Wipro to leverage its expertise in SAP Ecosystem to help customers derive optimized business performance and unlock increased value, in the challenging economic environment
Bangalore, India, February 10, 2009
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) today announced its support of the new SAP® Business Suite 7. Wipro, an SAP Global Services partner, became the only Asian service provider to partner with SAP AG as an SAP Business Suite 7 launch partner, to help customers quickly ramp up and benefit from the new flexible and modular software suite to optimize business performance and gain maximum value from IT investments. Wipro will focus on streamlining new and existing installations of SAP Business Suite aimed at helping customers not only manage but thrive in the current economic environment.

"Prevailing tough economic environment requires businesses to reduce IT costs while making business ready for future growth,” Said Sangita Singh, senior vice president, Wipro. “SAP Business Suite 7 helps businesses align their investments to immediate business value through a fully integrated and flexible application platform. Wipro has in the past been involved in the co-development with SAP on key components of Business Suite 7. This partnership is in continuation of our strategy of co-innovation with SAP.”

“At SAP, our partners play a vital role in creating a thriving ecosystem aimed at customer success,” said Zia Yusuf, executive vice president of the Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP. “We look forward to working with Wipro as a launch partner, helping customers gain a competitive advantage through the use of the new SAP Business Suite. Together we can deliver to customers’ business process excellence at affordable costs.”

SAP’s partner ecosystem is a core component of its go-to-market strategy for the new SAP Business Suite. As a launch partner, Wipro will provide consulting resources, support co-marketing activities, and participate in product ramp-up activities. The company plans to train and certify business consultants in the new software to provide a high standard of support to help optimizing business processes and provide strategic consultation to customers.

About SAP Business Suite 7

SAP Business Suite 7 enables enterprises to flexibly execute and optimize their business and IT strategies. SAP Business Suite gives organizations the unique ability to perform their essential business processes with modular software that is designed to work with other SAP and non-SAP software. Organizations and departments in all sectors can deploy SAP Business Suite software in a stepwise manner to address specific business challenges on their own timelines and without costly upgrades.

Developed closely with customers and partners, the new suite introduces targeted, industry-rich value scenarios that bring together standardized, pre-configured business processes that can be quickly deployed as customers need them. The modularity of the new suite is further supported by SAP enhancement packages, which significantly reduce total cost of ownership and allow customers to select and activate software innovation on their own timeline.

About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development, and maintenance services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.

Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.

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