Wipro and Trend Micro offer next-gen virtualisation security solutions
ConvergenceAsia staff
02/02/2010

Trend Micro, a global provider of Internet content and dynamic data centre security, has partnered with Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro, to offer next-generation virtualisation security solutions for dynamic data centres.

As part of this strategic agreement, Wipro and Trend Micro are jointly building Centres of Excellence to address the challenging data protection, security and compliance needs of today's virtualised data centres, as well as the growing market demand for server consolidation.

With access to combined Wipro and Trend Micro expertise at these Centres of Excellence around the globe, including the US, UK, Australia and Japan, enterprises will be able to better focus on their core business competencies.

“Most data centres are employing virtualisation technology these days. But without a virtualisation security strategy, these dynamic data centres are less secure than their physical counterparts,” said Wael Mohamed, senior vice president of business development, Trend Micro.

“We have entered into a strategic relationship with Wipro for their global expertise in technology services. This agreement allows us to create ‘security that fits’—customisable, scalable solutions that enable enterprises to protect confidential data and take advantage of the benefits of virtualisation and cloud computing without compromising the security of their dynamic data centres.”

Wipro and Trend Micro will provide joint virtualised data centre security, as well as data centre consolidation solutions using next-generation security products from Trend Micro and other mutual partners. This initiative will align with current services from Wipro such as data security, managed security monitoring, managed network and host infrastructure security operations, and managed unified threat and vulnerability managed services.

Under the agreement, Wipro becomes a global reseller of Trend Micro products that encompass threat management, Web, messaging, server and endpoint security.

“By working closely with Trend Micro, we’ll be better able to address the operational security requirements of our data centre customers, and meet their business demands for efficiency and cost savings,” said Prasenjit Saha, vice president and global head of enterprise security solutions at Wipro.

“Wipro’s leadership in providing end-to-end security services combined with Trend Micro’s advanced host and virtualisation security solutions for data centre security requirements will help customers to better protect their critical data, as well as ensure compliance with PCI and other regulations,” said Saha.

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