The services to be offered by Go IP will be based on Dell’s 11th Generation PowerEdge Blade Servers, Dell Force 10 Switches and Dell EqualLogic and Dell Compellent Storage Arrays, said a press release.

In the first phase, the services will be rolled out in the first quarter of 2012 from Go IP’s Global Managed Services Centre at Noida with more centers coming up in the near future.

Go IP also announced its Cloud’s Ubiquitous Service Partner (CUSP) program, where it intends to leverage its 500 plus channel partners to jointly address the needs growing SME customers in India.

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Go IP will jointly work with and through its channel partners to deploy and support its cloud-based services.

“We found that Dell’s portfolio of technology products and its strategic roadmap in integrating its enterprise products like servers and storage is ideal for building a resilient and scalable Public Cloud Infrastructure,” said Rahul Swarup, MD and CEO of Go IP.

“It concurs with the business vision of Go IP to establish Thought Leadership in the space and create a Total Cost of Ownership based ‘IT as a Service’ framework for the SME customers to address their entire eco-system; including their internal IT needs and the needs of their Community and Vertical,” he added.

Go IP intends to traverse the learning curve of the cloud based services along with its channel partners and empower them to create a partnership in the emerging space of cloud computing, Swarup said.