WIPRO
Wednesday, 21st November, 2007
A global provider of consulting, IT Services, and outsourced R&D, infrastructure outsourcing and business process services, Wipro deliver technology-driven business solutions that meet the strategic objectives of Global 2000 customers. With over 25 years in the Information Technology business, Wipro is the largest outsourced R & D Services provider and one of the pioneers in the remote delivery of services.
World’s first PCMM, CMM and CMMi Level 5 certified software Services Company and the first outside USA to receive the IEEE Software Process Award, Wipro are the first services company to embrace Six Sigma, lean manufacturing and factory model concepts to software e-engineering.
Wipro have a wide geographical diversity of operations with over 40 development centers and 10 near shore centers spread across India, Japan, China, Eastern Europe, France, Austria, Sweden, Germany, UK and USA.
Wipro Tech is the global IT service arm of Wipro limited which is in operation since 1945. It is headquartered in Bangalore with over 70,000 employees which includes the BPO arm as well. It has over 300 customers across the world which also includes 50 of the FORTUNE 500 companies. To name some are Boeing, BP, Cisco, Erricson, IBM, Toshiba etc.
The current Chairman, Managing Director and majority stake owner is Azim Premji, who has headed the software and hardware divisions since Wipro’s inception. With revenue in the excess of US $3 billion, Wipro is one of India’s major IT companies. It has dedicated development centers and offices across India, Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Wipro’s Tagline is "Applying Thought", the ability to infuse newer ideas and newer ways of doing things. Examples of Wipro’s product design work include developing an Internet-browsing phone for a Japanese telecom company in 1998, helping chipmaker Texas Instruments produce digital signal processing software, and creating an automotive display unit for Italian manufacturer Magneti Marelli that combined functions including cell phone capability, global position system technology, a navigation system and a CD player.
Wipro BPO is uniquely positioned to service customer requirements by leveraging its tenets of quality and innovation, the best people talent, self sustaining process framework and domain knowledge. We offer customized service offerings; translating into the most flexible and cost effective services of the highest quality for our customers. In 2002, Wipro took a quantum jump in the BPO services by acquiring the then Spectramind. Wipro BPO Solutions complements the services offered by Wipro Technologies, making it one of the largest BPO service players.
Following is the list of milestones crossed by the group:
- Ranked 7th amongst the top 25 Great Places to Work companies in India (2003) and 12th in the 2004 survey conducted by the Great Places to Work Institute Inc, US.
- Ranked 4th DQ-IDC India BPO Employee Satisfaction Survey 2003
- Ranked as Most respected company (No 1) in the ITES sector by IMRB-Business World Survey 2004
- NHRDN Trailblazers Award 2004 in recognition of outstanding contributions and achievements, particularly in the field of Performance Management System by National HRD Network
- Organization that Creates Fun & Joy at Work 2004 by HT Powerjobs – Awards for HR Excellence
- Organisation with Innovative HR Practices 2004 for Enhancing the Hiring Capability, Funnel Management Strategy by HT Powerjobs – Awards for HR Excellence.
Wipro and its success in handling outsourced information technology from US businesses is detailed in Thomas L. Friedman’s best-selling book The World Is Flat and Steve Hamm’s Bangalore Tiger. Wipro’s offshore model is considered ‘unique among the larger players in the security consulting space’ according to a independent report by Forrester Research.
