BWI: Wipro Cited as a Leader in Salesforce.com implementation by Independent Research Firm

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Thursday, May 19, 2011 03:30 PM IST (10:00 AM GMT)
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Wipro Cited as a Leader in Salesforce.com implementation by Independent Research Firm


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, May 19, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), today announced that the company has been cited as a Leader in "The Forrester WaveT: Salesforce.com (SFDC) Implementation, Q2 2011" (May 2011) due to its practice maturity, depth and breadth of resources and suitability for large, complex engagements.

Forrester Research, Inc. evaluated 11 service providers across 46 criteria clustered into three categories of current offering, strategy and market presence.

According to the report, "Wipro is a global leader in SFDC implementations and also the leader among the India-based firms. Wipro has worked on more than 90 SFDC implementations to date, including many large and complex rollouts. Wipro's customer profile is a more complex salesforce.com environment, often with integration back to on-premises (such as SAP or Oracle). The firm's greatest strength is its integration capabilities with Oracle, SAP, WebMethods, and Tibco".

"We are delighted to be named a leader in this report, "said Srini Pallia, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Business Applications Services, Wipro Technologies. "This is testament to the success of our strategy and leadership in building consulting and system integration competencies in emerging areas like SaaS and the faith our customers repose in our ability to deliver on large and complex projects. It also reiterates the success of our strategic partnership with Salesforce.com. We are committed to further enabling our clients prioritize and leverage the opportunities presented by cloud based applications."

About Wipro Technologies

Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company, that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro Technologies has 120,000 employees and clients across 54 countries. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com

Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.


CONTACT DETAILS
Dirk Lewis, India, Wipro Technologies, +91 7760983976, dirk.lewis@wipro.com
Kathleen Ulrich, US, Wipro Technologies, +1 (732) 509-1337, kathleen.ulrich@wipro.com
Rahul Kadavakolu, UK, Wipro Technologies, +44 7920205496, rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

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CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY

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