Domestic IT company Wipro Technologies and global networking company Cisco are eyeing $1 billion revenue from their strategic alliance for developing and delivering IT services solutions in the global market. The partnership aims at $1 billion revenue over the next three years, said John Chambers, chairman and CEO of the $35 billion California-based company
Both firms have broken TCS' streak of industry-leading performance over the past few quarters by posting higher revenue and earnings growth this quarter.
T K Kurien believes the company is on the right track.
According to the tender offer, about 20.456,524 shares - representing about 100 per cent of issued and outstanding shares of Infocrossing -were validly offered and subsequently acquired by Wipro when the offer expired on September 17.
From the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services and Asian Paints were the major gainers. Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, JSW Steel, State Bank of India and Tata Steel were among the major laggards.
Bangalore-based software giant has teamed up with eminent cartoonist Mario Miranda to create an advertising campaign that will light up its recruitment brand. The Goa-based cartoonist will educate potential recruits about Wipro through his characters.
In an effort to slash hiring and increase efficiency, Wipro Technologies, one of the leading IT companies in the country, is training its employees to turn into a multi-skilled workforce.
The acquisition will be conducted through a tender for all the outstanding shares of Infocrossing, followed by a merger of Infocrossing with a Wipro subsidiary.
A company with a size exceeding $1 billion finds it really hard to innovate.
Wipro, has set up a venture capital (VC) fund that will look at investing in early-to-middle stage technology start-ups globally.
Airports across the country witnessed chaotic scenes on Friday after dozens of flights were either delayed or cancelled after a widespread global computer outage that also hit operations like cash withdrawal at some banks, and impacted functioning of some brokerages. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later reportedly said its cloud services outage in the Central US region has been resolved.
Among the Sensex firms, State Bank of India rose the most by 3.78 per cent after the bank announced the acquisition of SBI CAPS subsidiary for Rs 708.07 crore. Nestle India gained 1.68 per cent after it reported around 9 per cent growth in sales. JSW Steel, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank and Asian Paints were among the gainers.
Among Sensex shares, HCLTech, Asian Paints, Maruti, JSW Steel, TCS, SBI, ITC and Bharti Airtel were the major losers. On the other hand, Bajaj Finserv, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan, L&T and Wipro were the major gainers.
Wipro Ltd, the country's third biggest software services firm, on Thursday said it was looking for acquisitions in Germany and Canada to take advantage of the growing markets there.
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro, on Tuesday announced an investment of Rs 375 crore (Rs 3.75 billion) in Pune after the inauguration of its new development centre in Hinjewadi.
According to analysts, the first two quarters are usually dull for the company historically, hence growth will be higher in the subsequent two quarters. If Wipro Infotech achieves the $1 billion mark, it would make Wipro the first Indian company to touch the figure through its largely domestic market-focussed arm. It derives about 90 per cent of its revenue from India.
Wipro is planning to integrate all its quality achievements under the 'Wipro Way' -- a system that was envisaged by founder chairman Azim Premji about nine months back. This will help the company take all its quality initiatives to the next level.
The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies soared to an all-time high of Rs 406.52 lakh crore on Monday thanks to a rally in equities where the BSE Sensex climbed over 1 per cent. The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 941.12 points or 1.28 per cent to finish at 74,671.28. During the day, it zoomed 990.99 points or 1.34 per cent to 74,721.15.
The division, which has been revamped over the past two years -- slowly weaning away from being a voice-heavy BPO provider -- has only added around 500 people while growing its top line by 50 per cent in this period.
Wipro has already screened hundreds of applicants through video kiosks it has set up at three of its campuses - two in Bangalore and one in Chennai. The company shortly plans to extend this concept, and install over 1,000 video phones at all its 20-odd campuses across the country. Each campus accommodates over 2,000 people.
Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Motors and JSW Steel were the major laggards.
This will be the company's first major expansion in the switching business after the acquisition of the North West Switches brand for Rs 102 crore (Rs 1.02 billion) in May last year. The plant will be located at Haridwar, Uttaranchal, where the company has acquired about six acres for the purpose. A significant part of the Rs 60 crore (Rs 600 million) capital expenditure earmarked for this fiscal will be spent on setting up the plant, Vineet Agrawal, president, said.
Wipro's numbers for Q3 came as a disappointment to the market and early trades on Friday reflected this, the scrip shedding 4% to Rs 1,516.
Wipro chairman Azim Premzi' son will soon join the country's third largest software exporter.
IT major Wipro and Motorola Inc will jointly invest about $ 20 million (Rs 92 crore) over the next three years in their newly formed joint venture for outsourced telecom services.
Wipro BPO, the business process outsourcing division of global IT services provider Wipro Technologies, would add about 1,000 people at its Hyderabad centre in six to eight months.
M&M was the biggest gainer in the Sensex chart, rising 6.51 per cent, followed by NTPC, PowerGrid, SBI, HDFC Bank, Asian Paints and Wipro. In contrast, Axis Bank, ITC, HUL, Nestle India and Sun Pharma were among the laggards.
Benchmark equity indices ended marginally higher on Thursday, trimming most of their intra-day gains, as investors turned cautious ahead of the quarterly results of IT behemoths TCS and Infosys later in the day. Announcement of the US inflation data and domestic macroeconomic numbers also forced investors to remain on the sidelines. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 63.47 points or 0.09 per cent to settle at 71,721.18.
Investors' wealth eroded by Rs 6 lakh crore in a single day on Wednesday as the BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled over 790 points. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 790.34 points or 1.08 per cent to settle at 72,304.88. During the day, it slumped 872.93 points or 1.19 per cent to 72,222.29.
IT major HCL Technologies' Shiv Nadar has retained his position as the 'most generous Indian' in 2023 as well, with a 76 per cent jump in his donations at Rs 2,042 crore. Wipro's Azim Premji's donations zoomed by 267 per cent to Rs 1,774 crore during the same year, according to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023 released on Thursday. Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani donated Rs 376 crore in the year, which is an 8 per cent decline.
Leading technology solutions provider, HP today announced Wipro as its first Indian global system integration (GSI) partner.
"Our strategy is to recruit non-engineering graduates, in addition to engineering and make them fit into the slot. We are still working out the details," Wipro Technologies joint CEO Girish Paranjpe said.
This will also apply to those working temporarily on onsite projects.
Among the Sensex firms, HCL Tech, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Nestle, Tata Motors, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, UltraTech Cement and Tata Steel were among the laggards. On the other hand, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, JSW Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major gainers.
We saw the highest growth coming in from BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) last quarter than any of our competitors. It has grown very well. But the others have also now stepped up their focus on BFSI.
Software services giant Wipro Ltd is likely to lose business from its big client 186k, a former broadband telecoms unit of Lattice Plc which merged with National Grid Transco, vice-chairman Vivek Paul said.
IT major Wipro on Monday said it has been ranked as a leader in the global R&D service provider survey by Zinnov Management Consulting for the fourth successive year.
