edition into our offering is yet one more way that we are helping our clients adopt technological innovations within a robust and tested framework."
He added that Saas solutions, including Google Apps, provide an easy-to-deploy and cost effective alternative to installed software, with the additional advantage that they do not require companies to maintain software locally.
Capgemini runs the desktops of more than a million corporate workers and specialises in consulting, technology, outsourcing and local professional services.
It is headquartered in Paris and operates in over 30 countries across the globe.
