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Wipro is a Leader in SAP Implementation Services

IT Major “is Best Suited to Technical Implementations, Especially Global Rollouts”

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) announced that it has been cited by Forrester Research, Inc., an independent research firm, as “a leader in SAP Implementation services” in a report in December 2007 titled “The Forrester Wave: SAP Implementation Providers, Q4 2007.”

Forrester Wave™: SAP Implementation Providers, Q4 ’07

Forrester evaluated sixteen global vendors providing SAP services across 108 criteria. The report states that Wipro is “an especially good fit for buyers that require utilities, oil and gas, or consumer packaged goods expertise. Given its deep expertise in these sectors, Wipro is a strong choice for clients in these areas that require full service, end-to-end implementation engagements as well as buyers that require just technical implementation skills.”

According to the report: “Wipro has the strongest SAP Utilities practice of all Indian pure plays” and “Wipro’s SAP capability is quite strong and, according to clients, its value for money is one of its best traits.”

The report highlighted Wipro’s strong SAP ties and stated “key areas where Wipro is driving thought leadership in the space include its eSOA initiatives, including a focus on helping companies monetize SOA, investment in ecosystems, and investment in an SAP solution lab on its Bangalore (India) campus.” Wipro is also a SAP Global Service Partner.

Elaborating on the strategy of Wipro’s SAP practice, Sangita Singh, Senior Vice President –Wipro Technologies, said, “This recognition by Forrester reflects our position as a leader in the SAP services space. Our strategic investments in building deep industry expertise and strength of our relation ship with SAP have been instrumental in our success.”

Wipro’s strategy scores were the highest of all Indian players. The report noted Wipro for having one of the largest practices and its continued focus on SAP work.

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Wipro’s offshore model in security consulting considered “unique” by Forrester

According to Forrester’s September 2007 report titled “The Forrester Wave™: Security Consulting, Q3 2007,”

“Wipro’s offshoring model is unique among the larger players in the security consulting space…Wipro’s strongest technical capabilities were in application security and identity and access management.”

According to the report “Wipro’s growth in its security consulting practice in the highest in the industry” The report added, “Wipro‘s partnership ecosystem is a clear area of strength that will help it continue extending its offerings to clients.”

The report describes Wipro as, “a leading global independent research and development (R&D) services provider, the firm offers such services as application development, enterprise systems implementation, networking, systems integration, and technology consulting services. It is a world leader in offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) services.”

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Forrester cites Infocrossing acquisition as giving Wipro a competitive advantage and the opportunity to further cement its reputation in the US for these kinds of services.

According to Forrester’s November 2007 report titled “Wipro-Infocrossing Deal Changes The Competitive Landscape In Outsourcing,”

(Wipro’s latest acquisition) of Infocrossing separates Wipro from its (offshore competitors) and, more importantly, represents a new threat to (the incumbents). With the acquisition of Infocrossing’s data centers and infrastructure outsourcing business, Wipro has gained instant credibility and a strong US presence from which to continue its expansion of services beyond applications development and maintenance.

Wipro steps ahead of its Indian competitors… Wipro is the first of the Indian providers to make this broad an investment in infrastructure outsourcing.

Infocrossing gives Wipro a competitive advantage and the opportunity to further cement its reputation in the US for these kinds of services.

Wipro-Infocrossing Deal Changes The Competitive Landscape In Outsourcing.
(November 12, 2007)

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Forrester rates Wipro as a Leader in North American Applications Outsourcing in the The Forrester Wave™: North American Applications Outsourcing, Q1 2007.

Wipro was named a leader among players serving the North American market in Forrester Research’s recently published report.

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Forrester names Wipro as a Leader in the Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Evaluation, Q2 2007:

Recognizes Wipro’s extremely strong value proposition that emphasizes transformation and innovation and drives productivity improvements for clients.

