Symantec and Wipro has announced a new partnership under which Wipro Infotech will offer data loss prevention, and backup and recovery infrastructure consultancy 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," said 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. "

The partnership will utilise Wipro's cross-platform expertise along with Symantec VERITAS Backup Reporter's capability to identify and quantify exposures before they impact backup operations. It aims to offer increased efficiency, verify backup service-level compliance, and justify the business costs associated with protecting data.

Speaking on the occasion, Vikas Srivastava, vice president and business head, Infrastructure Technology Solutions Division, Wipro Infotech said, "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."

Wipro Infotech's consulting division will offer granular reporting of end-to-end backup infrastructure through Symantec's VERITAS Backup Reporter. Customers will get a detailed view of media usage and insights into data risks in physical and virtualized environments. Wipro's Global Service Management Center will provide backup operations in virtual environments.