Wipro for $1 Billion Cloud Capabilities Investment

Wipro announced $1 Billion investments in improvising its cloud capabilities in terms of cloud technologies, acquisitions, and partnerships.

To start, Wipro has launched its Wipro FullStride Cloud Services. The new cloud services pillar consists of Wipro’s cloud-related capabilities, offerings, and talent to support their clients' cloud journey, notes the announcement.

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Wipro Limited, Thierry Delaporte, "Today, cloud adoption is at the core of any IT transformation initiative, and our clients have been turning to Wipro for help with this. With our $1 billion investment in cloud capabilities, and the launch of Wipro FullStride Cloud Services, we are in a far stronger position to simplify, orchestrate and accelerate the cloud journey for our clients."

Chief Growth Officer, Wipro Limited, said Stephanie Trautman, said, "With the introduction of the Chief Growth Office, we are renewing our focus on our global partnership ecosystem, amplifying and simplifying how we go to market together to orchestrate cloud transformation for our clients.  We will announce a new leader for this group very soon."

Wipro FullStride Cloud Services is a collaboration between Wipro’s Chief Growth Office and existing Global Business Lines. Wipro intends to offer integrated and comprehensive cloud transformation capabilities for customers, partners, and cloud experts, notes the announcement.

Wipro FullStride Cloud Services will help their clients to align their businesses and IT with the cloud imperative. The announcement also noted Wipro's significant cloud accounts such as Telefónica Germany / O2, Verifone, E.ON and METRO AG.