Steria and SpringSource Announce European Partnership
PARIS, July 17, 2008 -- Steria, a global operator of IT services for businesses and governments in Europe, today announced it has become a Premier Systems Integrator Partner of SpringSource, the company behind Spring, the de facto standard in enterprise Java, and a leading provider of infrastructure software.
SpringSource system integrator partners provide complementary domain expertise, technology expertise, and implementation expertise to optimize the success of SpringSource-enabled solutions.
"The alliance with SpringSource enables us to provide our customers with important solutions based on Spring," said Olivier Coreau, Marketing Director, Steria France. "By utilizing Spring, we will be able to help our customers optimize the performance of their application infrastructure, reduce costs by simplyfing Java EE development, and accelerate return on investment by enabling the rapid deployment of content from third-party providers. This partnership brings added value to our existing set of open source solutions."
"I am very pleased to welcome Steria as a Premier Systems Integrator Partner, as part of our growing presence in France," said Julien Dubois, France Regional Director, SpringSource. "Steria is very well-known for its ability to undertake complex projects and this partnership will help it deliver measurable results using SpringSource technology and expertise.”
Spring is an open source solution used by the largest companies and government agencies in France. The open source-based Spring Portfolio is a comprehensive enterprise application framework designed on long-standing themes of simplicity and power. With more than five million downloads to date, Spring has become an integral part of the enterprise applications infrastructure at organizations worldwide.
In addition, SpringSource recently unveiled the SpringSource Application Platform, a powerful and highly flexible enterprise Java application server that provides a dramatically simpler alternative to legacy application servers and redefines the way in which Java applications are deployed and run. The company also provides SpringSource Enterprise, which includes certified, tested and indemnified software coupled with advanced production and development capabilities as well as support.
About SpringSource
SpringSource is the company behind Spring, the de facto standard in enterprise Java. SpringSource is a leading provider of enterprise Java infrastructure software, and delivers enterprise class software, support and services to help organizations utilize Spring and, through its acquisition of Covalent, manages infrastructure technologies from the Apache Software Foundation. Nearly half of the Global 2000, including many of the world’s largest financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit: www.springsource.com.
About Steria
The leading end-to-end IT services provider in Europe for companies which consider new technologies a vital part of their business strategy, Steria focuses on setting up strategic partnerships with its customers in each of its key markets: the public sector, finance, telecommunications, utilities, and transportation. Steria offers customers integrated services including consulting in core business processes as well as the development and operation of their information systems. In October 2007, Steria acquired the British firm Xansa. The new group employs over 19,000 staff in 16 countries, including 5,000 in India. On December 31, 2007, Steria revenue amounted to €1.4 billion (€1.9 billion pro-forma). The Group, headquartered in Paris, is listed on the Euronext Paris market.