Wipro’s iStructure IaaS services to provide a platform for hosting
a broad portfolio of ‘as-a-service’ offerings
Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and
Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) announced today that
the company is expanding its infrastructure as a service (“IaaS”)
capabilities to create a global utility computing platform, designed to
meet the specific requirements of enterprise-class clients.
The platform draws on Wipro’s global data center infrastructure and deep
expertise managing mission-critical IT systems to deliver compute,
storage, recovery, network, security and other services in an automated,
consumption-based model. The IaaS portfolio is being marketed as Wipro
iStructure™ services, and will be the foundation for offering a broad
set of infrastructure, application and business process outsourcing
solutions in an ‘as-a-service’ model.
“Last year we began offering multi-tenant, virtual server hosting to our
existing clients as part of large, integrated infrastructure management
engagements. Clients have quickly adopted the service, and today, 15% of
the servers hosted in Wipro’s data centers are delivered in an
as-a-service model,” stated Michael Wilczak, SVP – Strategy,
Datacenter Services, Wipro Technologies. “Now, we are expanding the
service portfolio, deploying the platform throughout the US, Europe and
India, and marketing the solutions as discrete service offerings under
the Wipro iStructure service line.”
According to Forrester Research, Inc. April 2011 report, Sizing The
Cloud, the global market for cloud computing will grow from $40.7
billion in 2011 to more than $241 billion in 2020. “During the past two
years, the initial exploratory interest by enterprise customers in cloud
services has shifted toward more aggressive implementation plans," wrote Bill
Martorelli, Forrester Research in the January 2012 report, Cloud
Strategies Of The Leading Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Providers.
Wipro has a long pedigree in servicing large, global companies, and
Wipro iStructure services have been designed to meet the availability,
security, management, and compliance requirements demanded by the
company’s enterprise client base. The compute, network and storage
architecture were designed to ensure redundancy and minimize potential
service disruptions, and the platform is installed in secure, high
density data centers. Standardized tooling and orchestration enable the
integration of IaaS services with legacy infrastructure, and the web
interface provides clients’ IT administrator to provision and manage
capacity for various departments, generate usage and performance
reports, and charge back on a consumption basis.
About Wipro Technologies
Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT)
is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company,
that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro
Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep
industry experience and a 360 degree view of “Business through
Technology”– helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses.
A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of
services, a practitioner’s approach to delivering innovation and an
organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro Technologies has
over 131,000 employees and clients across 54 countries. For more
information, please visit www.wipro.com
or contact us at info@wipro.com
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