Cisco and Wipro have entered into a strategic alliance to jointly develop and deliver IT service solutions to help both companies meet their customers’ needs, particularly in fast-growing markets around the world.

Under the agreement, Cisco and Wipro together will build new IT infrastructure service solutions that combine Cisco’s networking solutions with Wipro’s infrastructure and managed services portfolio. The companies also announced the establishment of the Cisco Solution Centre at the Wipro Campus in Bangalore, India, which will develop and showcase new services and solutions, such as Cisco Unified Communications, that will take advantage of the network platform to help enterprise customers drive innovation and business growth.

Wipro will offer solutions based on Cisco products and services on a global basis, with initial focus in India, Middle East and Africa. Cisco will also become the preferred networking partner for Wipro’s portfolio of services, including outsourcing, managed-services and other solutions. Wipro will invest in developing competencies in Cisco’s products and services through its Cisco Solution Centre.

According to Wim Elfrink, chief globalisation officer of Cisco,  “This strategic alliance illustrates Cisco commitment to building relationships with new partners in emerging parts of the world that will take advantage of new virtualised approaches such as ‘software as a service,’ and service-oriented network architectures.”