At the OpenWorld conference this week Oracle will announce a deal with EDS to combine both companies' application management and modernization services as a single offering.

According to a joint press release, Application modernization will integrate best practices, repeatable processes, and methodologies for moving legacy applications to Java J2EE platforms.

Mike Childress, divisional vice president of global applications and industry frameworks at EDS, said Oracle's hosted application management service will now be embedded in the EDS offerings. "Clients can lower their total cost of ownership, receive best-in-class applications management, and source from a single, accountable IT provider, all while taking advantage of ongoing joint innovation from two industry leaders," said Juergen Rottler, executive vice president, Oracle Support and Oracle On Demand.

"With this partnership Oracle and EDS will offer clients what they have been asking for a long time: the best of what each company can provide within a clear accountability model for service delivery performance."

The new service will be widely available in second quarter 2006.

Sources: 1, 2 & 3Prashanth RaiTag(s):Application Management, Oracle, EDS,