Wipro to Announce Wipro AWS Launch Pad Co-Innovation Space
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global-information technology, consulting, and business-process services company, has unveiled the Wipro AWS Launch Pad coinnovation center in São Paulo. Designed to accelerate innovation, Wipro AWS Launch Pad is ideal for customers looking to turbocharge their success.
The center empowers Wipro Brazil in the development and showcasing of tailored offerings on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for clients throughout industries nationwide. The space will act as a multidisciplinary customer showcase hub for specialized teams to ideate, collaborate, develop, and deliver scaling cloud solutions. Customers will be empowered to leverage AWS in the areas of application and database migration, application modernization, serverless computing, purposebuilt databases, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Wipro is dedicated to fostering growth even in these challenging times, and the co-innovation center allows for an integrated and resilient approach on delivery that facilitates accelerated cloud adoption for enterprises and offers support at every step of their cloud journey. It will also enable improved agility, security, and optimized costs, all of which will combine to drive superior business performance for customers in Brazil.
From creating cutting-edge solutions to achieving AWS Premier Consulting Partner status in the AWS Partner Network (APN), Wipro has developed deep expertise in AWS to deliver transformational cloud programs. This center further reinforces Wipro and AWS’s shared commitment to deliver innovative solutions and provide exceptional customer service.
Srinivas Pallia, President and CEO - Americas, Wipro Limited said, “We are executing our goal of creating multiple Wipro-AWS Launch Pad centers around the globe, and São Paulo was the ideal location for our latest launch. This offers enterprise-scale cloud adoption that is optimized through integration and leverages best practices to minimize disruption and reduce risk while accelerating the cloud migration of complex workloads. The momentum created by these launches is exciting and we look forward to helping customers solve their business transformation challenges in a rapidly changing technology environment."
Douglas Silva, Vice-President and Country Head - Brazil, Wipro Limited adds, “Enterprise customers are seeking to increase speed and agility while achieving massive economies of scale, which is critical for continued success in today’s dynamic business environments. The local expertise of Wipro and AWS combined with our customer obsession mindset will help customers in Brazil who harness the Wipro-AWS Launch Pad to thrive in the huge cultural and technology transformation that has been allowed by AWS.”
Cleber Morais, Brazil Country Director, AWS said, “This announcement from Wipro meets the needs of companies to increase speed and agility while achieving cost optimization. In the future, with the trend towards a more digital market, the debate is not a question of if, but rather, when companies will move to the cloud. We are delivering innovative and high quality solutions to leverage efficiency.”
IRCTC Gifts Female Passengers With Special Rakshabandhan Cash Back Offer
The Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC Ltd) is all set together to welcome the travelers on-board its Tejas Express Trains on the Lucknow-Delhi-Lucknow (Train No. 82501/02) and Ahmedabad – Mumbai - Ahmedabad(Train No. 82901/02) route with the company recently restarting the operation of its two premium passenger trains from 7th August, 2021 following all passenger health and safety protocols.
IRCTC at present, is operating its fleet of two Tejas passenger trains with a weekly frequency of four days i.e Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
To celebrate the auspicious festival of Rakshabandhan which is also an epitome of love and fondness between a sister and brother, IRCTC is offering an exclusive cash back of 5% on train fare to all female passengers traveling on its two premium trains during the period between 15th and 24th August 2021.
The cash back will be applicable only for the journeys performed during the offer period irrespective of the number of times and will be credited to the same account through which the tickets have been booked. The cash back will be also applicable for the female passengers who have already booked their tickets for the above journey period prior to the launch of the offer. With the upcoming festive season, the company is also planning for more attractive travel offers for the passengers of its premium passenger trains which will be subsequently launched.
Infosys Foundation USA Scales Online Learning Platform with Free Computer Science Modules for K-12 Educators
– Infosys Foundation USA, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to computer science (CS) and maker education across the U.S., announced today that it is adding four additional computer science modules for K-12 teachers to its digital learning platform, the Pathfinders Online Institute. Educators can now choose from over 30 unique courses and trainings geared to meet different skill-levels, grades and programming interests. The new offerings are meant to help ease teachers back into the classroom and STEM computer science learning loss after a year of remote and hybrid instruction. The new materials can be accessed for free at Infosys.org/pathfindersonline.
