Wipro, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, has announced that it has earned the Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure advanced specialisation, a validation of a solution partner’s deep knowledge, extensive experience and proven expertise in deploying and managing production workloads in the cloud using containers and managing hosted Kubernetes environments in Microsoft Azure.
Only partners that meet stringent criteria around customer success and staff skilling, as well as pass a third-party audit of their container-based workload deployment and management practices are able to earn the Kubernetes on Azure advanced specialisation.
With over 75 per cent of global organisations expected to run containerised applications in production by 2022, many are looking for a partner with advanced skills to migrate their existing containerised workloads to the cloud, or assist them in developing cloud-native applications using container technologies, DevOps patterns, and a microservices approach.
“Today most enterprise customers are planning to run their applications on containers to address their business scalability requirements. Microsoft’s Azure Kubernetes Service is a leading offering in that category and this advanced specialisation recognises our capabilities in the area. Our expertise in delivering AKS along with devNXT, our modernisation platform, has helped multiple global customers adopt their cloud modernisation journey at a faster pace,” said Arun Melkote, Vice President and Practice Head, App Engineering and Modernisation, iDEAS, Wipro.
Rodney Clark, Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Solutions, Channel Sales and Channel Chief, Microsoft added, “The Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure advanced specialisation highlights the partners who can be viewed as most capable when it comes to deploying and managing containerised applications in Azure. Wipro clearly demonstrated that they have both the skills and the experience to deliver best-in-class cloud-native capabilities to customers with Azure.”