Wipro

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Company Profile & facts

Wipro Technologies is a global services provider delivering technology-driven business solutions that meet the strategic objectives of our clients. Wipro has 40+ 'Centers of Excellence' that create solutions around specific needs of industries. Wipro delivers unmatched business value to customers through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks and service delivery innovation. Wipro is the World's first CMMi Level 5 certified software services company and the first outside USA to receive the IEEE Software Process Award.
Wipro becomes the first Indian IT Service Provider to be awarded Gold-Level Status in Microsoft's Windows Embedded Partner Program


Wipro is the world's largest independent R&D Services Provider
Worlds 1st PCMM Level 5 software company
Wipro one among the few companies in the world to be assessed at maturity level 5 for CMMI V1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers, 2007
Worlds 1st IT Services Company to use Six Sigma
The pioneers in applying Lean Manufacturing techniques to IT services
World's first SEI CMM/CMMI Level 5 IT services company
Functional RFID Enabled Concept Store and Global Data Synchronization Laboratory BS7799 and ISO 9000 certified
Among the top 3 offshore BPO service providers in the world
Wipro is a strategic partner to five of the top ten most innovative companies in the world (Technology Review Innovation Index 2005)
Over 50 industry facing 'Centers of Excellence'
647 clients - 72000+ employees
53 development centers across globe
647 clients - 72000+ employees

The force behind Wipro's distinctive innovative edge in the IT market

Deep Domain Expertise
2000+ domain consultants
500+ technology consultants – e-business, package applications

Customer Proximity
5,000+ consultants spread across North America, Europe and Japan
10,000+ itinerant employees

Continuous Training
Over 3,80,000 man days of training annually, 80 full time instructors
Web based 'World Campus' initiative in place to impart training to our employees across the globe

Talent Transformation
Business skill transformation (domain knowledge, functional expertise and consulting)
Culture transformation (Language learning, neuro-linguistic sessions and cross-cultural sensitiveness)
Technology transformation (70+ technologies covered)
Behavioral skill transformation (Communication inter-personal and relationship management skills)
Products & Services

Wipro's complete range of IT Services addresses the needs of both technology and business requirements to help organizations leverage leading-edge technologies for business improvement. Wipro takes charge of the IT needs of the entire enterprise. The gamut of services extends from Enterprise Application Services (CRM, ERP, e-Procurement and SCM), to e-Business solutions. Wipro's enterprise solutions have served and continue to serve clients from a range of industries including Energy and Utilities, Finance, Telecom, and Media and Entertainment.

The client is the world's third largest water company, and provides clean and waste water services to over 69 million customers around the world. The client had embarked on a journey to streamline their IS operations to ensure better service delivery, improved customer relationship and closer links with business. They also wanted to move to a 'thin' layer of IS. This was a challenge considering that the client consists mostly of bespoke applications using a wide spectrum of technologies and functional areas that cover all the business functionality of a typical water utility.

Through a series of strategic initiatives over a two year period, Wipro made the client realize significant cost savings as well as remarkably improve the quality of the application estate. This was done by following a cycle of define, perform, review and refine, for each of the functions that Wipro was entrusted with. Wipro devised and implemented a strategy for cost savings by leveraging on its Global Sourcing model. The savings in the application support budget was also enabled through a system of forecasting and reviewing service requirements with partners and third party vendors.

Historic Events / Press Room

Wipro is ranked 4th in the 'Top Companies for Leaders' in India, 5th in Asia Pacific region and 20th globally Wipro participated in the 'Top Companies for Leaders' 2007 Survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, Fortune Magazine, and The RBL Group and were amongst 563 companies globally to participate.Wipro was ranked 4th on the 'Top Companies for Leaders' in India, 5th in Asia Pacific region and 20th globally" To select the Top Companies for Leaders, Hewitt Associates and its research partners Fortune and The RBL Group surveyed companies around the world. They completed a detailed questionnaire that examined factors that influence leader quality and depth in organizations and the consistency of these with strong leadership practices. Approximately 550 companies globally were invited to participate in the process based on this analysis. In addition, senior business executives from each finalist company were met with to discuss how leadership is a part of their organization's culture. This is the largest research study ever conducted on how financially successful companies grow great leaders.

Pratik Kumar, Vice President, Wipro said ,"This is a great honor for all of us at Wipro. Our understanding of leadership at Wipro has been a differentiator on how leadership is important at every level not just at the top and that's a great way to nurture leadership. Every Wiproite has contributed to this by actively participating in all the leadership initiatives."

The panel of judges composed of authors, academics, and journalists gathered in each region to select and rank the Global Top Companies for Leaders and considered many variables in selecting and ranking the lists- including company reputation, leadership culture and values, and a proven track record.

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