Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Surgient, Wipro Unite for Faster Software Testing

Austin, Texas-based Surgient, a developer of "virtual lab" applications for software testing, training and evaluation, revealed Monday that it and Wipro Technologies will provide businesses with software testing solutions as part of a newly formed strategic partnership. Wipro Technologies is Wipro Ltd.'s global information technology services arm. The company added that Wipro's Testing Services division will implement Surgient's virtual lab management software in order to accelerate software testing cycles and deployment times for Wipro's worldwide customers. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Wipro Ltd. is one of the world's largest IT support and outsourcing operations. Surgient is a venture-backed by Austin Ventures, BlueStream Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Goldman Sachs, MFI Austin and Sternhill Partners.