Wipro has announced changes in the management structure of its IT business and expansion of its board. The firm appointed Girish Paranjpe, Suresh Senapaty and Suresh Vaswani to the Board of Wipro Ltd. Wipro also re-structured its IT business by appointing Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani as joint-CEOs. Paranjpe was the president of the banking, financial services & insurance business unit of the global IT business of Wipro. Suresh Vaswani was the president of Wipro Infotech
Wipro Technologies has entered into a strategic technology alliance with business intelligence software company SAS to provide a range of business intelligence applications using the SAS intelligence platform.
Government auditor CAG has flagged "undue favour" to Wipro Ltd by UIDAI.
Wipro Ltd resolved to allot 2673 equity shares of Rs 2 each for exercise of stock option by eligible employees.
In a bonanza to its shareholders, country's third largest IT firm Wipro on Thursday said it will buyback up to four crore shares worth around Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion).
HCL Technologies was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 5.58 per cent, followed by Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys, State Bank of India, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, NTPC and Wipro. In contrast, Nestle, Bharti Airtel, Maruti and ITC were among the laggards.
Indian IT services provider Wipro said it is keen to expand its footprint in France as the country offers huge potential for growth and has stepped up its investment in the region.
Wipro hires former TCS veteran as Group Prez & COO.
Trading in the equity market this week will be highly influenced by a host of important triggers, with quarterly earnings from IT majors TCS, Wipro, and domestic inflation and IIP data taking the centre stage in dictating the movement in equities, analysts said. Besides, global factors and trading activity of foreign investors will also drive markets. "We are approaching the first quarter earnings season, with HCL Tech, TCS and Wipro set to report their earnings this week.
The centre will have secured facilities, labs and infrastructure for customer projects and can grow to provide a capacity of 1000 seats, the company said.
Wipro Ltd decoded to allot 3225 equity shares of Rs 2 each pursuant to exercise of stock options by eligible employees.
Qatar's Doha Bank has said it is keen to engage Indian IT major Wipro to provide software solutions to improve its e-commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) systems, among others.
Analysts, on average expected a profit of Rs 2183 crore or Rs 21.83 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
The Chandigarh administration has approved the allotment of 30 acres of land to Wipro Technologies Limited in the second phase of the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park.
The heritage brand's journey from Bond Street to Sarjapur Road will give a facelift to Wipro's fast moving consumer goods portfolio.
Wipro's clients currently include over 100 US payers, healthcare providers, and public health agencies.
Software major Wipro's head of sales (America), Rich Garnick has resigned, the second such exit of a senior executive after the company's high-profile vice-chairman Vivek Paul left the firm a month ago.
Bhanumurthy B M, president and chief operating officer, Wipro, tells Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan that service delivery through digital technology-enabled platforms will change the business dynamics for the company.
Which entrepreneur would willingly part with her or his hard-earned money for grasping, self-serving politicians? asks Debashis Basu.
Wipro currently has operations in Chengdu and Shanghai, where it employs 305 people. The ramp-up will boost the company's headcount in China to over 3,000, according to Anil Bhardwaj, secretary-general, Federation of Indian Small and Medium Enterprises, who addressed reporters in Bangalore on Monday.
IT services firm Infosys on Thursday reported an 11 per cent rise in consolidated net profit in June quarter at Rs 5,945 crore, but lowered full year growth outlook to 1-3.5 per cent amid macro uncertainties. The net profit (before minority interest) during the same period previous year stood at Rs 5,362 crore.
Wipro Infotech on Thursday launched a new SuperGenius range of desktops based on Intel Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading on high-volume 90-Nanometer manufacturing technology.
Wipro Technologies has entered into a strategic alliance with Magnasoft to provide global information system (GIS)-based fleet management solutions for the transportation sector.
Scam-hit Satyam seems to be losing its status as a noteworthy rival for the top Indian IT firms, as Wipro has become the second major player in this space after Infosys to drop its name from the list of competitors.
Among the Sensex firms, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and JSW Steel were the major gainers during the morning deals. Nestle, Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank ITC were among the laggards.
Certain changes in the past two or three years could have a long-term structural impact on the IT services market.
In a massive top-level reshuffle last week, Wipro, India's third-largest IT services firm, announced the exit of Anand Sankaran who was handling a major chunk of the company's overall business.
Wipro will be implementing the core banking solution for Paytm.
In a top level reshuffle, software services major Wipro on Thursday appointed Soumitro Ghosh as head of Wipro Infotech replacing Senior VP and Business Head of Global Infrastructure Services Anand Sankaran, who quit the company hours before the rejig was announced.
Subject to customary regulatory approvals, the acquisition is expected to be completed during the quarter, the Bengaluru-headquartered company said. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Bangaluru-based firm has forecast third quarter revenue from its IT services unit in the range of $1.5-1.53 billion.
An Indian woman employee at the London office of IT major Wipro has filed a 1 million pounds compensation case of sexual discrimination.
Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Wipro, and Reliance Industries were among the other laggards. On the other hand, Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Power Grid, Asian Paints, Nestle and Mahindra & Mahindra were the major gainers.
Wipro, the $5 billion company with interests in IT services, consumer care, lighting and furniture, is entering a new set of businesses which will enable the company to leverage its growth on the clean energy and agriculture sectors. The company is readying a plan to include alternate energy, water treatment, food and agriculture businesses under its infrastructure business - Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Limited.
Wipro and Tata Power are among the world's most ethical companies, according to American think tank Ethisphere Institute.
Wipro has been quite aggressive among Indian IT services companies in acquisitions as a strategy to buy the capabilities in emerging technologies.
One of the good things about our business is, if customers are under pressure and in a cost-cutting mode, we are able to provide more efficient solutions.
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