Enables successful cloud adoption and transformation within growing customer base
San Francisco, December 7, 2016 — Fidelity International, one of the world’s leading providers of investment solutions and retirement expertise, today announced it has joined the Cloud Foundry Foundation, home of the industry-standard platform for cloud applications, as a Silver Member. Fidelity International joins EMC, HPE, IBM, VMware, SAP, VMware and more than 60 other technology innovators as a Foundation member. Through its membership, Fidelity International demonstrates its commitment to working with the Foundation and the community to push forward Cloud Foundry as the global industry standard Cloud Application Platform.
“Cloud Foundry is the strategic platform of choice for Fidelity’s business applications,” said David Hefford, Head of Technology Infrastructure Services, Fidelity International. “Through this partnership and our strength in the marketplace, we will provide significant benefits to our customers by combining the power of Cloud Foundry and agile software delivery to meet our business requirements more efficiently. We are very excited to be part of the Foundation and look forward to working with members and the community to further enable successful digital transformation and unlock the secret to successful cloud adoption.”
“As a global leader in financial services, Fidelity International brings unique expertise to our community,” said Abby Kearns, Executive Director, Cloud Foundry Foundation. “Fidelity International has combined agile software delivery with the power of Cloud Foundry to ensure they continue to innovate and meet the quickly changing needs of their customers. We welcome Fidelity International and look forward to the contributions they will make to our project and community.”
Read Fidelity International’s full case study here.
About Cloud Foundry Foundation
The Cloud Foundry Foundation is an independent non-profit organization formed to sustain the development, promotion and adoption of Cloud Foundry as the industry standard platform for cloud applications. Cloud Foundry makes it faster and easier to build, test, deploy and scale applications. Cloud Foundry is an Apache 2.0 licensed project available on Github: https://github.com/cloudfoundry. To learn more, visit: https://www.cloudfoundry.org.
About Fidelity International
Fidelity International offers world class investment solutions and retirement expertise. As a privately owned, independent company, investment is our only business. We are driven by the needs of our clients, not by shareholders. Our vision is to deliver innovative client solutions for a better future. We invest £223.4bn globally on behalf of clients in 24 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals. In addition to asset management, we offer investment administration and guidance for employer benefit schemes, advisers and individuals in several countries. We are responsible for £65.4bn in assets under administration. Data as of September 30, 2016.
###
Contact:
Jessica Rampen
Cloud Foundry Foundation
[email protected]
650-787-3548
Fidelity International Contact:
Henry Chan
Fidelity International
[email protected]
T: +44 (0) 20 7074 5823 | +44 (0) 7917 001845
