CSC has announced it is expanding its alliance with the Virtual Computing Environment coalition (VCE), an unprecedented collaboration of Cisco and EMC with VMware, to develop a new global solutions unit and create centers of excellence based on VCE’s Vblock infrastructure. The announcement confirms VCE’s Vblock as the preferred technology stack for CSC’s cloud offerings to help customers more easily and securely migrate their business processes to the cloud.

CSC now provides a fully-integrated, seamless and secure transition to the cloud that combines its industry-leading transformational consulting, service oriented architecture (SOA), applications modernization and refactoring and trusted cloud managed services with VCE’s Vblock platform, the best and most secure fabric to deliver client applications and business processes through an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model.

Vblock combines: leading virtualization software from VMware; unified networking, security and computing from Cisco; and storage and security technologies from EMC. Vblocks support a broad range of operating systems and applications that enable customers to rapidly and securely migrate existing applications to the Vblock to accelerate broad-scale data center virtualization and realize sustainable value through the cloud.

CSC’s Trusted Cloud Managed Services will use the Vblock as the basis of its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and future Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. In June, CSC unveiled seven cloud-enabled data centers and new trusted cloud services – including CloudLab and CloudExchange – built to operate on Vblock infrastructure, demonstrating the ability to deliver these services securely and immediately, to clients across the globe. Today’s announcement takes the commitment to the VCE coalition one step further to make Vblock the lead technology stack for CSC’s private cloud offerings and to deliver dedicated support and services through a new global solutions unit.

“Businesses are looking for ways to rapidly take advantage of the benefits of virtualization and secure cloud computing, and CSC is excited about the momentum we’re building in the marketplace with key VCE cloud implementations like the recently announced win with AMP in Australia,” said Michael W. Laphen, CSC chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We offer the global scale and consulting prowess, multi-vendor systems integration, and applications expertise needed to deliver agile and secure business services on the VCE coalition’s unified fabric. Our strong and strategic alliance with the VCE coalition helps our clients take full advantage of both the economics and flexibility of virtualization and cloud computing.”

This strategic partnership also takes a leadership approach to green IT and sustainability – driven at the corporate level with a perspective specific to the data center. The VCE platform is the right solution to drive higher levels of IT virtualization and system utilization with a smaller technology footprint, which translates to higher energy savings and a reduced carbon footprint.