Wipro Awarded SAP® Pinnacle Award for thought-leadership around enterprise SOA

Global Partner Award Recognizes SAP Partners that Made Exemplary Contributions to the SAP’s Ecosystem

Bangalore, India, 20th May 2008- Wipro Technologies the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) today announced that they have been awarded an SAP® Pinnacle Award in the area of thought leadership around enterprise SOA and mid-market leadership in APAC geographies. SAP Pinnacle Awards were granted to leading SAP partners that have excelled in enhancing the customer experience by teaming with SAP to help customers address critical issues such as accelerating innovation and improving return on investment.

Winners were selected based on nominations received from partners and SAP employees. “SAP is committed to extending the customer experience by orchestrating a unique ecosystem to foster co-innovation between SAP, customers, and partners” said Zia Yusuf, executive vice president, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP. “This year’s Pinnacle award recipients have demonstrated industry-focused excellence, innovative solutions and reliable services that address high priority business needs and deliver exceptional customer value. We thank Wipro for their dedication and passion to teaming with SAP to help redefine the customer experience.”

Wipro has been actively engaged with SAP’s platform and has conducted more than 100 customer workshops with its clients helping them in refining their enterprise SOA (eSOA) roadmaps. Wipro is also involved in developing the SAP ecosystem through its participation in SAP communities such as the SAP Enterprise Services Community, the SAP Developer Network (SDN), the Business Process Experts (BPX) Community and Industry Value Networks.

“This award is testimony to Wipro’s commitment towards co-innovation with SAP and clients through Business Networks , together we are building industry solutions, process-based enterprise services and enterprise SOA artifacts that help our customers drive innovation on a stable core.” said Sangita Singh, Senior Vice President EAS, Wipro Technologies. “Wipro will continue to stay focused on building industry process-based components to help customer’s reap the benefits of enterprise SOA on the SAP NetWeaver Platform.”

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 development, and maintenance 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. For more information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com and www.wiprocorporate.com.

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