Halliburton deals with Microsoft, Accenture to advance digital capabilities

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 -- Halliburton, Microsoft Corp and Accenture have entered into a five-year strategic agreement to advance Halliburton’s digital capabilities in Microsoft Azure.

Based on a statement, under the agreement, Halliburton will complete its move to cloud-based digital platforms and strengthen its customer offerings.

“The strategic agreement with Microsoft and Accenture is an important step in our adoption of new technology and applications to enhance our digital capabilities, drive additional business agility and reduce capital expenditures,” said Halliburton chairman, president and CEO, Jeff Miller. The agreement also enables the migration of all Halliburton physical data centres to Azure, which delivers enterprise-grade cloud services at global scale and offers sustainability benefits. Accenture will work closely with Microsoft, in conjunction with their Avanade joint venture, to help transition Halliburton's digital capabilities and business-critical applications to Azure. Accenture will leverage its comprehensive cloud migration framework, which brings industrialised capabilities together with exclusive tools, methods and automation to accelerate Halliburton’s data centre migration and provide for additional transformation opportunities. The companies expect to complete the staged migration by 2022. -- BERNAMA