News for 'Wipro Technologies'

After Infosys & Wipro, more IT cos invest in start-ups

After Infosys & Wipro, more IT cos invest in start-ups

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

A company with a size exceeding $1 billion finds it really hard to innovate.

In digital, our expertise is unique: Wipro CEO

In digital, our expertise is unique: Wipro CEO

Rediff.com21 Jul 2017

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.

Abid Ali Neemuchwala, a big asset for Wipro

Abid Ali Neemuchwala, a big asset for Wipro

Rediff.com20 Mar 2015

Neemuchwala will be a big asset when it comes to setting things right.

Wipro Q4 profit ticks up 2 per cent; beats forecasts

Wipro Q4 profit ticks up 2 per cent; beats forecasts

Rediff.com21 Apr 2015

Total revenue rose to Rs 12,140 crore

Wipro sets up $100-mn VC fund to invest in start-ups

Wipro sets up $100-mn VC fund to invest in start-ups

Rediff.com28 Jul 2014

Wipro, has set up a venture capital (VC) fund that will look at investing in early-to-middle stage technology start-ups globally.

Wipro wants more land in Noida

Wipro wants more land in Noida

Rediff.com4 Jan 2005

Wipro has already bought a 40 acre plot of land in Greater Noida and is looking for an additional 100 acres.

Investors richer by Rs 8 lakh crore in 3 days

Investors richer by Rs 8 lakh crore in 3 days

Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

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.

IT majors prepare plan in line with demand revival

IT majors prepare plan in line with demand revival

Rediff.com10 Aug 2009

These companies are also reinforcing their product line, changing product offerings, focusing on 'recession-proof' sectors like pharma and healthcare, education, telecom and utilities to tide over the dip in volumes.

Wipro buys US firm for $600 mn

Wipro buys US firm for $600 mn

Rediff.com7 Aug 2007

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.

Wipro to sell message via Mario toons

Wipro to sell message via Mario toons

Rediff.com15 Jan 2008

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.

Factors that will drive the markets this week

Factors that will drive the markets this week

Rediff.com9 Jul 2023

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.

Is Wipro planning a massive lay-off?

Is Wipro planning a massive lay-off?

Rediff.com25 Mar 2011

Wipro, the country's third-largest information technology (IT) services company, is asking non-billable employees unwilling to work on any project they have been assigned to leave immediately.

Two Indians in 'influential bizmen' list

Two Indians in 'influential bizmen' list

Rediff.com13 Dec 2004

Vivek Paul, chief executive officer of Wipro Technologies, California and Balaji Krishnamurthy, CEO of Planar Systems, Oregon have been named among 25 most "business influential" by Time magazine and CNN.

Wipro to be HP's first Indian GSI partner

Wipro to be HP's first Indian GSI partner

Rediff.com15 Jul 2005

Leading technology solutions provider, HP today announced Wipro as its first Indian global system integration (GSI) partner.

How Wipro recorded positive growth despite global economic issues

How Wipro recorded positive growth despite global economic issues

Rediff.com1 Nov 2011

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.

IT firms shift focus to smaller clients

IT firms shift focus to smaller clients

Rediff.com4 Aug 2008

Indian IT firms have started mining smaller clients with more fervour given that the revenue accruring from their top clients has been declining due to the US slowdown and the sub-prime crisis. Consider this. Revenue accruing from the top clients of the five leading IT firms by revenue - Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Wipro Technologies, Satyam Computer Services and HCL Technologies - dropped by anywhere between 0.2 per cent and 4 per cent

Philippines: the new hotspot for IT firms

Philippines: the new hotspot for IT firms

Rediff.com7 Jan 2008

Indian IT-BPO firms are looking at Philipines as a viable option to build outsourcing centres.

Wipro, Motorola to invest $20 mn in JV

Wipro, Motorola to invest $20 mn in JV

Rediff.com2 Aug 2006

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.

Bill that could kill H-1B visas

Bill that could kill H-1B visas

Rediff.com9 Jun 2009

A strident bill concerning US work visas for non-US citizens has been re-introduced before the US Senate. A look at the bill.

RIL, HDFC Bank drag Sensex down by 180 points

RIL, HDFC Bank drag Sensex down by 180 points

Rediff.com24 Aug 2023

From the Sensex pack, Jio Financial Services fell the most by 4.99 per cent. Reliance Industries, Power Grid, Larsen & Toubro, JSW Steel, HCL Technologies, NTPC, Tata Steel, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services and HDFC Bank also declined. IndusInd Bank, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, Nestle and Axis Bank were among the gainers.

Sensex, Nifty rally over 1% to hit lifetime highs

Sensex, Nifty rally over 1% to hit lifetime highs

Rediff.com14 Dec 2023

Among the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Tata Consultancy Services, Bajaj Finserv and ICICI Bank were the major gainers. Power Grid, Nestle, Asian Paints and Hindustan Unilever were among the laggards.

