HP strengthens Wipro alliance

HP has announced the further strengthening of its global alliance with Wipro by extending system-integration partnership to HP's entire portfolio of HP OpenView suite of software. HP OpenVeiw suite focusses on telecom network management.

The extension of partnership will catapult Wipro into the league of Cap Gemini and Accenture globally. To start off this expansion, Wipro will focus on West Asia, Europe and Asia Pacific markets. Under the alliance, HP and Wipro will together maximise opportunities in the market to deliver remote management services and system integration services.

"We will help businnesses become more adaptive," said Sandeep Johri, a vice president with HP Software.

"This alliance will help bring businesses come one step closer to becoming adaptive enterprises by synchronising business with IT help to capitalise on change," he added.

According to IDC, HP has 21 per cent marketshare in the network management software space in India and it recorded more than 200 per cent year-on-year growth in the country.

"Further, the system infrastructure software market in India, of which network management software is a category, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 26.7 per cent from 2004 to 2009," Johri quoting IDC highlighted.

Speaking on the alliance, Anand Padmanabhan, VP (technology integration services), Wipro Infotech said: "Wipro is focussed on providing best value to our customers. Our alliances are strategic to providing this value. We believe by combining HP's tools and our expertise, we will provide customers good returns on their investment."