Oracle and Capgemini Group Expand Relationship to Provide IndustryLeading Application Testing Solutions
Capgemini and Sogeti Establish Oracle Software Testing Center of Excellence -Helping Customers Increase Application Quality and Lower Costs
ORACLE OPENWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO – September 21, 2010
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Oracle and Capgemini Group today expanded their testing relationship to
deliver focused testing solutions. Through a new global initiative called
the ‘Oracle Software Testing Center of Excellence,’ set up within the
Capgemini Group in India, the companies plan to help customers more
effectively manage and standardize their test processes.
Specifically, Oracle, Capgemini Group, and its local professional services
subsidiary, Sogeti, intend to help customers deliver higher-quality
applications in less time and cost, by leveraging powerful test automation
tools, integrated test processes and extensive testing expertise.
Additionally, Oracle and Capgemini Group intend to leverage Oracle’s
Application Quality Management OPN Specialization to train Capgemini
Group’s 6,400 test professionals on Oracle Application Quality
Management solutions.
Capgemini Group’s structured testing methodology, Test Management
Approach (TMap®), together with Oracle’s Application Quality
Management solutions, including Oracle Application Testing Suite, Real
Application Testing and Data Masking Pack, will serve as the foundation
for the ‘Oracle Software Testing Center of Excellence,’ along with
dedicated expertise within the Capgemini Group, and the ability to
leverage this expertise through company’s Rightshore® global delivery
network and capabilities.
Capgemini Group’s TMap® templates are also being integrated into
Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.2.
Long time Oracle partner, Capgemini is a Platinum level member in the
Oracle PartnerNetwork program.
Leading Test Processes and Expertise Aim for Cost Reduction and Greater Efficiency
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Capgemini Group’s TMap® is a business-driven, risk-based approach for
structured software testing, providing rigorous test execution across the
whole development lifecycle, delivering clearly identifiable results and can
notably reduce the cost of software development and maintenance.
Oracle’s Application Testing Suite is a comprehensive, integrated testing
solution that helps ensure the quality, scalability, and availability of Web
applications, Web Services and Oracle Applications. With integrated
testing accelerators, Oracle Application Testing Suite provides a superior
solution for testing applications built upon Oracle technology as well as
standard Web applications.
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Together, Capgemini Group’s TMap® methodology, extensive knowledge
of Oracle applications, along with Oracle’s leading Application Quality
Management software, can help customers deploy higher quality
applications in less time with greater assurance of success.
In addition, Oracle is including templates for Capgemini Group’s TMap®
methodology into the newly announced Oracle Application Testing Suite
9.2 release to help customers more effectively manage and standardize
their test processes.
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"Working collectively, Capgemini Group and Oracle plan to deliver the
industry's leading source of application testing experts - equipped with
best-in-class test methodology from Capgemini Group and the most
advanced application testing software from Oracle,” said Richard Sarwal,
Oracle Senior Vice President, Product Development. “Together, we are
enabling customers to lower the risk, time and cost associated with
application development by leveraging powerful application testing
processes, tools and expertise.”
“Business-driven IT management from Oracle, coupled with businessdriven test management from Capgemini is a strong combination that will
help our customers to deliver more consistently high-quality applications
that meet or exceed the performance expectations of business users,”
said Hans van Waayenburg, Head of Testing Global Service Line & CEO,
Sogeti Europe, Capgemini Group. “Together, we are transforming how
customers manage and standardize their test processes to speed
application creation and quality.”
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Oracle Enterprise Manager
Oracle Application Quality Management
Oracle and Capgemini
About Capgemini and Sogeti
The Capgemini Group is one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting,
technology and outsourcing services, enabling its clients to transform and
perform through the use of technologies. Present in over 30 countries, the
Capgemini Group reported 2009 global revenues of EUR 8.4 billion and employs
95,000 people worldwide. Sogeti, its wholly-owned subsidiary, is a leading
provider of local professional services, bringing together more than 20,000
professionals in 15 countries and is present in over 100 locations in Europe, the
US and India.
Together, Capgemini and Sogeti have developed innovative, business-driven
quality assurance (QA) and testing services, combining best-in-breed testing
methodologies (TMap® and TPI®) and the global delivery model, Rightshore®,
to help organizations achieve their testing and QA goals. Capgemini and Sogeti
have one of the largest dedicated testing practices in the world, with over 6,400
test professionals and a further 11,000 application specialists, notably through a
common center of excellence with testing specialists developed in India.
More information is available at: www.capgemini/testing, www.sogeti.com/testing
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Trademarks
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Rightshore® is a registered trademark belonging to Capgemini. TMap® is a
registered trademark of Sogeti, part of the Capgemini Group. Other names may
be trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact Info
Teri Whitaker
Oracle
+1.650.506.9914
teri.whitaker@oracle.com
Christel Lerouge
Capgemini
+33 (0)1 47 54 50 76
christel.lerouge@capgemini.com