'The 35 per cent growth pattern is history now'

'The 35 per cent growth pattern is history now'

Rediff.com19 Apr 2008

On Friday (April 18), Premji in a clear signal of giving more powers to the management, elevated Girish Paranjape and Suresh Vaswani as joint CEOs of Wipro Technologies, which reported a topline of $4.3 billion. Read excerpts of an interview with Girish Paranjape and Suresh Vaswani, joint CEOs of Wipro.

Wipro to take Australian headcount to 1,000

Wipro to take Australian headcount to 1,000

Rediff.com11 Sep 2009

Wipro Ltd, a relatively late entrant in the lucrative information technology outsourcing market in Australia, is planning to hire more locals.

Wipro's profit after tax grows by 45%

Wipro's profit after tax grows by 45%

Rediff.com19 Jul 2006

Wipro Limited Profit After Tax grew by 45% year on year (yoy) to Rs. 6.20 billion (Rs. 620 Crores), Total Revenue increased by 39% yoy to Rs. 31.43 billion (Rs. 3,143 Crores)

Infosys' Q1 profit rises 11%; FY24 outlook slashed

Infosys' Q1 profit rises 11%; FY24 outlook slashed

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

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.

Microsoft partners TCS, Wipro for CityNext initiative

Microsoft partners TCS, Wipro for CityNext initiative

Rediff.com20 Nov 2013

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.

Deutsche India expands tech operations, to hire thousands

Deutsche India expands tech operations, to hire thousands

Rediff.com11 Jul 2023

Deutsche India, which houses the largest technology centre of German investment bank Deutsche Bank, is expanding its operations in India and hiring thousands. "Since January 2023, we have hired more than 2,500 people for Deutsche India and expect a positive trend to continue for the rest of 2023," Dilipkumar Khandelwal, chief executive officer of Deutsche India and Global Head of Technology Centers told 'Business Standard'. "We will continue to hire in the similar range even for the next year." Deutsche India has about 16,000 employees in the country and most of them are engineers.

Covid impact shows that work can be done remotely: Rishad Premji

Covid impact shows that work can be done remotely: Rishad Premji

Rediff.com3 Nov 2022

Indian technology industry has a "big opportunity" despite global macroeconomic challenges, said Rishad Premji, chairman of IT services firm Wipro, on Wednesday as he spoke about how Covid-19 had changed work. "My confidence is driven by two things: the rapid pace of digitisation across the world, and the shift in the mindset of stakeholders who engage with us as an industry," said Premji in Bengaluru while addressing industry leaders and civil servants at the Invest Karnataka 2022, the state's Global Investors Meet (GIM). Businesses are using technology for customers and employees: a trend marked by the shift to cloud computing and leverage of data.

Is The Worst Over For IT Industry?

Is The Worst Over For IT Industry?

Rediff.com25 Jan 2024

Certain changes in the past two or three years could have a long-term structural impact on the IT services market.

TCS, Infy, Wipro recalling Indian staff from Japan

TCS, Infy, Wipro recalling Indian staff from Japan

Rediff.com16 Mar 2011

As Japan makes frantic efforts to deal with the nuclear radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the aftermath of earthquake and tsunami, Indian information technology firms have begun relocating the families of their Indian employees in the country.

Wipro cuts onsite deputation to 2 years

Wipro cuts onsite deputation to 2 years

Rediff.com20 Dec 2011

Aim is to drive accountability and bring the organisation closer to the client.

'An entrepreneur knows how to get started'

'An entrepreneur knows how to get started'

Rediff.com1 Dec 2006

Transcript of the IIT chat held on Friday.

Wipro to provide 35,000 books to needy children in N America

Wipro to provide 35,000 books to needy children in N America

Rediff.com9 Oct 2015

The funds raised by employees were matched by an equal contribution from Wipro.

Wipro sees competition from lower wage countries

Wipro sees competition from lower wage countries

Rediff.com15 Jun 2003

Ironically, the Bangalore-based company had established itself as a major Information Technology powerhouse leveraging India's low-cost high-skilled manpower.

The other empire Azim Premji built as Wipro boss

The other empire Azim Premji built as Wipro boss

Rediff.com27 Dec 2014

Founded in 2006, PremjiInvest's assets under management are worth over $2 billion across India

'Wipro's 10-year deal with Carillion worth over $100 mn'

'Wipro's 10-year deal with Carillion worth over $100 mn'

Rediff.com27 Feb 2014

Technology market research firm Tech Market View said the contract, which is one of Wipro's largest deals group-wide, signals the growing influence of offshore-centric IT-BPO players in large scale UK outsourcing market.