Dell Appoints Anand Sankaran to lead Dell Services’ Infrastructure and Cloud Computing Business
24 Oktober 2013 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
- Industry leader brings 25-year
record of success to Dell
- Sankaran to lead 10,000-strong team
of Infrastructure and Cloud Computing experts
Dell today announced that Anand Sankaran, a 25-year industry
leader, will join the company as president and global head of Dell
Services’ Infrastructure and Cloud Computing line of business. He
will report to Suresh Vaswani, president of Dell Services.
Mr. Sankaran will lead a global team of nearly 10,000 employees
responsible for driving infrastructure consulting and delivery,
managed services and services related to the company’s Cloud
offerings. He was formerly senior vice president of Wipro’s Global
Infrastructure Services business as well as head of Wipro Infotech,
its India and Middle East business. Mr. Sankaran previously held a
variety of Wipro management positions after joining the company in
1989.
“Dell is extremely well-positioned to help our customers benefit
from the power of the cloud, and modern, scale-out infrastructure
and applications,” said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell.
“Customers rely on Dell Services to maximize their current
technology investments, while enabling them to prepare for the
future. It’s a fast growing area with a lot of demand. Anand is a
proven leader and joins a strong Services team that will accelerate
our momentum.”
“In the next three years, it is estimated that 70 percent of
CXOs will expect a significant or complete IT overhaul in their
organizations,” said Mr. Vaswani. “Anand’s impressive strategic
expertise and operational excellence in infrastructure services are
a great fit for Dell as we continue to drive our global services
business in support of these CXO challenges. Anand will help us
execute our strategy and rapidly build upon the strength of our
Infrastructure and Cloud Computing capabilities. These capabilities
will help us continue differentiating Dell and are some of our most
strategic investment areas.”
“I’m thrilled to join the Dell team,” said Mr. Sankaran. “Dell
has leading technology, a strong global brand and customer
relationships that make the growth opportunity exceptional. I look
forward to working with Dell’s talented team and helping drive its
strategy.”
Mr. Sankaran, who will be based in Bangalore, India, succeeds
Kevin Jones, who moved into the recently created chief customer and
sales officer role within Dell Services.
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