The FMCG arm of IT Major Wipro, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, has acquired the personal care business of Yardley in the Asia, Middle East, Australasia and some African markets from Britain-based Lornamead group. The acquisition is worth $45.5 million.
 
"The acquisition of Yardley ...

Indian software giant Wipro has registered a net profit of Rs 1,161.7 crore for the second quarter of this fiscal which ended on Sep 30 which is 18.76% up from the Rs 978.2 crore net profit registered during similar period last fiscal.
 
The net income of the firm for the second quarter of ...

Wipro Infotech, the sister concern of Wipro Ltd. has started working on the new technology hub, Sangam in association with leading software biggies like  IBM, Microsoft, SAS and Sun Microsystems. The new structure will work across technologies to develop innovative IT products
 
The ...

Wipro Technologies has entered into a partnership with Schneider Electric, a global energy management firm, for marketing the industrial automation solutions in India.
 
Under the agreement, Wipro will be providing an additional commercial channel as well as an outstanding project execution ...

Wipro Ltd has won a three-year outsourcing contract from Japan’s No. 2 air carrier, All Nippon Airways (ANA). The financial details of the contract have not been disclosed.
 
ANA is the first air carrier to own a Boeing 787 Dreamline. The airline is revamping its materials management ...

According to sources, Wipro Technologies has set up a consulting academy in the US. This step has been taken by US to strengthen the customer management skills of its frontline employees.
 
"The enterprise application services consulting academy will inculcate the right engagement ...

Wipro is actively exploring overseas acquisitions.
 
"As far as acquisition is concerned, we are already active in that area and we will continue to remain active. Our focus will remain on most emerging economies - it could be Asia Pacific, Middle East or Australia," said Wipro ...

Wipro Ltd posted its net profit of Rs.10.16 billion for the first quarter (April-June) of this fiscal (2009-10), registering a 12% YoY growth as per the Indian accounting standard.
 
In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, the IT bellwether said consolidated revenue for the quarter (Q1) was ...

The Azim Premji Foundation (APF) of Wipro chairman Azim Premji will soon be able to set up a private university in Karnataka, the state's first, with the cabinet approving a bill to facilitate it, Parliamentary Affairs Minister S. Suresh Kumar said on Thursday.

"The bill will be introduced ...

Indian IT majors Infosys and Wipro are looking to tap the growing rural outsourcing market. Infosys BPO plans to tie up with service providers having presence in rural areas and small towns for domestic operations.

The revenue-share model would have the company getting the customers and the ...

The US - India Business Council (USIBC) will felicitate leading Indian businessmen Azim Premji and Anil Ambani at Washington on June 17. The honour would be bestowed during the USIBC’s 34th anniversary Synergies summit in Washington.

Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, will be felicitated with ...

Leading software company, Wipro Technologies has set up a virtual innovation centre for testing services. According to a statement of the company, the innovation centre at Bangalore will provide a virtual view of Wipro's Internet Protocol (IP)-powered solutions. The new centre will be utilised for ...

The world's largest and leading mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia sold its Mobile TV unit to India-based Wipro. The details of the deal have not been revealed yet. Commenting on the recent move, a spokesperson of Nokia said that the company intends to focus on the mobile TV clients for its devices ...

Wipro Technologies' business unit, Wipro Infotech has developed an integrated software for the cops to combat crime and terror. In a statement to media, the company said that the software application is in a pilot stage. The software will enable the real-time information sharing between the ...

India's third largest IT company, Wipro Technologies has acquired Citi Technology Services (CTS) for approximately Rs 600 crore ($127 million). Both Wipro and Citi will sign a Master Services Agreement to provide technology infrastructure services and application development and maintenance ...

Wipro Technologies announced the appointment of Kirk Strawser as Global Head of Wipro Consulting Services. Kirk Strawser has more than 22 years experience in senior leadership roles in the consulting industry which include Americas Leader CRM for Ernst & Young, LLP, Global Leader CRM, ...

P K Gopalakrishnan has decided to join MindTree Ltd by relinquishing his job of vice-president (govt & defence vertical) at Wipro. The information technology service company of India, Wipro has seen many top officials quitting their jobs in last few months. Before Gopalakrishnan, Sudip Nandy, ...

Cisco and Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Limited, on Tuesday (November 25) announced the successful completion of Wipro's full procurement suite of RosettaNet PIPs implementation at Cisco offices in India. This successful B2B procurement suite integration allows ...

Aircel has announced to give the responsibility of revenue assurance and fraud management to Wipro Ltd and Subex Ltd in its 23 circles across India. Subex Ltd is supposed to be one of the most proficient OSS/BSS solutions provider in the world. Aircel will use the Subex platform to carry out its ...

Wipro has opened its first BPO at Curitiba in Brazil to serve its client AmBey, the largest brewery in Latin America. Wipro BPO head Ashutosh Vaidya said that the new center will serve in accounting, procurement, HR services, loyalty services and knowledge services. He added that Wipro will offer ...

Indian IT giants Wipro and Satyam have won Asian MAKE Awards 2008 in 'Transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder value' and 'Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises' category respectively. Factually, after an initial short-listing by a panel, the MAKE Winners are chosen by a panel of Fortune 500 ...

Infosys and Wipro are in the Forbes' list of 50 best listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Out of fifty companies, ten are from India. India's BHEL is at fifth rank; on the other hand Bharti Airtel is ranked sixth in the list.  No other company from India could make into the top ten ...

Attrition at top-level management in Wipro is continuing. Sudip Banerjee, who was working as head of Premji Investments of Wipro has left Wipro to join L&T Infotech as CEO. Banerjee replaced V Magapu as CEO. V Magapu said that L&T was looking for a CEO for a long time, and they wanted ...

Wipro Chairman, Azim Premji is all set launch Private Equity (PE) fund worth Rs 1 billion. The fund is known as PremjiInvest. Sudip Banerjee, who was the President of Enterprise Solution Business, has been appointed as the director of the advisory board of PremjiInvest. This PE fund is one of the ...