Wipro, India's third-largest software services company is making a shift in its human resources practice.
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Ltd, announced on Tuesday that it had filed patent application for e-Enabler, a new solution kit based on Service Oriented Architecture. This solution provides SOA-based platform to align applications to business processes, cuts deployment time and enables faster time to market, the company said.
Emirates NBD is a banking group and a market leader across core business lines and is the leading retail banking franchise in the United Arab Emirates and is also a major player in the corporate banking arena.
Among the Sensex firms, NTPC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid, Nestle, Tata Motors, ITC, Bharti Airtel and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major gainers. In contrast, Larsen & Toubro, Wipro, JSW Steel, UltraTech Cement, and Asian Paints were among the laggards.
Companies now require more than just academic marks; they seek students with internship experience or extra certification courses.
The scrip was the top gainer at the BSE benchmark Sensex during the morning session.
Among Sensex shares, Bajaj Finserve, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma, Maruti Suzuki, ITC, and Nestle were the lead gainers. On the other hand, L&T Wipro, IndusInd Bank and TCS and Tata Motors were the lead losers.
Now in its ninth year, the annual NOA Awards recognise best practices in outsourcing projects, the city-headquartered company said.
India's third largest IT company HCL Technologies on Friday reported a flat year-on-year growth in net profit in the March quarter at Rs 3,986 crore. However, the company posted an 8.4 per cent decline in net profit on a sequential basis, amid rising employee cost and tightening IT spends around the world. The company described the performance as "decent" in view of the global macroeconomic conditions.
The company's growth was driven by a decline in total expenses, lower finance cost and higher other income.
Wipro is trying to strengthen its presence in the banking, financial services and insurance segment by increasing its revenue share on par with other leading Indian information technology service companies.
Abidali Neemuchwala, who had joined Wipro in 2015 as group president and chief operating officer, was also given 200,000 in stock options in the financial year ended March 2016.
Wipro said it expects its IT service revenue for the October-December quarter of 2016-17 to be in the range of $1,916 million to $1,955 million
Revenues from IT services segment, which accounts for a significant portion of the company's topline, stood at $2.013 billion, remaining flat sequentially and up by 5.8 per cent year-on-year.
An interview with Wipro's CFO and executive director Suresh Senapaty where he explains what the new structure will mean for the company.
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty settled with marginal gains on Thursday in a highly volatile trade amid the scheduled monthly derivatives expiry and muted trend in the US markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed 86.53 points or 0.13 per cent higher at 66,988.44, registering its third day of gains. During the day, it hit a high of 67,069.89 and a low of 66,610.35.
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.
IT distribution company Neoteric Infomatique Pvt Ltd announced on Friday a strategic alliance with infotech major Wipro for distributing the latter's manufactured notebooks, desktops and servers.
WCCGL, a division of software giant Wipro, which has been selling its Santoor brand of soaps at the Rs 5 and Rs 10 price points in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, now plans to introduce it in five more states.
Wipro Technologies, which runs the global IT business of the IT-to-soaps conglomerate, is looking to increase its business from Japan and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. It sees a strong demand for intellectual property (IP) in areas such as semiconductors, System on Chip (SoC) and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) design coming from Japan and the APAC region, which is emerging as the new growth engine of the world.
Dalal Street investors became richer by Rs 9.68 lakh crore in five days of market rally, where the Sensex breached the historic 73,000-mark for the first time ever to reach a new record peak, taking the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies to an all-time high of Rs 376 lakh crore. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 759.49 points or 1.05 per cent to settle at a new closing high of 73,327.94 on Monday. During the day, it zoomed 833.71 points or 1.14 per cent to reach its all-time peak of 73,402.16.
close to the development confirmed that a deal could be signed between the parties shortly
The deal is expected to close in the January-March quarter.
Wipro Infotech, the IT division of the Rs 107 billion Wipro, has announced a joint venture agreement with the Dar al Riyadh group of Saudi Arabia.
The awards, presented by the online community Outsourcing Centre, are given for the world's best outsourcing arrangements.
Offer of backdoor employment in various MNCs were made.
As a part of its Tox Tech campaign, Greenpeace in 2005 issued a list of demands on Wipro, including introduction of a take-back policy, recycling and a policy for phaseout of hazardous materials.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed criminal proceedings against former chairman of Wipro, Azim Premji, and his wife on their plea seeking quashing of the summons issued by a Bengaluru trial court on a "frivolous"and "mischievous" complaint filed by an NGO alleging breach of trust and corruption in merger of three firms with a Premji group firm. A bench of Justices Sanjya Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy also issued notice to an NGO, Indian Awake for Transparency and others and sought their response. Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, A M Singhvi appearing for Premji and others said that the complaint was "mischievous" in nature.
Infosys BPO Vice President Ramit Sethi has joined Wipro BPO as Senior Vice-President-Knowledge Services and Capital Markets.
Targeted at the north and east of India apart from the big metros, WCCL aims to position the brand in the premium segment, but at a discounted price than the existing players. The company also expects to corner a 10 per cent market share in the glycerin soap market in the first year.
The deals -- worth $50-200 million (Rs 300-1,000 crore) -- are across the healthcare, travel, telecom and manufacturing verticals.
Wipro Infotech on Tuesday announced its partnership with Israel-based RiT Technologies for marketing of latter's Intelligent Physical Layer Management Solutions in the country.
Wipro Infotech, Middle East and Asia Pacific the information technology arm of Wipro Limited, announced on Thursday a strategic alliance with the US based Sistina Software Inc.
A court in Kanpur has issued a notice to Wipro chairman Azim Premji after the wife of one of the company's employees alleged her husband had left her because the firm paid him a 'dating allowance.'
Among the Sensex firms, IndusInd Bank, Maruti, Titan, Reliance Industries, NTPC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank and HDFC Bank were the major laggards. UltraTech Cement, JSW Steel, Axis Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and ITC were the major gainers.
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.