Wipro Cited as a Leader in Business Intelligence Services by Independent Research Firm

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it was named a “Leader” by technology global research and advisory firm Forrester Research Inc. in its report “The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence (BI) Services Providers, Q4 2012”.

Forrester Research Inc. evaluated leading BI Services providers across 53 criteria relating to current offering, strategy, and market presence based on interviews with clients. The report said that Wipro is closing the gap with multinational companies investing substantially in dedicated local market consulting resources, coupled with significant amounts of industry-specific productized IP and platform BI solutions; giving clients a good mix of process consulting skills backed by leading technology.

The report also stated “Wipro has also created numerous industry-specific solutions, such as marketing mix modeling, a ”know your store“ solution for retail, claims analytics for insurance, and a B2B MDM solution for hi-tech.”

Elaborating on Wipro’s vision and focus for BI Services, K.R.Sanjiv, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Analytics and Information Management, Wipro Technologies said, “We believe that this recognition from Forrester reflects our continuing success in complex BI engagements providing high business impact to customers. We continue to enable differentiation at the front and standardization at the core of the customer’s business, through our integrated BI offerings to drive efficiencies and enable accelerated value realization and innovation - leveraging industry solutions and emerging technologies.”

Wipro offers end-to-end BI Services – comprising of Analytics, Business Intelligence and Performance Management, and Information Management services globally. Wipro has made significant investments in process and consulting assets for key industry processes such as Customer Life Cycle Management, Financial Process Transformation, Risk and Compliance and Supply Chain.

About Wipro Technologies
Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company, that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of “Business through Technology” – helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner’s approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro Technologies has 135,000 employees and clients across 54 countries. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.


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