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Cisco and Wipro Form Strategic Alliance
November 2007 by Marc Jacob
Cisco® and Wipro Ltd announced
that they have entered into a strategic alliance to jointly develop and deliver information
technology (IT) service solutions to help both companies meet their customers’ needs,
particularly in fast-growing markets around the world. Under the agreement, Cisco and Wipro
together will build new IT infrastructure service solutions that combine Cisco’s industry networking solutions with Wipro’s infrastructure and managed services portfolio.
The
companies also announced the establishment of the Cisco Solution Centre at the Wipro
Campus in Bangalore, India, which will develop and showcase new services and solutions,
such as Cisco Unified Communications, that will take advantage of the network platform to
help enterprise customers drive innovation and business growth.
Under the agreement, Cisco and Wipro will jointly develop and deliver new solutions that
incorporate their intelligent-networking technology and unmatched services in business
processes and IT. Wipro will offer solutions based on Cisco products and services on a global
basis, with initial focus in India, Middle East and Africa regions. Cisco will also become the
preferred networking partner for Wipro’s portfolio of services, including outsourcing,
managed-services and other solutions. Wipro will invest in developing competencies in
Cisco’s leading-edge products and services through its Cisco Solution Centre.
The companies will provide joint services and solutions that take advantage of the network as
a platform. The joint offerings will incorporate Cisco’s advanced technologies for such areas
as application networking services, data centre, security, telepresence, and unified
communications, with Wipro’s industry-leading IT global service and business process
models that help customers maximize their business performance. In the future, Cisco and
Wipro will collaborate to develop innovative solutions that support specific vertical industry
models such as health care, financial services, retail, real estate and transportation.
Now that Cisco is the global network platform and networking solutions partner for Wipro,
Cisco is able to expand on its worldwide market leadership. Additionally, Cisco will be able
to take advantage of Wipro’s world class services and business process re-engineering
expertise to pursue new growth opportunities in the areas of remote services delivery.
The Cisco Solution Centre at the Wipro Campus in Bangalore, India is scheduled to be
functional in November and will expedite the development of network-based IT solutions, test
frameworks, and illustrate proof of concepts of IT and networking methodologies for clientspecific
business processes.
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