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Wipro Infotech Signs Distribution Agreement With Egenera
| Source: Egenera
BANGALORE, INDIA and MARLBORO, MA--(Marketwire - August 20, 2007) - Wipro Infotech, the
India, Middle East and Asia Pacific IT Business segment of Wipro Ltd, and
Egenera, the data center virtualization company, today announced that they
have entered into a distribution agreement. Egenera has pioneered a new
computing architecture -- the patented Processing Area Network (PAN) --
specifically designed to reduce data center complexity, resulting in
agility, availability and cost-effectiveness. Under the terms of the
agreement, Wipro Infotech will resell the full suite of Egenera® products
and handle emerging IT sales opportunities for the company within India.
The key focus of the Wipro division is to optimize and enhance existing IT
infrastructure by delivering unique and innovative technology products.
"We are pleased to partner with Egenera because the innovative technology
that Egenera provides will greatly enhance our current line of IT solution
and service offerings," said Anand Padmanabhan, vice president Technology
Infrastructure services, Wipro Infotech. "The alliance with Egenera is very
valuable for Wipro because it is an association that will yield multifold
benefits for our enterprise customers. We have always been proactive in
enhancing the current line of IT solution and service offerings and this
relationship is another step forward in the right direction."
Mike Thompson, president and CEO, Egenera, commented, "Wipro's expertise in
delivering first-class data center solutions to enterprise customers within
a diverse set of industries is in line with our aggressive global growth
strategy. We look forward to providing true business value and growing our
joint customer base together."
Wipro Infotech's extensive technology portfolio and broad customer base in
conjunction with Egenera's highly available, flexible and fully integrated
processing platform will greatly enhance both parties' business proposition
to enterprise customers in the Indian market.
About Egenera Inc.
Egenera is a global leader in delivering data center virtualization
solutions that reduce costs and complexity for hundreds of forward thinking
companies. The Egenera BladeFrame system virtualizes the data center with
an innovative server architecture specifically designed to reduce
complexity and enable IT to respond rapidly to business requirements.
Market-leading enterprises around the world trust Egenera to run their most
critical applications and achieve higher resource utilization, faster
application time to market and lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered
in Marlboro, Mass. Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information
visit www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email to info@egenera.com.
About Wipro Infotech
Wipro Infotech, a division of the US$ 3.47 billion Wipro Limited, provides
enterprise customers with high value Information Technology Products,
Services, Solutions and Consulting Services in India, and provides
Technology & Software Services and Consulting Services in the Middle East
and ASEAN. It is the world's first Products, Services and Solutions Company
to be certified, Enterprise wide at Level 5, Version 2.0 of PCMM.
Headquartered at Bangalore, Wipro Infotech serves customers in India
through a network of 22 offices and 170 service locations across the
country. It has business offices in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
About Wipro Ltd
Wipro Limited (NYSE : WIT ) provides comprehensive IT solutions and services,
including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, IT enabled
services, package implementation, software application development and
maintenance, and research and development services to corporations
globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5
certified IT Services Company globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a
leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in
India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions
and IT services. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro
provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro also has
profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and
lighting. Wipro's ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its
equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange -- Mumbai, and the
National Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our websites at
www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com, and www.wipro.in
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