Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, today announced the launch of its Enterprise Data Centres. This new initiative which complements the existing IT service offerings provides end-to-end Data Centre Lifecycle Management Services to enterprise customers. The first Data Centre at Mysore is completely sold out while the commissioning of the Data Centre in Greater Noida is currently underway and likely to be launched soon. The third Data Centre at Pune is being commissioned to accommodate more customers.
The Wipro Enterprise Data Centres (WEDC) would also be the platform for launching Wipro’s Cloud Computing services for the India and Middle East Markets, for customers to avail services on a pay-per-use model. Both Data Centre Life Cycle Management services and Cloud Computing services will offer a high level of flexibility to customers with respect to service delivery and costs.
Commenting on the launch Mr. Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice President and Business Head, India & Middle East, Wipro, said: “Wipro has been addressing the IT needs of customers for over two decades now. To complete our portfolio of offerings, we felt the need to offer best-in- class Data Centres, as well -- which resulted in the launch of Wipro Enterprise Data Centre. Enterprise customers today are seeking services beyond simple hosting and co-location, and this is a very strategic move by us and positions us uniquely to cater to the lifecycle needs of enterprises as a single face.”
These Tier III WEDCs provide a platform to offer complete Data Centre Lifecycle Management Service to customers. Organizations can leverage Wipro’s technology expertise and decades of experience in managing multiple IT environments, cutting across various verticals. Data Centre Lifecycle Management service comprises solution design, implementation, co-location and management of the complete IT infrastructure.
IT Infrastructure and Applications that are deployed at WEDC will be managed from Wipro’s state-of-the-
Apart from the traditional Data Centre model, clients will soon be able to avail Wipro’s Cloud Computing services that offer IT infrastructure and specific Business Applications as a service. These services will cover the entire IT Infrastructure including Compute, Storage and Backup, Network and Disaster Recovery, in addition to Applications that address specific business needs of customers.
Further, in keeping with its commitment to ecological sustainability, Wipro has deployed Green technologies at each of these centres to help both customers and Wipro reap the benefits of energy efficiency and savings.
Wipro plans to achieve a pan-India presence for its Data Centres and expand this service to offer more value-added services to clients.
Wipro is not new in the Data Centre or IT Infrastructure space. It is has been offering services to global clients through Infocrossing (a Nasdaq-listed IT Infrastructure company) which it acquired in 2007. Infocrossing comes with over 25 years of experience in managing mission-critical IT infrastructure and applications for a host of customers across the USA.
