Wipro Technologies.
Type	Public (NYSE: WIT)
Founded	1945 (Pre Independence)
Headquarters	Bangalore
Key people	Azim Hashim Premji, Chairman and Managing Director
Industry	Information technology services
Revenue	▲$5. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Azim Premji ( Gujarati:અઝીમ પ્રેમજી (born July 24, 1945) an Indian businessman is the Chairman & CEO For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 0 billion (2008) USD
Net income	▲$677 million (2007) USD
Employees	79,832+ (2007)
Website	www.wipro.com

Wipro Tech (NYSE: WIT) is an information technology service company established in India in 1980. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) It is the global IT services arm of Wipro Limited (in operation since 1945, incorporated 1946). Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is headquartered in Bangalore and is the third largest IT services company in India. Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has more than 79,832 employees as of December 2007, including its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm which it acquired in 2002. The Business process outsourcing industry in India refers to the Services Outsourcing Industry in India, catering mainly to Western operations of MNCs ^[1]

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With revenue in the excess of US $5 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. The current Chairman, Managing Director and majority stake owner is Azim Premji, who has headed the software and hardware divisions since Wipro's inception. Managing director is the term used for the Chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English Azim Premji ( Gujarati:અઝીમ પ્રેમજી (born July 24, 1945) an Indian businessman is the Chairman & CEO

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.

History

Development Centre in Bangalore, India

Wipro was set up in 1945. Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Primarily an edible oil factory, the chief products were Sunflower Vanaspati and 787 laundry soap (a by-product of the Vanaspati operations). An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Vanaspati ( Devanagari: वनस्पति is the Sanskrit word that now refers to the entire Plant kingdom. SOAP (see below for name and origins is a protocol for exchanging XML -based messages over Computer networks normally using The company was called Western India Vegetable Products Limited; it had a minor presence in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) ( Hindī: मध्य प्रदेश pronounced, Translation: Middle Province) often ^[2][3] In the 1970s and 1980s, it began to expand and made forays into computing. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. In 1975, Wipro marketed India's first homegrown PC. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Wipro was the sole representative for Sun Microsystems in India, before the Sun liaison office was set up in India, in the early 1990s. Sun Microsystems Inc ( is a multinational vendor of Computers computer components Computer software, and Information technology services

Wipro is the highest-ranked Indian IT provider by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.

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. Thomas Lauren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist columnist and author The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century is an international bestselling book by Thomas L Bangalore Tiger How Indian Tech Upstart Wipro Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Competition is a book published in 2006 by McGraw-Hill Companies Inc New York and Wipro's offshore model is considered 'unique among the larger players in the security consulting space' according to an independent report by Forrester Research

Financials

Wipro’s Total IT Business crosses $4 billion in Financial Year 2007-2008

Wipro posted a net profit of Rs. Offshore may refer to oil and Natural gas production at sea see Oil platform. Forrester Research is an independent technology and Market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers 7. 3 billion and growth of 17% in the Q1 2007-08. Staff strength crossed 73,000.

Time line

• 1945: Western India Vegetable Products Limited is created
• 1947: An oil mill and hydrogenated cooking medium plant set up in Amalner, Maharashtra. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Amalner is a city and a Municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra
• 1966: Azim Premji takes over leadership of Wipro at age 21
• 1975: Wipro Fluid Power is set up to manufacture hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders
• 1977: Company is renamed to Wipro Products Limited
• 1980: Information technology services for domestic market started
• 1981: Hardware company is launched
• 1982: Company is renamed to Wipro Limited
• 1984: Software products subsidiary Wipro Systems Ltd. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the mechanical technology see Hydraulic machinery and Hydraulic cylinder Hydraulics is a topic of science and Engineering Pneumatics, Pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion Pneumatic power is used in Industry, where it is common to have factory units plumbed for Compressed Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) is established
• 1985: Toilet soaps manufacture begins
• 1988: Wipro BioMed is launched. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) It is a new business unit to market and service bio-analytical and diagnostic instruments
• 1989: Joint venture with GE for medical systems, Wipro GE Medical Systems Ltd
• 1990: Product software business discontinued; software services begin
• 1992: Lighting business and finance arm is established
• 1994: Merger of subsidiaries Wipro Technologies Ltd. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) and Wipro Systems Ltd. with Wipro Ltd.
• 1995: Received ISO 9001 quality certification
• 1997: Received CMM level 3 certification from the Software Engineering Institute of India
• 1998: Wipro identity is relaunched with rainbow flower and positioning statement, "Applying Thought"
• 1998: Certified at CMMi level 5
• 1999: Brand makeover, with sunflower logo and the tag line "Applying Thought"
• 1999: Wipro Net is set up by restructuring Wipro Ltd. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 ISO 9000 is a family of standards for Quality management systems ISO 9000 is maintained by ISO the International Organization for Standardization and is Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Capability Maturity Model Integration ( CMMI) is a Process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 's communication services business to address the Internet market
• 2000: Wipro Ltd. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 's American depositary receipts are listed on New York Stock Exchange
• 2000: Six Sigma initiative begun
• 2001: Wipro receives a $70 million SI order, the largest ever till overtaken by TCS
• 2001: Awarded the PCMM level 5 certification
• 2001: Business Today rated it as India's most valuable company
• 2001: BusinessWeek ranked it among the top 100 best performing technology companies globally
• 2002: Acquires Raman Roy's Spectramind for US$ 175 million to get into BPO industry
• 2002: BusinessWeek ranked it among the top 10 software services companies
• 2004: Becomes 4th largest company in the world in terms of market capitalization in IT services
• 2005: Becomes a $2 billion company
• 2006: Acquires Newlogic Technologies, Austria, a major semiconductor IP design provider in wireless and bluetooth domains
• 2006: Post acquisition of Newlogic, it becomes the world's largest third-party R&D service provider. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Six Sigma is a Business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, that today enjoys wide-spread application in many sectors of industry Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. People Capability Maturity Model (short namesPCMMP-CMM is a maturity framework that focuses on continuously improving the management and development of the human assets of an organization Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Raman Roy is one of the pioneers of the Business Process Outsourcing industry in India Business process outsourcing ( BPO) contains the transmission of processes along with the associated operational activities and responsibilities to a third party with at least See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The phrase research and development (also R and D or more often R&D) according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers
• 2006: Acquires Saraware, a wireless R&D service provider from Finland
• 2006: Acquires Quantech, a mechanical engineering design provider
• 2006: Acquires Enabler, a leading retail solutions provider from Portugal
• 2006: Joint venture company WMNetServ with Motorola
• 2006: Net profit for July, August and September rises 48% to $152m (£81m)
• 2007: Revenues reach $3. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Motorola Inc ( is an American, multinational Fortune 100, Telecommunications company based in Schaumburg Illinois. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 5billion^[4]
• 2007: Becomes SOX Compliant. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
• 2007: Wipro-Biomed Division sold to Ranbaxy Fine Chemicals [1]
• 2007: Wipro opens new development center in Monterrey, Mexico

• 2007: Acquires U S based Infocrossing
• 2008: Acquires Aquatech Industries Pvt. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This article is about the Mexican city for other uses see Monterrey (disambiguation. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Ltd. and its sister concerns.

References

External links

• Official website
• Wipro Corporate Official Site
• Wipro Infotech Official Site
• Wipro Businesses
• Wipro company overview - Reuters
• Wipro Limited financial overview at Google Finance
• Wipro company profile at Businessweek