EMC partners with PESIT for cloud research

BANGALORE, INDIA: EMC India Center of Excellence (COE) has partnered with Center for Cloud Computing and Big Data at the Department of Computer Science of the PES Institute of Technology (PESIT), Bangalore to develop new hybrid cloud solutions.

The research engagement comes under EMC's global research program - the EMC Innovation Network - and is the third research partnership EMC has undertaken in India.

Niranjan Thirumale, chief technology officer, EMC India Center of Excellence, said, "Cloud computing has reached a higher level of maturity with its advanced infrastructure, software and service offerings. Deep research in this sector will further enable the market to realize the value of this technology. PESIT has demonstrated exceptional focus on Cloud, and EMC will be working with it specifically on Hybrid Cloud research".

M R Doreswamy, MLC and founder chairman, PES Institutions, said, "Through this partnership, we will aim to together solve current technological challenges and come up with solutions which can make an impact quickly on the cloud ecosystem".

The CCBD at PESIT, under the aegis of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was setup to enable research and technical exchange, while educating students on cloud computing technologies. The research team comprising of faculty from CCBD and 26 students from the college will work with the worldwide network of research expertise and resources within EMC. The research efforts will spread over one year time frame and will continue as required, as per a release.

EMC aims to also further extend its research collaboration in India considerably, and establish strong engagements with Indian technical institutes that offer subject matter expertise and deep technical know-how on information infrastructure technologies, it adds.