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.
close to the development confirmed that a deal could be signed between the parties shortly
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 deal is expected to close in the January-March quarter.
The awards, presented by the online community Outsourcing Centre, are given for the world's best outsourcing arrangements.
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.
Offer of backdoor employment in various MNCs were made.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Companies now require more than just academic marks; they seek students with internship experience or extra certification courses.
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.'
Neemuchwala will be a big asset when it comes to setting things right.
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.
Software major Wipro Technologies and US-based HighJump Software announced a strategic alliance on Thursday to offer complete, integrated multi domain solutions in supply chain execution market worldwide.\n\n
The company is unlikely to continue with the CEO-COO model
The Bangalore-based firm also announced changes in certain key positions in the controllership team, but did not reveal the amount of money involved in the fraud.
A business quiz on company logos and mascots.
Wipro Technologies, the IT services business of Wipro, has been rated the top Indian outsourcing firm in the Global Outsourcing 100 Rankings released by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.
Wipro Infotech, Oracle India and Mumbai-based media and entertainment technology group Media e2e have formed a media technology consortium
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.
Wipro Infotech on Friday announced its largest IT outsourcing deal in India.
Wipro said it is 'exploring all legal options at its disposal to seek redressal' against any such move by the authorities.
Almost all Indian IT companies would pay between $8,000 and $10,000 per H1B visa from April 1
The country's third largest software firm said on Thursday that it will demerge non-IT businesses like Consumer Care & Lighting into a new company, a move which will allow it to focus exclusively on information technology.
Shortly after scrapping the proposed IT township project -- Vedic Village -- at Rajarhat near Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said late on Wednesday that the two IT majors must be retained in the state, reports the Indian Express.
Wipro, which employs 22,000 people across Chennai, is the latest IT service provider to warn of the impact of the floods in a city
Global IT giant, Wipro Technologies, will open a third delivery centre in China to cater to the growing needs of its multinational clients.
Total revenue rose to Rs 12,140 crore
IT majors TCS, Wipro and Satyam have evinced interest to set up software development units in Punjab.
What is not so well-known, possibly because of the scale and size of its information technology business, is that Wipro is the third-largest Indian-owned fast-moving consumer goods company after Nirma and Dabur -- Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, the FMCG and lighting products arm of the company, will likely end 2009-10 with sales revenue of Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion).
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