Wipro announces its big data analytics-as-a-service solution on Microsoft Azure

Wipro, a leading global IT services company, today announced the release of Data Discovery Platform, its big data analytics-as-a-service solution on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Data Discovery Platform will enable insight-driven decision making through pre-built applications for specific industries, such as banking and financial services, retail, energy, education and manufacturing.

Data Discovery Platform is built on Cortana Intelligence Suite which includes HDInsight, Stream Analytics, Data Lake Analytics, Machine Learning and Power BI. Wipro has currently built fourteen Data Discovery Platform applications, you can find them on Microsoft Advanced Analytics Partner Solution Showcase.

“Together, Microsoft and Wipro have built an industry sector-specific apps ecosystem on the Data Discovery Platform. Today, the platform is a significant enabler of Analytics led Digital Transformation delivering Analytics-as-a-Service to organizations. We believe that this is a reflection of the Wipro Data Discovery Platform’s maturity and Microsoft’s confidence in the prowess of this platform,” said Pallab Deb, Vice President & Global Head – Analytics, Wipro Limited.

“Wipro’s Data Discovery Platform is a leading example of leveraging the data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities of Microsoft Azure cloud to build novel domain-specific business applications across industry verticals. By developing pre-built domain specific apps on the platform, Wipro is able to accelerate time-to-value while ensuring scalability and performance. Wipro is well-positioned to build effective systems of intelligence for clients with the power of Cortana Intelligence, Power BI and Azure,” said Joseph Sirosh, Corporate VP, Cloud AI Platform, Microsoft.