BWI: Wipro Positioned as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Comprehensive Finance and Accounting BPO, Global by Independent Research Firm

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Source: WIPRO
Friday, June 15, 2012 12:45 PM IST (07:15 AM GMT)
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Wipro Positioned as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Comprehensive Finance and Accounting BPO, Global by Independent Research Firm


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Friday, June 15, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro BPO, the Business Process Outsourcing arm of Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting, and Outsourcing Business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) has been recognized by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant in the report, "Magic Quadrant for Finance and Accounting (F&A) BPO, Global," authored by Cathy Tornbohm and published May 30, 2012.

Gartner positioned Wipro in the leaders quadrant based on the evaluation criteria of ability to execute and completeness of vision. The Magic Quadrant evaluated vendor capabilities in the Comprehensive Finance and Accounting business process outsourcing market among 18 providers.

As per the report, "Leaders are performing well today, both with a clear vision of market direction and by actively building competencies to sustain their Leaders position in the market. The comprehensive F&A BPO players in this quadrant generally share superior market understanding, have a global client base, an extensive network of well-distributed and highly populated global delivery centers catering for multiple languages, a good balance of transactional and high-end F&A delivery, and innovative well communicated and marketed sales offerings."

Gartner defines comprehensive F&A processes as the outsourcing of three or more finance processes to a single provider. The report also said "This Magic Quadrant offers a deep analysis of the competitive positioning for comprehensive F&A BPO services by showcasing the relative placing of the main players in the market according to a variety of criteria, and by offering detailed strengths and cautions for each of the included vendors.

Manoj Punja, Sr. Vice President and Global Head, Wipro BPO said, "We believe our position in the Leaders Quadrant is testimony of our relentless focus towards providing seamless delivery of end-to-end Finance and Accounting (F&A) services. Our ability to leverage our extensive technology capabilities and shaping the vision for the next generation of F&A outsourcing is a clear differentiator. We feel this recognition confirms our strategy and the significant investments that we have made in our F&A practice to improve our offering and add measurable business value to our clients."

Wipro BPO operates from 30 centers in 11 countries, including Poland, Romania, China, Japan, Philippines, Australia, U.S, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and India (Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai).

Wipro BPO, the Business Process Outsourcing service line of Wipro Technologies, is one of the largest BPO service providers on a global delivery platform. Wipro BPO services portfolio spans industry specific solutions in Customer Contact centre (technical and non-technical; voice and non-voice), Finance and Accounting outsourcing, Human Resource outsourcing, Supply chain management, Research, Analytics and Social Media Monitoring and Knowledge services including Data Management and reporting, Legal process outsourcing, and Sales and Marketing outsourcing

About the Magic Quadrant

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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 131,000 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
Eric Belove, US, Wipro Technologies, +1 732 216 6242, eric.belove@wipro.com
Rahul Kadavakolu, Wipro Technologies, +44 7920205496, rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY

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