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Wipro wins ‘2019 SUSE Global System Integrator Partner of the Year’ award

Wipro Limited has announced that it has won the ‘2019 SUSE Global System Integrator Partner of the Year’ award in two categories – Most Innovative Solution and Most Technical Certifications.  The ‘Partner of the Year’ award, given out by SUSE honors companies that employ SUSE technologies and solutions while demonstrating excellence in technology platform design…

Wipro recognized as a leader in AI consultancies by Forrester Research Inc.

Wipro Limited has been recognized as a ‘Leader’ by global research and advisory firm Forrester Research Inc. in its report, “The Forrester WaverM: Al Consultancies, Q3 2019”. The firm evaluated participating companies by researching, analyzing and scoring them on 23 different criteria across three main categories – current offering, strategy and market presence. The report…

Wipro announces advanced cloud SOC service powered by Microsoft Azure Sentinel

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced the launch of advanced cloud Security Operations Centre (SOC) services using Microsoft Azure Sentinel. As part of this integration, Wipro will offer managed cloud SOC services with built-in Artificial Intelligence (Al) and Orchestration capabilities for rapid threat detection and response…

Wipro’s on-demand digital talent platform Topcoder adds new Data Science & AI Features

Topcoder, one of the leading platforms for on-demand digital talent, has recently announced the addition of new data science and AI features.The platform hosts more than 1.5 million developers, designers, data scientists and testers from across the globe.The company founded in 2001 by Jack Hughes, became a part of Wipro Limited in November 2016. Topcoder…

TCS Acquires W12 Studios, an Award-Winning, London-Based Digital Design Studio.

Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced its acquisition of W12 Studios, an award-winning digital design studio based in London. This the first acquisition of India’s largest IT services company in about four years. The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of the deal.  This…

Wipro announces raise in fresher’s annual salary by Rs 30,000.

Wipro Limited, the India-based information technology, consulting and business process services company headquartered in Bengaluru, India has increased fresher salaries to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum, from about 3.2 lakh per annum. “We are also introducing a coding test to improve the quality of hires. We are looking to roll out a broad-based national talent test…

Wipro appoints former SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya as an independent director.

Wipro Limited, the India-based information technology, consulting and business process services company headquartered in Bengaluru has appointed former State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya as an independent director for a term of 5 years, with effect from January 1, 2019. “I am delighted and privileged to be invited to join the Board of Wipro Ltd.,…

Infogain Appoints Kulesh Bansal as CFO.

Infogain, a Silicon Valley leading provider of technology solutions and services has appointed Kulesh Bansal as Chief Financial Officer. Based out of Infogain’s Noida, India office and reporting to CEO Sunil Bhatia, Bansal will lead Infogain’s finance and legal functions, in addition to focusing on profitability, financial controls, pricing and deal support. Bansal is a…

Wipro lands up $1.5 billion deal from Alight Solutions

Wipro Limited one of India’s leading information technology, consulting and business process services company  has won a 10-year engagement to provide a comprehensive suite of solutions and services to Lincolnshire, Illinois-based Alight Solutions LLC, a leader in technology-enabled health, wealth, HR and finance solutions. This deal will result in revenues of USD $1.5 to $1.6…

Wipro appoints Ulrich Meister as Senior Vice President and Head of Continental Europe

Wipro Ltd.  has appointed Ulrich Meister as Senior Vice President and Head of Continental Europe, effective November, 2013. Ulrich joins Wipro from T-Systems, where he started in 2005, and in his last role was responsible for their global Euro 2 billion system integration business. He has immense expertise in managing large-scale strategic change programs for…

Anand Shankaran quits Wipro

Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice President for Global Infrastructure Services and Wipro Infotech, has quit. It is learnt that he has decided to pursue a career outside of Wipro.  His exit was announced by the company along with announcement regarding organisational realignment and reshuffling of leadership. In a statement the company said – “Anand has played…

Wipro Announces Organizational Changes , Leadership Reshuffle

Wipro has announced organisational changes and related leadership appointments. Shaji Farooq, Senior Vice President  would take over as the global head of its Banking, Finance Services and Insurance (BFSI) strategic business unit. He is presently leading Advanced Technologies Service Line and Go-To-Market transformation initiatives.  He will take over from Soumitro Ghosh. With the growth momentum…

Wipro Limited Appoints Vyomesh Joshi to its Board

Wipro Limited has appointed Mr. Vyomesh Joshi, a well-respected information technology industry veteran and influencer, to its board of directors with immediate effect. Mr. Joshi will serve as an independent member on the board and will bring to Wipro a wealth of experience, having spent over three decades in the industry. He was until recently…

Wipro sets up 2000 seat delivery center in Vishakhapatnam

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), has set up a 2,000 seat delivery center in Vishakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.  The center, which is currently operational with about 100 employees, will ramp up to more than 300 over the next three months. The campus was inaugurated by…

Wipro Appoints Shaji Farooq, Global Head of Advanced Technologies, Global Alliances and Go-to-Market Transformation

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), has announced the appointment of Shaji Farooq as the Senior Vice President for the company’s newly created Advanced Technologies service line, which will comprise of Social Media, Mobility, Analytics-as-a-service and Cloud. "Dynamic developments in the sphere of Social, Mobility, Analytics-as-a-service…