Wipro, Agnik to offer advanced connected car services

BANGALORE: IT major Wipro today said it will collaborate with Agnik to offer advanced connected car information technology services and platforms for the automotive industry.


Agnik is a cloud-based vehicle performance Big Data analytics software company.

The services will be powered by Agnik's Big Data Analytics products, which analyse vehicle and driver performance information along with context data, using a blend of onboard and cloud-based distributed analytics, Wipro said in a release.

Advanced Big Data solutions for connected car environments help the automotive industry better understand vehicle performance, automotive business, and connect with customers at a deeper level to improve efficiency and brand-loyalty, it stated.

The company said Wipro will use Agnik's analytics products to offer automotive companies a unique solution to enable proactive maintenance of vehicles, encourage safe driving, and present a highly personalised customer experience.

Wipro will integrate and support (IT and BPO) connected vehicle solutions for OEMs (original equipment manufacturer) and automotive suppliers (ODM/Tier1s), it added.

Srinivas Rao, Vice-President and Head of Service Transformation Group within Wipro's Manufacturing & Hi-tech business unit said, "we believe advanced personalised analytics will have a deep game-changing impact in the connected car applications for the automotive industry."