Symantec and Wipro will now jointly offer data loss prevention and backup and recovery infrastructure consultancy services. Under the deal, Wipro will henceforth offer consultancy for such services based on Symantec technology.

“Information is the most valuable asset of any organization and ensuring that it does not fall into the wrong hands is critical to its reputation and business,” says Ajay Verma, director, Channels and Alliances, Symantec India. “Wipro Infotech’s professional services background, market reach, consulting expertise, complemented by Symantec’s industry-leading solutions will offer customers a better insight in to data risk.” 

According to the alliance, enhanced assurance on security, greater efficiency, better verification of backup service-level compliance and justification of the costs associated with protecting the data are some of the features of the services to be offered by the alliance.

Speaking on the occasion, Vikas Srivastava,   vice president and business head, Infrastructure  Technology Solutions Division, Wipro Infotech  comments, “The Backup and Recovery Infrastructure Consulting service and Data Loss Prevention Services are very unique service offerings that will contribute significantly to customers‘  business continuity and data protection initiatives,  which in turn would lead to improved efficiency, security and cost reduction . Symantec was an ideal choice to partner with for these services because of their hardware-agnostic solutions and superior technology.”