Wipro named Premier, Global systems integrator for Red Hat solutions;
Red Hat and Wipro collaborate to enable global customers to meet
demand for open hybrid cloud solutions
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT), a leading global Information Technology,
Consulting and Business Process Services company and Red Hat, Inc.
(NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions,
announce the global expansion of their alliance to accelerate the
deployment of open hybrid cloud solutions. As part of the expanded
collaboration, Red Hat and Wipro will work together to develop and
deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions to the market, and will also
jointly deliver next-generation DevOps solutions for continuous
integration and testing.
Wipro's relationship with Red Hat dates back to 2006 when they became a
Red Hat Ready Business Partner focusing on customer adoption and
implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In 2010, Wipro and Red Hat
announced further collaboration, making Wipro a Red Hat Premier Partner.
As part of this most recent alliance expansion, Wipro becomes a Premier,
Global Systems Integrator for Red Hat. With the expansion, Wipro's open
source infrastructure solution stack now includes Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat
CloudForms, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, and OpenShift.
Additionally, to support global adoption of OpenStack and
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Red Hat and Wipro are collaborating
to bring solutions for private, public and hybrid clouds to their
existing enterprise and telecom customers. After piloting separately,
they are now combining their efforts and knowledge around configuration,
deployment, and management of OpenStack private clouds. As part of the
solutions collaboration, Wipro has launched a demo-ready Red Hat
Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform environment in the Center of
Excellence (CoE) at its Bangalore campus, enabling the companies to
showcase their cloud solutions in a more robust, agile and varied manner.
Wipro's Open Source Practice will design a joint go-to-market and cloud
strategy for their clients. Wipro will also receive technical training
and accreditation for open source through the Red Hat Online Partner
Enablement (OPEN) program in order to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform, Red Hat CloudForms (Red Hat's hybrid cloud
management offering) and OpenShift (Red Hat's award-winning
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering) in its Open Source Center of
Excellence. This will qualify Wipro associates who successfully
complete the program as accredited sales specialists, sales engineer
specialists and services delivery specialists for both IaaS and PaaS.
Additionally, Red Hat intends to work with Wipro to expand the Wipro
portfolio to include service virtualization, release
automation/continuous delivery and continuous validation. These
OpenShift integrated solutions will be designed to help customers to
optimize their application development and delivery processes. While the
DevOps solutions utilizing OpenShift can be used by customers as a
standalone solution, the DevOps orchestrator, to be built by Wipro, will
also be integrated with the IaaS layer. This will enable automation and
application portability ranging from on-premise, private cloud
datacenters to the public cloud.
Supporting Quotes
Radhesh Balakrishnan, general manager, OpenStack, Red Hat
"The industry has recognized the potential of OpenStack to transform the
cloud for enterprises and telecommunications service providers alike by
providing an open alternative. Customers and partners around the globe
are excited by its potential and are actively evaluating and planning
deployments. We're excited about working with Wipro to expand
OpenStack's reach, and helping to meet this growing interest through
joint solutions built around Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform, and by combining our mutual OpenStack and cloud know-how."
Ashesh Badani, vice president and general manager, OpenShift, Red Hat
"DevOps, and a new culture of collaboration between Development and
Operations, is key for modern IT organizations. It goes beyond the
culture change though, and requires the right set of tools that enable
agility. The container-based approach driven by OpenShift makes both
development and deployment of applications easier, helping to increase
agility and create a true DevOps environment. By collaborating with
Wipro, we're aiming to help even more enterprise customers realize the
many benefits DevOps can offer."
Anuj Bhalla, vice president and global head of Systems Integration,
Wipro Ltd.
"IT environment scenarios are evolving and merging on-premises and
off-premises infrastructure set ups. With the advent of hybrid
environment, we see a lot of synergy with Red Hat's end to end offering
that enables customers through the transformation journey of their IT
landscape especially on the open stack based cloud initiatives. We are
scaling new areas of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform in our
CoE to improve customer experiences."
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Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting
and Business Process Services company that delivers solutions to enable
its clients do business better. Wipro 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
has a workforce of over 140,000, serving clients in 175+ cities across 6
continents. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com
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