On-demand sourcing solutions to help clients increase procurement efficiency and lower costs

Bangalore, December 15, 2009: IT major Wipro (NYSE: WIT), today announced that it has partnered with Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, to help companies across India accelerate their spend management initiatives and the results that they deliver. Under the terms of a newly formed alliance, Wipro will leverage Ariba’s on-demand sourcing solutions to help its clients drive procurement process efficiencies and savings that positively impact their bottom line.

“The economic crisis has taught us lot of things, the most common of them being that companies must procure goods and services for less,” said Ramakrishnan R, Vice President and Global Practice Head, Wipro Consulting Services. “By joining forces with Ariba, we can help companies mature their procurement processes in ways that create superior financial impact for their organizations.”

Wipro will leverage Ariba® Sourcing On Demand™ to expand on the strategic cost containment services that it provides to clients and deliver sourcing services through which companies can effectively lower their costs on a wide range of goods and services.

A flexible, hosted solution that can be quickly and easily deployed, Ariba Sourcing On-Demand combines the technology, expertise and services needed to create effective markets for direct materials and indirect goods and services, with best practices that companies can implement to improve operational efficiency..

“With Ariba’s best-in-class sourcing technology and Wipro’s services expertise in sourcing and procurement management, we can deliver a unique total solution that enables companies of all sizes across industries to drive fast and sustainable results across the sourcing lifecycle,” said Ramanath L, Vice President and Business Head – India & Middle East, Wipro Consulting Services.

“The global economy may be showing signs of improvement, but cost reduction is still a top priority for companies around the world,” said Ravindra Sharma, Group Director and General Manager, Ariba India & Middle East. “Through our alliance with Wipro, we can provide companies across India with the technology, expertise and services they need to lower their costs, improve their profits and position themselves to compete strongly when market conditions improve."

About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand spend management solutions. Our mission is to transform the way companies of all sizes, across all industries, and geographies operate by delivering technology, service, and network solutions that enable them to holistically source, contract, procure, pay, manage, and analyze their spend and supplier relationships. Delivered on demand, our enterprise-class offerings empower companies to achieve greater control of their spend and drive continuous improvements in financial and supply chain performance. More than 1,000 companies, including more than half of the companies on the Fortune 100, use Ariba solutions to manage their spend from sourcing and orders through invoicing and payment. For more information, visit www.ariba.com

About Wipro Infotech
Wipro Infotech, a division of the US$5 billion Wipro Limited, provides enterprise customers with high value Information Technology Products, Software Services, Solutions and Consulting Services in India and the Middle East. Headquartered at Bangalore, Wipro Infotech serves customers in India through a network of 22 offices and 170 service locations across the country. It also has regional offices across the Middle East serving the region.

About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, IT enabled services, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company 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. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. Wipro’s ADSs 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.
For more information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com ,and www.wipro.in

Wipro’s forward looking and cautionary statements
Forward-looking and cautionary statements Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects and our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions are forward looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding our ability to integrate and manage acquired IT professionals, our ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely manner, fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Wipro has made strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Wipro may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. Wipro does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.


For further information, please contact:

Wipro Infotech Agency Contact Purnima Burman K2 Communications Pvt Ltd Mobile: +91-9900512025 Email: purnima.burman@wipro.com

Wipro Contact Sandhya Shama Rao Mobile : +91-9741100879 Email: sandhya.shama@wipro.com

Ariba Contact
Karen Master
Ariba, Inc.
+1 412-297-8177
kmaster@ariba.com