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CSC Announces Agility Platform 9.2 to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Benefits and Reach within the EnterpriseFALLS CHURCH, Va. --(Business Wire)-- CSC (NYSE: CSC (News - Alert)), a global leader in next-generation IT services and solutions, today announced the next generation of CSC's Agility Platform™ 9.2 with new capabilities that make it easier for clients to manage large cloud service portfolios, order customizable hybrid cloud services, and extend a self-service IT delivery model to more end users across the enterprise. CSC's Agility Platform enables organizations to rapidly realize the benefits of a cloud-based IT operating model with multi-cloud management capabilities, extensible policy-based governance and security controls, and application release automation to support DevOps initiatives. By accelerating hybrid cloud adoption, Agility Platform makes it possible for global enterprises to increase agility and innovation, control IT costs, comply with governance and security requirements, and avoid the pitfalls of cloud vendor lock-in. "Central IT must provide timely self-service access to platforms and applications to satisfy growing demand from software development teams and business unit customers, or risk being circumvented and subject to Shadow IT," said Eric Pulier, vice president and general manager of CSC's Cloud business unit. "By embracing a hybrid cloud model with the Agility Platform, central IT can provide a secure and compliant portfolio of self-service, on demand cloud services to satisfy end-user demand. It is a widespread enterprise mandate to deliver governed, seure and convenient IT-as-a-Service to the business while preserving cloud choice and vendor contestability in the future." "Hybrid cloud initiatives are increasingly important to IT executives as they seek to improve the pace of innovation and accelerate time to market for new applications and services," said William Fellows, vice president, 451 Research (News - Alert). "These IT organizations want cloud management platforms that can minimize the complexity of deploying applications and platforms across hybrid clouds, and provide a flexible range of governance and security controls to fully automate deployments and select the best cloud execution venue for a given workload." CSC Agility Platform 9.2 Agility Platform 9.2 introduces new capabilities to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based IT operating models and DevOps initiatives within large enterprises. Key features include:
CSC's Agility Platform is available in one-year term and perpetual licenses, and is also sold as-a-service as part of CSC's Hybrid Cloud Services offering, and resold through CSC channel partners. About CSC Computer Sciences (News - Alert) Corporation (CSC) is a global leader of next generation information technology (IT) services and solutions. The Company's mission is to enable superior returns on our client's technology investments through best-in-class industry solutions, domain expertise and global scale. CSC has approximately 76,000 employees and reported revenue of $13.0 billion for the 12 months ended July 4, 2014. For more information, visit the company's website at www.csc.com. Click here to subscribe to Mobile Alerts for CSC.
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