According to the 2020 State of CS Report, 28 states recently passed new laws to promote computer science education but not all mandated funding for professional development for teachers. Additionally, a recent study by the Kapor Center thatsurveyed over 3,500 PreK-12 CS teachers found that over a quarter of respondents felt limited by their own subject matter expertise and expressed a need for low-cost computer science professional development. The Pathfinders Online Institute addresses these challenges by providing educators with access to computer science curricula, innovative professional development and first-of-its-kind streamable K-5 lessons for educators with no computer science background – at no cost.
“Teachers have overcome insurmountable instructional challenges over this past pandemic year,” said Kate Maloney, Executive Director, Infosys Foundation USA. “As they return to the classroom and seek to capture their students’ imaginations, the Foundation is providing creative resources. This will help them bring leading edge computer science and making curricula to their classroom, so their students are equipped with the fundamental digital literacy required to succeed in a tech-driven world.”
Infosys Foundation USA is partnering with CS is Elementary, Raspberry Pi and BirdBrain Technologies to offer these innovative learning modules that will help educators enhance their computational fluency. The modules include:
HCL Technologies Wins Five-Year IT Transformation Deal with Wacker Chemie AG
– HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has signed a five-year, end-to-end IT transformation services deal with Wacker Chemie AG, a German multinational chemical company, to establish a modernized digital workplace and improve its quality-of-service delivery.
Spanning the globe with four business divisions, Wacker currently operates 26 production sites. Wacker’s engagement with HCL will lead to significant cost efficiencies through modernization, standardization and automation. HCL will be using AI-enabled virtual assistants to drive efficiencies for Wacker.
“Wacker was looking to transform its current sourcing model with a long-term ‘Next Generation Managed Service’ sourcing model,” said Dirk Ramhorst, CIO and CDO, Wacker Chemie AG. “We wanted a partner to not only enhance our digital transformation journey but also support the ‘Wacker Digital Program,’ helping us to become a digital leader in the chemical industry. We have great confidence this partnership will improve efficiencies through potential harmonization of service delivery across IT areas while ensuring frictionless and streamlined processes.”
Germany is a key strategic market for HCL and our engagement with Wacker is testament to our continued growth in the region,” said Dr. Rolf Frank Fehler, Senior Vice President, HCL Technologies. “We are excited to partner with Wacker, as we strongly believe digital transformation is a collaborative journey. HCL’s global delivery model and regional service management will help ensure delivery success at Wacker.”
CAPLIN STERILES RECEIVES APPROVAL FROM BRAZIL’S ANVISA
Caplin Steriles Ltd, a subsidiary of Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd, has received approval from Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) for its sterile injectable manufacturing site near Chennai, Tamilnadu. The approval grants access to the company to register and market its products in Brazil, the largest Pharmaceutical market in Latin America.
Mr. C. C. Paarthipan, Chairman of Caplin Point Laboratories Limited commented “Brazil is an important target for Caplin Steriles’ mid to long term expansion plans. As a first step, we will focus on extending our US approved products for Brazil.”
Zydus Cadila receives tentative approval from USFDA for Lenalidomide Capsules
Zydus Cadila has received tentative approval from the USFDA to market Lenalidomide Capsules in the
strengths of 2.5 mg, 5 mg,10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, and 25 mg. (USRLD: Revlimid). Lenalidomide is used to
treat various types of cancers. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells. It is also used to
treat anemia in patients with certain blood/bone marrow disorders (myelodysplastic syndromes-MDS). The
drug will be manufactured at the group’s formulation manufacturing facility at the SEZ, Ahmedabad.
The group now has 320 approvals and has so far filed over 400 ANDAs since the commencement of the filing
process in FY 2003-04.