EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. and
BANGALORE, India, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Wipro Limited
(NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information
technology, consulting and business process services company, today
announced that it has been named "Global Breakthrough Partner of
the Year" by Pivotal Software, Inc. (NYSE: PVTL), a leading
cloud-native platform provider, at Pivotal's annual SpringOne
Platform conference in Austin,
Texas.
Wipro's strong investment and growth in its Pivotal practice
over the past year made it stand out to receive the "Global
Breakthrough Partner of the Year" award. Wipro's Pivotal practice
was also one of the fastest growth areas for the company over the
past 12 months, with proven success in jointly serving Fortune 500
clients across the banking, financial services, manufacturing,
automotive, telecom, healthcare, and utility industries. Strong
cultural alignment between Wipro and Pivotal—and their joint
emphasis on new ways of working—have also provided a strong
foundation for future success.
"I'm delighted to announce that Wipro has received the Global
Breakthrough Systems Integrator Partner of the Year award," said
Nick Cayou, Vice President of
Global Ecosystem, Pivotal Software. "The Breakthrough Systems
Integrator Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners whose
emerging practice around Pivotal's offerings has grown
substantially and become strategically important."
Wipro launched the Pivotal Center of Excellence at Wipro's
Dallas office in June this year as
a co-creation lab for both Wipro and Pivotal to build new solutions
with joint customers and demonstrate examples of digital
transformation outcomes they have achieved with clients. By
March 2020, Wipro will have over
2,000 knowledge workers trained to build and support Pivotal
solutions.
Rahul Shah, Vice President and
Global Head of Solution Design and Partnerships, Wipro Digital,
Wipro Limited, said, "Wipro's investment in Wipro Digital,
particularly in the areas of New Ways of Working and
high-performance software engineering, make us a highly effective
partner to Pivotal and have resulted in significant growth and
success for customers."
About Pivotal Software, Inc.
Pivotal combines our
cloud-native platform, developer tools, and unique methodology to
help the world's largest companies transform the way they build and
run their most important software applications. Our technology is
used by Global 2000 companies to achieve strategic advantages in
software development and IT operations. Learn more at
pivotal.io.
About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE:
507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading global information technology,
consulting and business process services company. We harness the
power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud,
analytics and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to
the digital world and make them successful. A company recognized
globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong
commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we
have over 175,000 dedicated employees serving clients across six
continents. Together, we discover ideas and connect the dots to
build a better and a bold new future.
Wipro Media Contact:
Purnima
Burman
Wipro Limited
purnima.burman@wipro.com
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statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects
are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks,
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks
and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not
limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our
earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage
growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain
our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain
highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on
fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration,
restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our
international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability
to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the
companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of
fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal
restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside
India, unauthorized use of our
intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting
our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our
future operating results are more fully described in our filings
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These
filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time,
make additional written and oral forward-looking statements,
including statements contained in the company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders.
We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that
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