New York, Palo Alto, Calif., United States & Bangalore, Karnataka:
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading technology and consulting services company, and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced an extended collaboration to help mutual customers accelerate their digital journey and maximize their VMware Cloud investments.
As part of this expanded relationship, Wipro will launch a new dedicated VMware-focused business aligned with Wipro’s broader strategy of driving growth through strategic partnerships. The unit will focus on the power of Wipro FullStride Cloud Services’ in-depth expertise across industries along with VMware Cross-Cloud services to help enterprises drive enhanced agility, speed, and innovation. The goal will be to streamline VMware implementations and accelerate the deployment of applications, leading to better, faster ROI.
“Multi-cloud, modern applications and anywhere workspace strategies are increasingly more critical to enterprise success,” said Monty Bhatia, Vice President, of Global Systems Integrators, at VMware. “We are thrilled to join forces with Wipro to tap into our collective strengths and help make the adoption of digital transformation strategy easier for large enterprises. Together, we look forward to providing enterprises with the Cloud Smart solutions and services they need to achieve value from technology investments faster, compete more effectively, and operate their businesses more efficiently and securely.”
Wipro’s new business unit will work with VMware on deepening the companies’ collaboration on deploying VMware solutions, including VMware Anywhere Workspace, which allows employees to work from anywhere with more secure and frictionless experiences. All solutions will be implemented with an eye toward sustainability and reduced carbon footprint as a key business outcome.
“The innovative solutions we have created with VMware thus far enable enterprises to accelerate the development and deployment of more secure modern apps and empower their global workforce while dramatically simplifying the management of a multi-cloud infrastructure,” said Jason Eichenholz, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Ecosystems & Partnerships, Wipro Limited. “We are thrilled to expand our partnership with VMware to help clients realize better, faster value from cloud investments.”
“This new Wipro business unit will accelerate our clients’ journey to the cloud, helping drive innovation, resilience, and agility,” said Jo Debecker, Senior Vice President & Global Head, Cloud and Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited. “Wipro’s VMware-dedicated Business Unit will be an important vehicle for clients across every major industry to maximize the transformative power of hybrid/public clouds to deliver new experiences, new solutions, and innovations to their end users.”
Wipro will offer a full portfolio of digital transformation services in collaboration with VMware across industries, with a major focus on Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare, and Consumer and Retail. The unit will leverage Wipro’s 10,000+ domain experts in these verticals including the expertise acquired through acquisitions like Capco and Designit. Wipro will be significantly scaling the technical competency in VMware Cross-Cloud services for multi-cloud infrastructure, modern apps, anywhere workspace, networking, and security, and will have 5,000 cross-trained professionals for these areas over the next two years.
The Wipro and VMware collaboration will be truly global, covering the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, and will involve multi-million-dollar investments across sales, alliances, and delivery resources in each of these regions. The delivery will be executed through Wipro FullStride Cloud Studios in the US, Europe, and India.
