BWI: Wipro Launches Productized Services for Customers in Oil and Gas, Process and Utilities Industries

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Monday, May 17, 2010 08:45 PM IST (03:15 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Economy; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies, Information technology; Technology
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Wipro Launches Productized Services for Customers in Oil and Gas, Process and Utilities Industries
Pre-Packaged, Industry-Specific Productized Services to help Speed Implementations of SAP® Solutions, Leading to Reduced Time to Value and TCO

Orlando, Florida, United States, Monday, May 17, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), announced that it has launched two productized services in support of implementations of SAP® applications. These productized services are pre-packaged, best-practices-based, fixed-scope and fixed- price services aimed at helping customers implement SAP applications more quickly, leading to reduced time to value and total cost of ownership (TCO). The services launched include an enterprise information management (EIM) service for customers in the oil & gas and process industries and a customer care and billing service for customers in the utilities industry.

These productized services are scheduled to be available initially in the United States and the U.K. Wipro, an SAP services partner, will showcase its newly launched services at the SAPPHIRE® NOW conference, being held through May 19 at the Orange County Convention Center.

Wipro's EIM productized service allows consolidation, matching and merging for the purpose of unifying master data and analyzing global spending, products and customer footprints. It offers better data visibility, resulting in improved decision making. It also makes it easier to ensure that multiple compliance requirements are met through data standardization. The EIM service leverages the SAP NetWeaver® Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) component and SAP BusinessObjectsT Data Quality Management software.

Wipro's customer care and billing service, called SmartUtil, is a template-based, pre-configured service for gas and electricity clients. SmartUtil integrates with the SAP for Utilities solution portfolio and the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application, helping adoption of industry best practices.

"These services highlight our commitment to helping our customers succeed," said Anand Padmanabhan, Senior Vice President and Global Head- Energy and Utilities SBU, Wipro Technologies. "Wipro has been at the forefront of innovation and has made significant investments in developing productized services that help improve productivity, lower costs and speed-up time to market."

"These new productized services from Wipro complement our services portfolio strategy to help strengthen the SAP ecosystem and demonstrate co-innovation between SAP and a key partner in our ecosystem that benefits our customers," said Mark From-Poulsen, executive vice president and head of SAP Services EMEA and GTM for SAP Services Global, SAP AG. "The use of these services will enable our customers to improve efficiencies, thus accelerating delivery of innovative products to market while lowering total cost of ownership."

Attendees of SAPPHIRE NOW are also invited to visit Wipro Technologies in booth 2701, where they'll be exhibiting during the show

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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 management, and datacenter managed 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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Media Contacts:

Wipro Technologies

India:

Radhika Mahadevan
Wipro Technologies
+91- 9945042603
radhika.mahadevan@wipro.com

Mangala Koti Singhal
Gutenberg Communications
+91 9686446789
mangala@gutenbergpr.com

US:

Eric Belove
Wipro Technologies
+ 1 (732).216.6242
eric.belove@wipro.com

Lavanya DJ
Gutenberg Communications
+ 212).239.8740
lavanya@gutenbergpr.com

UK:
Rahul Kadavakolu
Wipro Technologies
+44 792 020 5496
rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

Shalini Siromani
Gutenberg Communications
+44.79.6066.3200
shalini@gutenbergpr.com



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