Indian IT company Wipro Infotech today said it has been selected by United Bank of India to deploy a wide area network (WAN) optimisation solution from Cisco for across its more than 1,600 branches and offices.
"The engagement involves commissioning, implementation and integration of the solution with UBI's existing WAN network. In keeping with our endeavor to bring leading-edge technology solutions to our customers, we decided to partner with Cisco for its WAN optimisation solution," Vikas Srivastava, vice-president, infrastructure technology solutions, Wipro said in a statement.
"With this deployment of WAN optimisation, we are confident of being able to better communicate and collaborate with our remote branches, effectively serve our customers with minimal turnaround time," Bhaskar Sen, chairman and managing director, UBI said.
"Bank has also focused on alternate delivery channels through expansion of ATM network and implementation of feature rich Internet Banking and Tele Banking applications," Sen added.
The deployment is amongst the largest globally for any public sector bank, the statement said.