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Gartner has positioned Wipro in the Challengers quadrant of the SCM Consulting and Integration Service Providers, 2006 Magic Quadrant report.
“Wipro applies the global delivery model by performing select supply chain work offshore, such as configuration and unit testing, together with on-site resources for systems design and roll-out. The company's historical strengths in application development and maintenance give it a broad base of software skills including SAP, i2, Oracle and Ariba. Ratings across SCM domains and service competencies were generally good, with particular strength in application integration.”
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Gartner Positions Wipro in the Magic Quadrant for North American CRM Service Providers. 21st April, 2006
The North America CRM Service Providers Magic Quadrant positions the consultancies that customers consider for critical CRM initiatives and lays out the competitive landscape accordingly.
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Gartner Positions Wipro in the Magic Quadrant for European CRM Service Providers, 4th May, 2006
This Magic Quadrant focuses on consulting and systems integration services, including CRM strategy, business consulting, business transformation, development, configuration, and the deployment and training on packaged and custom CRM software.
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AMR rates Wipro as a leading service provider in Automotive, Aerospace and Defense Read Full Report “The AMS/Wipro combination will have appeal to companies looking for quality, low-cost systems integration anchored by on-shore industry expertise. “ The AMR Research Alert, Moving up the Food Chain - Wipro Acquires the AMS' Energy Practice, 19 November 2002.

"...Wipro has an impressive line of data warehousing and BI offerings, any company considering DW/BI development should place Wipro high at the top of their list of services providers"

Wipro's success in software services is due to its ability to offer clients rapid design, development, implementation, and maintenance of software applications based on proven process and development methodologies, an "onsite/offshore" implementation model (which guarantees clients savings of at least 30%), exceptional quality control practices, and a line of horizontal and vertical frameworks targeted at such domains as security, human resources, document management, business process reengineering, and data warehousing and business intelligence (BI).

Wipro also claims to have a field error rate of 0.3 per thousand lines of code. While these numbers are impressive, perhaps most impressive is the marked level of trust shown by Wipro's customers in the company's ability to successfully execute projects.

The bottom line is that Wipro has an impressive line of data warehousing and BI offerings, and any company considering data warehouse/BI development should place Wipro high at the top of their list of services providers.

"Wipro's offerings are based on well-defined development and implementation methodologies... ....that also help to reduce the risks and cost associated with projects. "
Curt Hall
Cutter Consortium
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David Tapper, Program Vice President, IDC complimented Wipro's acquisition of Infocrossing as a building block to creating Infrastructure Outsourcing business
David Tapper, Program Vice President, IDC complimented Wipro's bold step in building a more strategic outsourcing business model with this acquisition. The addition of Infocrossing's delivery capabilities and domain expertise will expand Wipro's ability to provision a more integrated stack of service capabilities from network and infrastructure up and through applications and business processes. "This acquisition will provide Wipro with a much stronger physical presence in the United States which is required to win strategic outsourcing deals in the IS outsourcing market"

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IDC examines how Wipro Technologies assisted Midwest ISO in implementing a Web services based SOA to enable this trading organization and its regional partners to manage the flow of electricity to millions of customers across a large territory in the United States and Canada to minimize congestion and power outages. Wipro has been a valuable resource to Midwest ISO, providing the architecture, design, development, implementation, and project management.

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SOA and Web Services Keep the Lights on for Millions of US and Canadian Households: A Case Study of Midwest ISO.
IDC, December 2005 (copyright International Data Corporation 2003)

IDC discusses Wipro's vision for SOA to be a key technology to enable transaction-based processes. IDC's publication, "Worldwide SOA Professional Services Vendor Analysis", August 2005, talks about how Wipro offers "end to end" SOA consulting services and leverages its own, proprietary methodologies and frameworks to help customers see faster ROI and easy SOA enablement. In addition, IDC sees Wipro as building a complete "solution ecosystem", through alliances, a large dedicated consulting skill pool and internally developed process management tools.

IDC, August 2005
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"...With the combination of SEI Level 5 certification and Six Sigma, Wipro can offer its customers extremely high quality, low risk services."
Mapping Offshore: A New Competitive Landscape
IDC

"Wipro is one of the few Indian offshore firms that is successfully penetrating the U.S. and European markets (...). Wipro not only offers basic software development skills, but also has moved up the value chain and is offering a comprehensive set of solutions for its size and scope."
- Worldwide Web Services Competitive Analysis, 2003, 14 IT Services Companies en Route to Innovative Implementations,

IDC #28845, March 2003
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"...............In the field of enterprise application implementation and more recently, Internet implementation, Wipro is one of the clear leaders - they are able to do it faster, better and cheaper"
Andrew Efstathiou
The Yankee Group