Wipro Awarded 5-Year Strategic Infrastructure Management Contract by ASSA ABLOY
February 08 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global
information technology, consulting and business process services
company, today announced that it has won an IT infrastructure
transformation contract from the ASSA ABLOY Group, headquartered in
Sweden. ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening
solutions.
As part of the five-year agreement, Wipro will consolidate ASSA
ABLOY’s existing data centers in the EMEA region and implement a
cloud-based service model, which will include IaaS (Infrastructure
as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service). The deployment will
leverage Wipro’s BoundaryLess Data Center offering and will provide
a full suite of IT infrastructure management services to ASSA
ABLOY’s global organisation. This solution will bring in a high
level of agility, and a consumption-based IT service model powered
by a user-friendly service catalog.
Since its inception in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has grown from a
regional company into an international group with about 44,000
employees, operations in more than 70 countries and sales close to
SEK 57 billion. ASSA ABLOY has expanded globally through a
combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The goal of this IT
engagement is to improve the efficiency of the company’s data
center services by moving them into Wipro’s BoundaryLess Data
Center (BLDC) offering and establishing a global delivery model
through Wipro’s ServiceNXT, the company's integrated Managed
Services framework.
Jens Nielsen, CIO, ASSA ABLOY Group, said, “This
engagement is strategic to our business continuity operations and
we believe that Wipro is the best partner for us. With our data
center infrastructure supported by Wipro, we can drive added
efficiencies, and most importantly, bring about joint innovations
to serve our customers better.”
Carl-Henrik Hallstr�m, Head of Nordic Region, Wipro
Limited, said, “In order to keep pace with rapid globalisation,
rising customer expectations and emerging technologies, enterprises
must reinvent their traditional IT infrastructure and data center
service capabilities. We are confident that Wipro's BoundaryLess
Data Center offering will enable ASSA ABLOY to optimize, automate
and manage its data centers in an agile manner. Furthermore, this
engagement reiterates our continued focus and investments in the
Nordic region.”
“We are delighted to be chosen by ASSA ABLOY as the strategic
partner for their IT transformation project, which will
leverage both our manufacturing domain expertise and technology
capabilities. The relationship between both companies is anchored
by a synergy of our core corporate values and we look forward
to fostering an environment of innovation that supports and
strengthens ASSA ABLOY’s leadership position in the industry,” said
N. S. Bala, Chief Executive, Manufacturing & Hi-Tech
Industry SBU, Wipro Limited.
About Wipro Ltd.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading information technology,
consulting and business process services company that delivers
solutions to enable its clients to do business better. Wipro
delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry
experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology.”
By combining digital strategy, customer centric design, advanced
analytics and product engineering approach, Wipro helps its
clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company
recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services,
strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship,
Wipro has a dedicated workforce of over 160,000, serving clients in
175+ cities across 6 continents. For more information, please visit
www.wipro.com.
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