India-based IT company Wipro has secured an application management (AMS) and services integration and management (SIAM) contract from Fortum, a Finnish state-owned energy company.

Under the five-year agreement, Wipro will manage the application portfolio of the Finnish company across hundreds of applications for 11,500 plus users in 18 countries. Besides, Wipro will have to give round-the-clock to support to Fortum for business-critical applications.

Tuomas Salosaari – VP, Operation Services, Business Technology, Fortum said: “Wipro was chosen as a partner because of their experience and capability in providing a flexible and efficient solution for us. We believe this will be a true win-win relationship.”

Wipro HOLMES, the artificial intelligence and automation platform will be used by Fortum for facilitating process automation for improved end-user experience. Furthermore, Wipro’s SIAM transformation solution will be used for helping the Finnish energy company in consolidating and manage its multi-supplier ecosystem.

Sarat Chand – Vice President, EMEA Utilities Business Head, Wipro said: “We are pleased to be selected by Fortum. This engagement is aligned to our strategy of assisting our clients to navigate the energy transition towards a sustainable world.

“The accelerated trend of supply-demand and energy conscious prosumers is driving a clean energy revolution faster than before, inspiring innovation and partnerships like these.  This deal was completed in the midst of the pandemic and we appreciate the spirit of Fortum and Wipro teams in making this possible.”

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