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Trend Micro, a leader in Internet content and dynamic datacenter security, has partnered with Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, to offer virtualization security solutions for dynamic datacenters. The goal of the partnership is to develop solutions that help secure public and private cloud computing environments that are being increasingly challenged to deliver operational cost savings, while still ensuring the security and compliance of critical IT assets.

As part of this strategic agreement, Wipro and Trend Micro are jointly building Centers of Excellence to address the challenging data protection, security and compliance needs of today’s virtualized datacenters, as well as the growing market demand for server consolidation. Mutual customers will be able to fully leverage the benefits of Trend Micro Enterprise Security offerings through Wipro’s accelerated and cost-effective approach for deployment. With access to combined Wipro and Trend Micro expertise at these Centers of Excellence around the globe, including the U.S., U.K.,Australia and Japan, enterprises will be able to better focus on their core business competencies, while letting industry leaders help them effectively implement innovative security solutions that reduce risks and costs.

Wipro and Trend Micro will provide joint virtualized data center security, as well as datacenter consolidation solutions using next-generation security products from Trend Micro and other mutual partners. This initiative will align with current services from Wipro such as data security, managed security monitoring, managed network and host infrastructure security operations, and managed unified threat and vulnerability managed services. Under the agreement, Wipro becomes a global reseller of Trend Micro products that encompass threat management, Web, messaging, server and endpoint security.

Wipro’s vertically aligned business model gives them a deep understanding of their customers’ businesses to build industry-specific, customized solutions through over 55 dedicated labs and Centers of Excellence. In addition to Trend Micro, Wipro has the largest Centers of Excellence for Hewlett-Packard/Mercury, EMC, and Cisco. Similarly, Trend Micro’s own multinational research, development and support centers, TrendLabs, are dedicated to 24/7 threat surveillance, attack prevention, and timely and seamless solutions delivery.

Trend Micro’s coordinated approach to virtualization security delivers comprehensive protection while maintaining the optimum performance, mobility and scalability of virtual machines. By combining their areas of expertise, Trend Micro and Wipro will help enterprises achieve higher consolidation rates, and more fully and safely leverage their virtualization investments.

Hyper9, a provider of business-driven virtualization management solutions, and DNM Technology, an Ireland-based infrastructure consultancy specializing in virtualization, database services, storage management, backup and recovery, and business intelligence, today announced a joint partnership to help organizations across Ireland and the UK virtualize more resources, faster and with greater confidence.

With this agreement, DNM Technology becomes an official reseller of Hyper9’s Virtual Environment Optimization (VEO) solution, providing DNM Technology customers better business insights into their virtual infrastructure.

Hyper9 VEO combines usability and dashboard features with in-depth analytics and reporting to help users find and reclaim virtual resources. The solution delivers instant insight into virtual environments, thereby eliminating manual assessment and reporting efforts. Additionally, organizations can use Hyper9 monitoring and alerts to establish best practices around how their virtual infrastructure should perform, and how to proactively maintain those activities over time.

DNM Technology’s Virtual Assurance services include the design, implementation and support of business-focused virtualization solutions spanning server, desktop, network, storage and application environments. DNM Technology believes in vendor independence, working closely with leading virtualization organizations including VMware, Microsoft and Citrix, all Hyper9 partners.