Wipro Ltd

Wipro Infotech is a part of US$ 5 billion Wipro Limited with US$ 24 billion market capitalization. Wipro is known for its quality. It is the first global software company to attain Level 5 SEI-CMM as well as the first IT Company in the world to achieve Six Sigma and Level 5 PCMM. Wipro has 13 regional offices across India. It also has offices in different places across the world including Egypt, UAE, KSA and Bahrain.

Brief History

Wipro Ltd. started its journey in 1947 as a vegetable oil trading company (Western India Palm Refined Oils) in Amalner, Maharashtra, India. It was M. H. Premji, father of its current Chairman Azim Premji, who founded Wipro. After his death in 1966, his son, a Stanford University graduate in Electrical Engineering, took the onus of leadership at the age of 21. Azim Premji repositioned the company into a consumer goods company and started producing hydrogenated cooking oils, laundry soap, wax and tin containers. Later Wipro Fluid was set up, which started manufacturing hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders.

In 1977, after IBM left Indian IT sector, Wipro entered into the market. It started developing its own computers. Within a couple of years, Wipro Ltd. started selling finished products. It licensed technology from Sentinel Computers in U.S. Wipro is also the manufacturer of India's first mini computers.

In 1980, Wipro Ltd. moved towards software development, when they started providing customized software to their hardware customers. This was just a beginning of a new era for Wipro. It spread its roots off shore in U.S. in 1992. By 2000, Wipro Ltd. managed to get enlisted on the New York Stock Exchange.

Financials

Wipro Limited saw a whooping growth in terms of its revenue which soared up by 450% from 2002 to 2007. In the quarter ended September 30, 2009, the IT Services business of Wipro Ltd. reported revenue of ` 49.96 billion with a growth rate of 5% YoY. It also recorded PBIT of ` 11.87 billion with a growth rate of 19% YoY. During the quarter, the operating income to the revenue was 23.8%.

During the quarter, Wipro Ltd. also added 37 new clients to its list. Currently (as of September 30, 2009), Wipro has employee strength of 97,891.

Products and Services

Wipro Ltd. offers a range of products and services to its clients. Moreover, its business solutions cover a wide array of domains.

Services

Following services are offered by Wipro Ltd.

• System Integration
  • Platform Integration
  • Network Integration and Security
  • Storage Integration
  • Security Services
  • Enterprise Management Services
  • Contact Centre Technology Integration
  • Data Centre Integration
  • Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
  • Retail Automation
  • Telecom Integration
• Managed Services
  • IT Service Desk
  • End User Services
  • Data Centre Services
  • Contact Centre Technology Management Services
  • Application Management
  • Managed Security Service
  • Business Service Management
• Total Outsourcing
  • Consulting Services
  • Technology Infrastructure Services
  • Enterprise Application Services
  • Banking and Finance
  • Retail
  • ITES
  • Airline
• Application Development and Portals
  • New Application Development
  • Existing Application Enhancement
  • Portal Development
  • Content & Document Management
  • Application Migration
  • Application Integration Services
  • Real time Solution – In Memory Database
  • SOA Solution
• Business Transformation Services
  • Business Process Management System (BPMS)
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS)
• Security Governance
  • Security Advisory Services and Assurance Services
  • Identity Management Services
  • Technical Risk Assessment
  • Compliance
• Data Warehousing and Biz Intelligence
  • DW / BI Consulting
  • DW / BI Architecture
  • DW / BI Integration
  • DW / BI Management
  • ERP Analytics
  • CRM Data Warehouse
  • E-business Intelligence
• Availability Services
  • 24x7 Toll-free Contact Centre
  • SimpleConnect
  • ExpertConnect
  • Field Support

Products
Wipro Ltd. offers following products.

• Wipro Computing Products
  • UltraLight Notebook
  • Performance Desktops
  • Wipro's Enterprise Servers
• Technology Alliance
  • Enterprise Products
    • Enterprise Platforms
    • Networking Solutions
    • Data Storage
    • Enterprise Information Security
    • Enterprise Management
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Contact Centre Infrastructure
  • Packaged Software
    • Enterprise Applications (SAP, PeopleSoft, MS Dynamics, Oracle)
    • Solutions for fast emerging business
    • Application Development and Portals
    • Application Maintenance
    • Third Party Testing
    • Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence
    • Point Solutions

Domains

Wipro Ltd. offers solutions in the following domains.

• Banking and Finance
  • Web Services Migration / Reengineering Services
  • Maintenance Services
  • Legacy Modernization Services
  • Business Integration
  • Business Intelligence
  • Portal / eChannel Integration
  • Application Development and Maintenance
  • Reference Data Integration
  • Single Customer Window
• Telecom
  • Strategy Consulting
  • System Integration
  • Application Development and Maintenance
  • Packaged Applications
  • Infrastructure and Testing
  • Operations
• Healthcare
  • Hospital Information System
  • Clinical Information System
  • Laboratory Information System
  • Retail Pharmacy Solution
• Government
  • E-Governance Advisory Services
  • E-tendering
  • Departmental Applications
  • Infrastructure Services & Solutions
• Enterprise
  • Energy
  • Utilities
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail

Address

Wipro Ltd.
Doddakannelli
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore – 560 035
India
Tel: +91-80-2844-0011
Fax: +91-80-2844-0256

Way back in 1947, Wipro started as a ground nut crushing unit and today it has emerged as a multi business and multi location corporate entity. Its businesses range from Consumer Products, Infrastructure Engineering to specialized IT Products & Services.