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Infosys officially becomes Google Cloud MSP
Wed, 28th Aug 2019
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Infosys, a global provider of next-generation digital services and consulting, has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to become a Google Cloud Managed Service Provider(MSP).

As a qualified MSP, Infosys will offer clients full application lifecycle services with its deep cloud and data analytics expertise.

This will include consulting, assessment, migration, optimisation and support services for enterprises looking to optimise their workloads on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

As a Google Cloud MSP, Infosys will offer industry-specific solutions on GCP for healthcare, financial services, insurance, telecom and retail industries.

This partnership further strengthens Infosys' capabilities to help companies innovate and industrialise analytics, drive accelerated insights for new revenue models, realise savings and achieve faster time to market.

Other services offered as part of the MSP program include:

  • Data Cafe – an enterprise portal for data exploration and cognitive conversational interfaces for contextual interactions
     
  • Data marketplace for managing data as an asset
     
  • Data governance and data operations across hybrid platforms
     
  • A data science experimentation tool kit for accelerated analytics
     
  • Secure cloud platform management and operations that enable effective governance and risk management
     
  • Support to accelerate SAP workload migration to Google Cloud

“Cloud has been a key focus area for our clients and Infosys, and we continue to invest in new solutions, partnerships and offerings to enable our clients to navigate their digital transformation journeys,” says Infosys senior vice president and partner ecosystem head David Wilson.

“This enhanced partnership with Google Cloud is an example of how we are helping enterprises as they look to the cloud for digital transformation. Enterprises will significantly benefit from the best in class, highly secure and reliable cloud platform of Google Cloud and Infosys' expertise in data, AI, analytics, workload migration and cloud deployments.

This announcement expands upon Infosys' status as a Premier Google Cloud partner, offering solutions integrated with Google Cloud accelerating digital transformation for enterprises around the globe.

“We are delighted to expand our partnership with Infosys and to recognise their expertise in managed services,” says Google Cloud worldwide channel sales vice president Carolee Gearhart.

“Customers increasingly want to move mission-critical workloads to Google Cloud. Infosys' experience and knowledge in cloud migration, particularly with priority workloads such as SAP applications and in hybrid cloud deployments, will be a valuable resource for customers as they modernise business processes on Google Cloud.

Infosys has clients in 45 countries with over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises.

The company focuses on enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritise the execution of change.