in collaboration with
Capgemini’s Accelerated
Development Centers and
Windows Azure
Windows Azure is an application
platform in the cloud that provides a
wide range of infrastructure services
as well as the building blocks needed
to develop business applications.
Capgemini uses Microsoft Windows
Azure to develop, deploy, and host
cloud-based applications.
With our Azure Development Center,
Capgemini provides your organization
with a complete and customizable
development environment based on
Microsoft Windows Azure using the
proven methods and industrialized
processes of Capgemini’s Accelerated
Development Center (ADC) to
increase time-to-market, productivity,
predictability and transparency. With
no upfront investments in
infrastructure or project setup, the
accelerated development center
ensures that your organization
harnesses the benefits of Windows
Azure in a cost-effective manner to
stay ahead of the competition and
become more agile, more quickly.
With over 20 ADCs in 13 countries,
Capgemini offers a state-of-the-art,
networked group of software delivery
facilities that use proven techniques
and accelerators to bring together the
talent, best practices, processes, and
technologies required for designing,
developing, and implementing
Windows Azure solutions at any time
and in any place in the world.

We benchmark our The ADC Advantage
performance against a Increased productivity
database of over 6,000 The innovative, fully-integrated
development environment of the ADC
projects, and Capgemini
combined with ADC’s market best
ADC capabilities have
practices and pro-active coaching by
performed better than the project team has been shown to
the industry average, increase productivity. We benchmark
translating into our performance against a database of
improvements such as the over 6,000 projects, and Capgemini
ADC capabilities have performed
reduction of up to 20% to
better than the industry average,
30% in effort and 15% to
translating into improvements such as
20% fewer defects. the reduction of up to 20% to 30% in
effort and 15% to 20% fewer defects.
Predictability and Transparency
The ADC way of working is focused
on risk elimination as early as possible
in the project. Our ADC
methodologies guarantee the
continuous capture of project data,
allowing us to predict the project
development progression and results
early on. We share this information
with project teams and organizations
in order to proactively manage the
­­About Capgemini
With around 115,000
people in 40 countries,
Capgemini is one of the world’s
foremost providers of consulting,
technology and outsourcing services.
The Group reported 2010 global
revenues of EUR 8.7 billion.
Together with its clients, Capgemini
creates and delivers business and
technology solutions that fit their
needs and drive the results they want.
A deeply multicultural organization,
Erick Schabracq
Principal Consultant/Alliance Manager
Microsoft
Phone: + 31 61 50 766
email: erick.schabracq@capgemini.com
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project and, if necessary, define
project recovery actions. The ADC
way of working offers an in-depth
view into the project for both
organizations and project management
teams with transparency that has been
proven to increase performance.
Certified Success
Our global ADC network is ISO9001
certified and our end-to-end CMMI
(Capability Maturity Model) global
delivery model guarantees built-in
quality, with centers in North America
and Europe assessed at CMMI Level 3
and centers in India assessed at CMMI
Level 5. Additionally, the global
network of ADCs uses the latest
technologies and reusable frameworks
empowered by our strong alliances
with companies such as Microsoft.
Furthermore, our Rightshore® strategy
uses a mix of onshore, offshore, and
nearshore centers for maximum cost
and efficiency. Whatever the time of
day or night, there is always a center
open to support your business needs.
Capgemini has developed its own
way of working, the Collaborative
Business ExperienceTM, and draws on
Rightshore®, its worldwide delivery
model.
Learn more about us at
www.capgemini.com/BPM
Rightshore® is a trademark belonging to
Capgemini.
Krystianne Avedian
Global Microsoft Alliance Enablement
Manager
Phone: +1 949 378 4949
email: krystianne.avedian@capgemini.com