Wipro inks partnership with innogy over data center services

Wipro Limited has announced that it has been awarded a seven-year contract by innogy SE to manage their data center and cloud services. innogy SE is an established European energy company. With its three business areas of renewable, grid & infrastructure and retail, it is well equipped for the work ahead in a modern, decarbonized, decentralized and digital energy world.

As part of the agreement signed in November 2016, innogy transferred its twin data centers in Neurath und Niederaussen in Germany to Wipro on February 1, 2017. The subsequent transition phase ran smoothly. Wipro will leverage its BoundaryLess Data Center offering to help innogy drive a transformation program to rationalize, virtualize and consolidate their IT infrastructure.

Commenting on the same, Marcus Schaper, CIO, innogy SE, said, “This engagement is strategic to our IT operations. We believe that Wipro is the best partner for us to accompany us on our IT journey around data center services. Therefore, we have not only signed a contract in Germany but also have extended our contract with Wipro in the UK until 2024.”

On the other side speaking on behalf of Wipro, Kiran Desai, Senior Vice-President & Head – Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited, said, “This strategic engagement with innogy reinforces Wipro’s leadership in the infrastructure space. Our BoundaryLess Data Center solution capabilities coupled with our domain expertise make us uniquely positioned to enable innogy’s digital transformation journey.”

Having worked with customers in the DACH region since 2002, Wipro today has 11 delivery centers in the region with German-speaking staff across offices in Frankfurt, Fellbach, Meerbusch, Munich, Hamburg, Vienna and Zurich. Over the last three years, Wipro has strengthened its digital and infrastructure services through both organic growth and investments in the region. With its onshore Data Center in Meerbusch, Wipro offers a broad range of IT infrastructure management services to its European and global customers, which includes hosting critical applications for banks and premier automotive companies. The company works with customers across industry sectors such as retail, automotive, telecom, healthcare, banking and energy and utilities sectors in the DACH region.