As a multinational corporation delivering technology and business consulting services across 66 countries, Wipro Ltd. is in an ideal position to see developing trends based on the needs of its clients.

With the proliferation of internet of things devices, enterprises are grappling with a set of connectivity and design challenges, with cloud positioned squarely at the center of most solutions.

“Any time you have an IoT device or connected device, you have four competing elements – form factor, power, connectivity, and intelligence,” said Tim Currie (pictured, left), Americas cloud leader at Wipro. “You have an engineering challenge that’s based on a device, and then it’s got to connect to the cloud. None of this happens or is possible without cloud.”

Currie spoke with theCUBE industry analysts Savannah Peterson and Lisa Martin at AWS re:Invent, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. He was joined by Kashmira Patel (pictured, right), vice president and global head of AWS business group at Wipro, and they discussed how Wipro is adapting its strategic focus to meet the need for technology transformation. (* Disclosure below.)

Ecosystem orchestrator

The cloud’s influence on client needs has led Wipro to work extensively on migrations and modernizations, according to Patel. This is resulting in a strategic focus on vertical markets.

“What we’re moving to now is this industry play,” Patel said. “We’ve spent a lot of time with our energy and utilities clients and the AWS practice in banking and financial services. We see ourselves as an ecosystem orchestrator.”

One of the industries which has been an area of focus for Wipro has been the automotive space. Cars are evolving into highly sophisticated computerized systems on wheels, a trend that may soon transform how automobiles are viewed in the future.

“You see this transition where instead of being a car that has a computer, the latest transition is to being more of a computer that operates like a car,” Currie said. “This new vehicle that’s going to emerge is going to be more like a cell phone. It traverses the world and, depending on where it is, different things might be available This vehicle is going to be something that we don’t even think of as a car anymore.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of AWS re:Invent:

(* Disclosure: Wipro Ltd. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Wipro nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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