Company says integration of various businesses will reap fruit.
ATCO's subsidiary, ATCO I-Tek, will become a part of Wipro after the closure of the deal, which is expected to be completed in this quarter.
Its total income was down 4.9 per cent at Rs 14,304.6 crore
Bangalore based Wipro Technologies announced its Q1 results on Thursday. Compared to the last quarter, its net profit dropped to Rs 726 crore
T K Kurien, chief executive officer of Wipro says the first milestone's been achieved and a complete turnaround would happen when there is consistency in growth.
IT major Wipro Technologies and Gurgaon-based knowledge process outsourcing firm Copal Partners have expressed interest in bidding for the Indian back office business of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the US-based investment banking firm that filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
Last week, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, a health insurer under the ministry of labour and employment, had said that its portals are facing technical problems, causing inconvenience to users.
Two days after the West Bengal government scrapped the ambitious IT project at Rajarhat, the Congress on Wednesday said IT majors like Wipro and Infosys should be given alternate land elsewhere in the state.
IT company Wipro Infotech on Monday announced a tie-up with Red Hat to offer Linux services in India.
Wipro Ltd, India's third-biggest software services exporter, posted about an 8 per cent rise in quarterly profit as clients in North America and Europe spent more on technology.
Former Co-CEO of Wipro IT Business Girish S Paranjpe has joined the Silicon Valley-based Bloom Energy International as Managing Director. Bloom Energy International is a provider of breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell technology that produces clean, reliable, affordable onsite power.
'It is a sign of a bigger problem which is coming in the next six months.'
Other than the involuntary attrition, the company has reported voluntary attrition of 11.9 per cent in the third quarter. This has resulted in a drop in the number of employees in the third quarter for the second time in the current financial year. The company started seriously looking at issues such as poor performance and fudged employment details in the second quarter of FY09 when the rate of voluntary attrition suddenly went up from just 0.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent.
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Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, JSW Steel, Wipro, Maruti, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and ICICI Bank were the other major gainers. State Bank of India, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Nestle and HDFC Bank were the laggards.
The initiative will work on 40 areas in eight domains -- Energy & water, infrastructure, planning & buildings, Transportation, Public safety & justice, Tourism, recreation & culture, Education, Health and Social services & government administration.
Information Technology giant Wipro would start its research and development project in Goa and the state government has already earmarked a land for the project, Goa's Information and Technology Minister, Dayanand Narvekar said on Wednesday.
Wipro has emerged as the leader followed by HCL , Patni, Infosys , Mahindra Satyam and MindTree in the rating of global R&D service providers across various countries like India, China, Russia and Eastern Europe, according to a study.
He is understood to have been promoted as a vice president,while he would continue in his present role as chief strategy officer.
IndusInd Bank was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 3.25 per cent, followed by Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, RIL, TCS, L&T and Infosys. State Bank of India, NTPC, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Motors and Power Grid were among the laggards, slipping up to 2.94 per cent.
IT major Wipro on Friday reported 9.75 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,284.9 crore for the second quarter ended September 30.
IT major Wipro Corporation will be allotted 85-acre land at the proposed Knowledge Industry township at Sholinganallur in the outskirts of Chennai, for expanding its software development centre, Tamil Nadu IT Secretary Vivek Harinarain has said.
The West Bengal government unveiled a new model to allot 90 acres of subsidised plots each to software majors Infosys and Wipro near Rajarhat locality in the city at an unspecified rate.
India's third largest software company Wipro on Thursday said they are hopeful of some signs of recovery in the second half for the IT outsourcing services sector.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
Wipro Technologies has set up a separate group within its Telecom and Product Engineering practice to aggressively tap the opportunities in the telecom service providers' space.
Wipro is contemplating vast expansion in Andhra Pradesh with proposed investment of Rs 950 crore (Rs 9.5 billion) that could generate employment for nearly 29,000 people.
At one time, the West's muktinationals ruled supreme. Now, the shining stars of India's Silicon Valley are shaking up the global IT business. A number of books have been written on the subject of late. Among them, Bangalore Tiger, which exposes the key principles of the IT giant Wipro's transnational business model, deserves special mention.
The big three Indian IT exporters fell over 2-4 per cent on the BSE.
To double revenues in four years; asks staff to 'think like a start-up', to brainstorm out-of-the-box ideas
During the third quarter ended December 31, 2007, the company got its first $100 million (Rs 400 crore) account, which it had bagged almost four years ago as a $200,000 (Rs 80 lakh) per annum account.
Wipro has not been able to take similar strides in the health and financial sector as the competition has done, Azim Premji said.
Infosys spent Rs 70 crore last year on its brand building exercise. The company underlines that it focuses on earning the respect of all its stakeholders.
'Companies are coming to the campuses, and we have companies booking their slots for the placement season, but the overall number of companies signing is low, and the hiring numbers are also lower.'
Wipro Technologies, an information technology and outsourcing company, is poised to acquire the IT arm of a major company in Germany.
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