Wipro Named a Leader by Independent Research Firm in Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Report, Q1 2009

September 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE, India - - Expands its Utilities Footprint in North America BANGALORE, India, September 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that it has entered into a three year agreement to provide SAP enterprise applications management services for the Aquarion Water Company (AWC), the largest investor-owned water utility in New England and among the seven largest water utilities in United States. The announcement comes close on the heels of Wipro being rated as a Leader in SAP implementation services by an independent research firm - The Forrester Wave(TM): SAP Implementation Providers, Q3 2009.

September 16th, 2009 BANGALORE, India - - Ranking Based on Focus on R&D, Strong Vertical Presence, and Organization Size Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) today announced that it was named the No.1 service provider in a comprehensive ranking titled "Global R&D Service Providers' Rating", by Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd, a leading management consulting firm.

August 31st, 2009 BANGALORE, India - - Platform Will Help Independent Software Vendors Reduce the Cost for Enabling Their Existing Business Applications on SaaS Model Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Ltd (NYSE: WIT), will offer 'w-SaaS', a platform for rapid Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enablement of business applications using Oracle Grid Computing and Oracle application grid middleware for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). The platform will help ISVs enable their 'existing' business applications to operate in SaaS model in a non-intrusive manner with minimal re-implementation, and enable the traditional single tenant application to operate in an efficient multi-tenant mode.

July 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - - Report notes that the Business Transaction Management vendor is 'building on the company's success in an increasing number of markets' OpTier(R), the leader in Business Transaction Management(TM) (www.optier.com/) (BTM) for the enterprise, today announced it has been recognized by independent research firm Forrester Research, Inc. as a hot vendor in Business Service Management in the firm's overview of BSM solutions report entitled "Who's Hot in Business Service Management" published on June 11, 2009.

June 11th, 2009 BANGALORE, India - Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it was named a leader in SOA System Integrator space in the recently published market assessment report "The Forrester Wave(TM): North American System Integrators, Q2 2009 (May 2009) and "The Forrester Wave(TM): EMEA System Integrators, Q2 2009 (May 2009). To assess the state of the EMEA SOA systems integrators market and see how the providers stack up against each other, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top EMEA SOA systems integrators.

May 17th, 2009 BANGALORE, India - First of its Kind Collaboration to Bring Together World Class Bundled BPO Services and Technology Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) announced that its Business Process Outsourcing division, Wipro BPO has partnered with Oracle for best-of-breed HR platform solutions. Wipro has also selected The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT), a global strategic advisory firm, to provide empirical data, best practices and world-class performance insights on the development of its innovative bundled solution platform.

May 11th, 2009 BANGALORE, India - Next Generation Services to Help in Commercial Launch of 'GO', the Services Offered by Atheeb Telecom Consortium, KSA The global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that it has partnered with Atheeb Telecom for deploying an end-to-end IT solution covering OSS/ BSS and the underlying infrastructure components. As part of the five year contract, Wipro will deliver next-generation services through Business-IT alignment, and implement a future-ready IT architecture in accordance with industry standards and global best practices.

May 11th, 2009 BANGALORE, India - In the news release, "Wipro Partners With Atheeb Telecom Consortium" issued on 12 May 2009 06:00 GMT, by Wipro NYSE:WIT over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the first line of the third paragraph, which quotes Mr. Craig Humphreys, has been changed from "Speaking on the deal, Mr Craig Humphreys, VP, Information Technology, said" to "Speaking on the deal, Mr Craig Humphreys, VP, Information Technology, Atheeb, said" Complete, corrected release follows: - Next Generation Services to Help in Commercial Launch of 'GO', the Services Offered by Atheeb Telecom Consortium, KSA The global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that it has partnered with Atheeb Telecom for deploying an end-to-end IT solution covering OSS/ BSS and the underlying infrastructure components.

May 10th, 2009 SAINT HELIER, Jersey - Achieves the Highest Position of any Pure-Play Legal Process Outsourcer SAINT HELIER, Jersey, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA Global has been recognised by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) as one of the world's top outsourcing providers. The IAOP's 2009 Global Outsourcing 100 rankings of outsourcing providers - including the major business process and IT outsourcing companies - placed CPA Global in 60th place overall, the highest position of any pure-play legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider.

April 16th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey - Cognizant's IT Infrastructure Services recognized for 'strong delivery capability and solid value-based strategies for the future' Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced it was named a "Leader" in "The Forrester Wave(TM): Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing, Q1 2009" by Paul Roehrig, Ph.D. Cognizant moved to the "Leaders" category for the first time in the benchmarking report, which evaluated 15 global firms with a track record of success in infrastructure services.

January 20th, 2009 BANGALORE - India's third largest IT bellwether lost more employees than it could hire during the third quarter this fiscal, a senior executive admitted Wednesday. 'Yes, our net addition of employees was less than gross addition in the global IT services and products business due to slowdown and attrition in the third quarter compared to second quarter,' Wipro human resources head Pratik Kumar told IANS here.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian IT major Wipro Technologies has partnered with global energy management firm Schneider Electric to market its industrial automation solutions in India. Under the agreement, Wipro will offer an additional commercial channel and outstanding project execution capability Schneider to market and deliver its state-of-the-art solutions.

April 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Wipro Ltd has projected $1 billion revenue from its global IT services business for the first quarter (April-June) of this fiscal (2009-10), which is lower than the $1.05 billion in the fourth quarter (January-March) of last fiscal 2008-09. In a regulatory filing to stock exchanges, the IT bellwether said Wednesday the market conditions continued to pose challenges due to the impact of global recession and financial meltdown in the US, which accounts for about 60 percent of its total IT services revenue.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian IT industry managed to limit the impact of global recession last fiscal and maintain the growth momentum, albeit lower than that in the boom times, says tech publisher Dataquest. "Export firms did better in recession-hit developed markets than those whose business is limited to the Indian market," Dataquest editor Prasanto K.

June 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Many Western companies have recently sold or closed back-office facilities in India, reversing a decade-long trend as companies look to slash costs and eliminate headaches during the recession, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citigroup Inc.

July 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Wipro Ltd projected revenue of $1.03-1.05 billion from its global IT services for the second quarter (July-September) of this fiscal (2009-10). In a regulatory filing Wednesday, the IT bellwether said the guidance was based on its performance in the first quarter (April-June) when its flagship business division revenue at $1.03 billion showed decline of 1.3 percent sequentially and 3.3 percent year-on-year (YoY).

June 30th, 2009 Report: Worst may be over for US tech marketNEW YORK — As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday. The research firm nonetheless revised its forecast for 2009.

June 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - Economic meltdown and the US financial crisis have triggered a new trend: while many Western firms are selling off back office operations in India, a clutch of others are rushing in to reap the benefits. "The global financial crisis has forced many global enterprises to commoditise their captives," said Som Mittal, who heads sectoral lobby National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).

July 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Wipro chairman Azim Premji said on Wednesday that they are adapting successfully to the global meltdown. Wipro, India's third-largest software services exporter, registered 13 percent rise in quarterly profit.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata Teleservices, the country's leading CDMA telecom services provider, and Kolkata-based Quippo Telecom Infrastructure, Monday announced the merger of their infrastructure businesses to create an independent telecom infrastructure company. Under the terms of the partnership, the Tata group firm and Quippo will swap 51 percent and 49 percent stake respectively in the infrastructure business held by them.