Capgemini to Sell Microsoft Online Services

Microsoft and consulting powerhouse Capgemini announced an alliance whereby the global solutions provider will sell and support Microsoft's cloud-hosted productivity services.

Microsoft offers cloud-based versions of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting, Exchange Hosted Services, and Office Communications Online for collaboration and communications under the name Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and hosted in Microsoft data centers around the world.

"As part of the alliance, Capgemini will market and deliver ... BPOS, Microsoft's cloud-based communication and collaboration service, through Capgemini's recently-announced Global Service Line of Infostructure Transformation Services, a unit created to help clients accelerate sustainable cost reduction and access the benefits of cloud computing and software as a service," said a joint statement from the two firms on Tuesday.

Microsoft officially launched its Online Services for Business in November, 2008 and it has racked up a considerable amount of business ever since, according to Microsoft

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