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Splunk Inc. the leading provider of software for real-time operational intelligence, announced a global reseller agreement with Wipro Technologies, the global information technology, consulting and outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd. The alliance continues the efforts by Wipro and Splunk to bring operational intelligence to customers across the globe. Wipro has already implemented Splunk software at dozens of customer sites including several big data enterprise projects in North America, Europe and India.

Under the new agreement, Wipro will resell Splunk software to its enterprise customers in industry sectors it serves including energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing and telecommunications. Splunk EnterpriseTM is the company's flagship software for collecting, indexing, monitoring and analyzing machine data.

With Splunk software, users can analyze this previously untapped data to quickly troubleshoot problems, investigate security incidents, monitor infrastructure and gain real-time operational intelligence. Wipro's Splunk competency center works directly with clients to develop solutions and deliver business value with Splunk's platform for machine data.

As part of the agreement, Splunk software will also be showcased in the solution center at Wipro's headquarters in Bangalore, India.

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HCL Technologies, the global IT services provider, announced that it has entered into a landmark five year, multi-million dollar deal with Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL), a global leader in embedded processing solutions. HCL will serve as an exclusive technology partner for Freescale, managing and strategically transforming their end-to-end corporate IT Infrastructure landscape. This deal reinforces HCL's IT leadership in the semiconductor industry.

As part of the engagement, HCL will manage and transform infrastructure operations covering desktop support, compute, storage, database, telecom (network & security), process automation and compliance with the use of its pioneering Management Tools as a Service (MTaaSTM) framework and gold standard processes. As a result, Freescale will develop more resilient systems, optimize its operational costs, increase visibility into IT operations, experience reduced technology complexity and improved quality, sustain highest levels of customer service and drive innovation to existing and new initiatives.

HCL will deliver services to Freescale across 20 countries, handling a user base of 19,000 employees spread across 80 different locations. Freescale will also leverage HCL's global delivery centers in Poland and Shanghai for multilingual helpdesk support.

HCL Technologies Infrastructure Services Division is the fastest growing line of business of HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services company. HCL ISD manages mission critical environments and handles over 3 million devices for over 1.7 million end users. The company's clientele includes 20 percent of Fortune 100 organizations and has 280 customers from Fortune 1000 companies.

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Tata Consultancy Services, the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced the official opening of the TCS Solutions Center -Minneapolis in Bloomington, Minnesota. The inauguration of TCS' newest facility was celebrated with a ribbon cutting event on September 14, 2012.

Located in the Normandale Lake Office Park, the 50,000 square foot facility will be home to roughly 300 TCS employees. The center will serve as a hub for delivering technology services to customers in the region and is an integral part of TCS' Global Network Delivery Model™, which provides a quality of service and certainty of outcome that TCS' customers have come to rely on.

The Minneapolis facility is the latest addition to TCS' growing operations across North America. TCS won its first North American client in 1971 and set up operations in New York City in 1979. TCS now has eighteen offices across the United States offering innovative technology solutions and services that provide its customers with a competitive edge in the marketplace.

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