December 31st, 2018
The social networking giant Facebook has accelerated its reach to Indian IT services firms including HCL Technologies, Wipro and Tech Mahindra for the purpose of content moderation, anti-money laundering and data analytics as it faces increased global pressure and scrutiny to curb rumours as well as fraud on the...
December 12th, 2018
The software services firm Wipro has opened an automotive innovation centre in Detroit, Michigan to tap the automotive community and allied industry.
The company is based in Bengaluru and stated that the state-of-the-art technology hub would deepenWipro’s relationship with Detroit’s automotive community, develop...
November 29th, 2018Wipro chairman Azim Premji has been honoured with the highest French civilian distinction known as the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour).
He has been bestowed this honour for his contribution towards the information technology industry. Premji received the award from Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of...
November 6th, 2018Bengaluru-based IT company Wipro has collaborated with an Israeli company called Check Point with an objective to strengthen the delivery of cybersecurity and threat prevention solutions for customers that are investing in cloud infrastructure.
With this partnership, Wipro would deliver Check Point’s advanced and dynamic cloud...
October 26th, 2018Wipro has increased fresher salaries to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum, from about 3.2 lakh. Salaries of campus recruits had remained stagnant for many years across the industry.
“We are also introducing a coding test to improve the quality of hires. We are looking to roll out a broad-based national talent test to expand the reach of our...
September 1st, 2018The IT services corporation Wipro has announced that its senior vice-president and global head of the healthcare business Jeffrey Heenan-Jalil has stepped down after working for a decade with the company.
This resignation marked the second top-level exit in the healthcare division in less than three years. When Jalil joined...
July 28th, 2018HCL Technologies Ltd excels Wipro Ltd to become India’s third-biggest software services provider in the three months to 30 June, marking the first change in the pecking order of the country’s $167 billion IT outsourcing industry in six years.
The revenue of Noida-based HCL Technologies rose 0.8% to $2.06 billion in the quarter...
July 23rd, 2018One of the leading information technology (IT) companies Wipro has reportedly won an outsourcing contract worth $1 billion from Alight Solutions.
Bengaluru-based Wipro purchased Alight Solutions’ IT business for $117 million on Friday, and is in the advanced stages of negotiating the agreement that will possibly expand over seven...
June 25th, 2018Wipro chief executive Abidali Z Neemuchwala saw his pay package growing over 34 per cent to Rs 182.3 million (Rs 18.23 crore) during FY2017-18 compared to the previous financial year, as per the company's annual report.
According to the report, Neemuchwala who was paid in US dollars received an equivalent of Rs 62.9 million (Rs 6.29...
June 8th, 2018India’s second-richest businessman Azim Premji’s youngest son Tariq Premji has reportedly been appointed as the non-executive director of the board of Wipro Enterprises Limited. Azim Premji who is the Chairman of Wipro Enterprises did not want his sons to take over his business.
In this regard, Premji expressed, "We have many more...
March 12th, 2018Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund credited in the change of Cognizant’s business model two years ago, recently bought a tiny stake in Wipro, the Information Technology Services Corporation. This investment further highlights the 34-billion hedge fund company’s interest in Indian IT companies as it presently owns two...
