ARMONK, N.Y. and BANGALORE, India, Oct. 23, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT), a
global information technology, consulting and business process
services company today announced a collaboration in which Wipro
will use the IBM Bluemix cloud development platform for the agile
creation and deployment of mobile, analytics and machine learning
solutions for clients around the world. As part of the effort,
Wipro has committed to train and engage 15,000 of its developers on
the platform through a massive online open course across 58
countries. This team of developers will leverage Bluemix as a
development platform, resulting in the introduction of new
value-added services for the customers of Wipro through Wipro
Analytics solutions.
Bluemix leverages open technologies to give developers greater
scalability and flexibility to build, deploy and manage cloud
applications quickly and easily.
Wipro is already investing in solutions onboarding on the
Bluemix platform. These include the Data Discovery Platform, an
integrated solution capturing and managing data to generate
actionable insights through advanced analytics; Big Data Ready
Enterprise which optimizes and integrates various big data
solutions; and Wipro Apollo, an anomaly detection platform for
fraud, risk and compliance.
Wipro will leverage more than 100 services through IBM's public
Bluemix catalog as well as Bluemix Dedicated – a private-cloud
version that developers can use to build apps involving sensitive
data. With a growing list of demands for scalability, security and
capacity, IBM will tap into Wipro's global talent pool to
accelerate the release of new Bluemix features.
"Today's developers need to quickly collect, analyze
and make sense of massive data sets in ways that haven't been
possible before in advanced analytics development practices," said
Robert LeBlanc, Senior Vice
President, IBM Cloud. "The synergies that are created as a result
of this collaboration will create competitive advantages for our
customers by helping them leverage the IBM Cloud to speed data
analysis, speed application deployment and speed time to market for
their products and services."
Wipro and IBM will also host Wipro's developers and customers at
IBM's Bluemix Garages in London,
San Francisco or Toronto, where they will have an opportunity
to learn agile development practices in a startup atmosphere. These
garages serve as central locations for developers, product managers
and designers from startups to enterprises to collaborate and learn
from each other as they build cloud applications alongside Wipro
developers using Bluemix.
"Wipro's objective is to be a premium partner to its customers
and an industry technology leader through our expertise in
Analytics Transformation," said Jeff
Heenan-Jalil, Senior Vice President - Analytics, Wipro Ltd.
"This agreement with IBM provides a platform where Wipro can
provide greater value to our clients."
IBM launched Bluemix with a $1
billion investment in 2014, maturing quickly to become the
largest Cloud Foundry deployment in
the world. The developer-friendly platform provides access to over
120 tools as well as the services of the most prominent open-source
technologies combined with IBM and third-party services, allowing
developers to focus all of their energy on the creation of
enterprise class cloud applications at consumer scale.
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 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 150,000, serving clients in 175+
cities across 6 continents. For more information, please visit
www.wipro.com.
About IBM Cloud
For more information on IBM Cloud
visit: www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
Wipro media contact:
Gitanjali Sreepal
+9180 39918018
gitanjali.sreepal@wipro.com
IBM media contact:
Mike
Zimmerman
IBM Media Relations
+1 (914) 766-4935
mrzimmerman@us.ibm.com
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