Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced the launch of its Microsoft Business Unit. The unit will focus on the development and evangelization of solutions leveraging Microsoftâs enterprise cloud services. This initiative is an outcome of Wiproâs expanded global alliance with Microsoft to accelerate cloud adoption and digital transformation for its customers across sectors.
Wiproâs Microsoft Business Unit consists of a team of trained and certified Azure consultants and specialists. The new unit will offer domain-based solutions and solution accelerators, including the following:
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- Wiproâs Cloud Studio which delivers migration for different workloads on Microsoft Azure, Data, Microsoft Dynamics 365. The studio is an âas-a-serviceâ model for cloud transformation with standardized tools, technologies and processes.Â
- Wiproâs LiVE Workspace™ solution which leverages Microsoftâs Modern Workplace, Microsoft 365 as well as LUIS and the Power platform to help customers unbox an intelligent, future-ready workplace where apps and data can be accessed from anywhere, anytime and on any device.Â
- Wiproâs Data Discovery Platform (DDP) empowers customers with actionable insights by exploring varied data sources through sophisticated techniques such as pattern discovery, Auto ML, visual sciences and storytelling to simplify interpretation and decision-making. The core of this platform brings together the Wipro HOLMESTM Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Azure.
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Bhanumurthy B.M, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wipro Limited said, âOur newly formed Microsoft Business Unit will aid organizations in accelerating their innovation and modernization journey by leveraging Wiproâs deep domain expertise along with Microsoftâs futuristic enterprise-class offerings. With this partnership, we will co-innovate in industry domain services focused on data, analytics, security and customer/employee experiences.â
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Nitin Parab, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Technology Business Unit, Wipro Limited said, âWe are excited to expand our partnership with Microsoft. By integrating our unique offerings such as Cloud Studio, DDP and LiVE WorkspaceTM with Microsoftâs Intelligent Cloud, we will be able to better address our customersâ digital goals.â
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Wipro recently completed a cloud migration project leveraging Microsoft Azure for Mitie, a leading facilities management and professional services company headquartered in the UK. The successful migration of workload from on-premise to cloud environment helped the client achieve business flexibility, security and scalability, thereby improving the companyâs overall operational efficiency.
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Cijo Joseph, Chief information Officer, Mitie Group PLC said, âWe wanted to move our âon-premiseâ landscape to cloud for performance enhancement, evergreen capability and operational efficiency. Our long-term strategic partnership with Wipro gave us an exposure to the companyâs leading-edge capabilities and it has a solid reputation in the marketplace. We selected Microsoft Azure Cloud as our cloud service platform, for its business agility, high availability, low business disruption risk and other favorable factors including implementation time and complexity. Wiproâs vast experience in executing similar cloud migration projects leveraging its proprietary framework âSafe Passage to Cloudâ helped in a seamless and risk-free upgrade to migrate SAP to Azure cloud.â
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âAt Microsoft, digital transformation is a core focus that enables organizations to improve how they engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform products. Our expanded partnership with Wipro will allow them to better serve customersâ digital needs by leveraging Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Dynamics 365,â said Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President, Microsoft.Â
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Wipro and Microsoft have been strategic partners for decades. Wipro has demonstrated its commitment to this relationship by investing in new industry leading solutions for customers on the Azure platform. Wipro is a Microsoft Gold Competency Partner.