BWI: Wipro Cited as a Leader in Business Technology Transformation by Independent Research Firm

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 06:55 PM IST (01:25 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Economy, People; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Wipro Cited as a Leader in Business Technology Transformation by Independent Research Firm
Wipro Rated Among Top 4 Vendors Globally with the Highest Client Reference Scores of All Vendors Rated in the Report

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India and East Brunswick, NJ, United States, Wednesday, July 25, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it was named a "Leader" in the "The Forrester WaveT: Business Technology Transformation, Q3 2012," published July 19, 2012. The Forrester Research Inc. report evaluated and scored Wipro Consulting Services (WCS), Wipro's consulting practice, on the basis of a comprehensive methodology across 18 criteria relating to current offering, strategy, and market presence.

Wipro scored the highest possible scores for its vision, quality of consulting engagements, business organization, business alignment and management credentials. Wipro also scored among the highest in client references of all vendors profiled in the report.

Wipro Consulting Services (WCS) "uses its 'design with a purpose' approach to provide clients with an integrated team incorporating customer insight, a target operating model, process design, business case, and a detailed implementation road map that it can either implement on its own and/or with partners," the report stated.

The report recognized Wipro Consulting Services as "the most advanced in terms of its approach and its vision for transformational consulting, of all the pure-play Indian vendors."

"We are very pleased to be recognized by Forrester Research as a leader in Business led Technology Transformation," said Kirk Strawser, Managing Partner, Wipro Consulting Services. "The mission for Wipro, clearly stated by our CEO T. K. Kurien, is to help create a new kind of professional services firm that works with both business and IT executives to innovate and deliver, end to end solutions that create measureable value for our clients. Wipro's Think-Build-Operate vision requires the tight integration of world class business and domain consulting, with Wipro's award winning distributed IT and BPO delivery capability."

He added, "We believe that this report and the client references demonstrate that as an integrated firm, we are making our customers happy with the business value we deliver".

To learn more about the July 19, 2012 report, "The Forrester WaveT: Business Technology Transformation, Q3 2012," please visit www.forrester.com.


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



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CONTACT DETAILS
India: Dirk Lewis, WIPRO, +91- 7760983976, dirk.lewis@wipro.com
US: Eric Belove, Wipro Technologies, +1 732 216 6242, eric.belove@wipro.com
UK: Rahul Kadavakolu, Wipro Technologies, +44 7920205496, rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

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