CHENNAI, INDIA: Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Hitachi, has entered in a strategic tie-up with Indian IT major Wipro to offer co-branded products and services such as storage systems for enterprises.
The tie-up, which is a first-of-its-kind partnership that Hitachi has signed with any organization in India, is aimed at co-developing products based on Hitachi technology for the Indian market, the company said in a press release.
The first of its kind initiative in India, the charter would jointly work on technology insights early in the cycle, co-develop products for the Indian market, and build solution sets, practices and services on core Hitachi technology.
According to Kevin Eggleston, senior vice president and general manager, APAC, Hitachi Data Systems, this partnership between HDS and Wipro would establish a new milestone in the Indian storage arena.
Ashok Tripathy, general manager and business head, Systems & Technology Division, Wipro said this charter would build and market IT infrastructure solutions around open standards and technologies.
“Towards this, we adopt technologies that help make our customers’ systems and business scalable. Our alliance with Hitachi is a strategic step in this direction as it offers a proposition in modular and scaleable, enterprise-class storage,” he said.
Wipro's new office in Seoul
Meanwhile, Wipro Technologies also announced the official opening of its new office in Seoul, Korea and the appointment of Ki Young Jang as the Country Head for South Korea.
In the new role, Ki-Young will have overall responsibility for company’s business in the country and will be based out of the Seoul centre.
While building on the company's rapid expansion in the region, Ki-Young will oversee the ‘Go to Market’ strategy, drive revenue growth and leverage on Wipro’s strength in innovation, technology, process insight and globalization to further enhance the company’s position as a business transformation catalyst, Wipro said in a statement.
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