Wipro launches Open Data Center CoE

With software defined infrastructure (SDI) in mind, Wipro has launched an Open Data Center - Centre of Excellence (CoE).  The CoE integrates proprietary and open source solutions across all layers including network, storage, compute and cloud.The centre of excellence is aimed at transforming client data centres leveraging Wipro's Adoption Framework, comprising of Wipro IP assets including accelerators, tools, migration methodologies and infrastructure automation applications.The CoE demonstrates multiple disruptive software defined technologies in action to simulate real world data centre environment where legacy and software defined infrastructure (SDI) co-exist.It also demonstrates how the custom developed tools and plug-ins can be leveraged to achieve integration across diverse and different generation of underlying computer, network and storage technologies and give unified end-user experience.Wipro's Open Data Center - CoE has three data centres, with dual Data Center architecture. These are located in Mountain View, USA and Wipro's Electronic City campus in Bangalore India."We have launched this CoE to build, integrate, test and demonstrate customer aligned SDI solutions and bringing in significant IP assets to address issues as clients undergo this transition and manage heterogeneous environments," said G. K Prasanna, president and chief executive - global infrastructure services (GIS), Wipro Ltd.