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Indian tech giant Wipro joins Hyperledger to develop enterprise-grade blockchain solutions

Indian IT giant Wipro has announced that it has joined Hyperledger, a global open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, to design and develop open source-based blockchain solutions for enterprise-grade blockchain deployments.

The company sees blockchain as one of the strategic client themes to drive digital innovations and transformation across the enterprise. It offers a number of blockchain related services including advisory and consulting, Blockchain Innovation Lab (as a service), blockchain application development, and constructing blockchain networks.

“We are excited to welcome Wipro to the Hyperledger community. Wipro brings industry-acknowledged blockchain advisory and consulting capabilities, coupled with industry solutions for specific use cases and a strong partner ecosystem to help client businesses innovate on blockchain. We look forward to Wipro’s active contribution in the Hyperledger community to share insights on blockchain use cases, technology frameworks, tools & standards, and thought leadership,” Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger, said.

Wipro’s Blockchain Innovation Lab has developed several industry solutions on Hyperledger Fabric such as Tri-party collateral management, Air worthiness certificate tracking, Trade Finance and Loyalty Rewards Management. Furthermore, the tech firm develops industry solutions, blockchain assets & frameworks, and an IP portfolio, as part of its Blockchain CoE (Center of Excellence).

Wipro said that it helps clients experiment, deploy proof-of-concepts on blockchain technologies, and incrementally expand to scale-to-production releases. It is also developing technology competency on Hyperledger through internal bootcamps and partner-led training sessions.

“We are excited about joining Hyperledger and look forward to working closely with the Hyperledger community to catalyze blockchain adoption for global enterprises. Our customers are increasingly looking at Hyperledger to build enterprise-grade blockchain solutions for specific industry use-cases. Additionally, Wipro's open source services, expertise and solutions add value to our Hyperledger-based blockchain offerings. We look forward to investing in crowdsourced innovation and open collaboration as part of our efforts in the Hyperledger community,” Krishnakumar N Menon, Vice President, Service Transformation, Wipro Limited, said.

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