‘Warranty Management & Analytics’ solution - helps manufacturers reduce fraudulent warranty claims

Bangalore, India - September 3, 2010: 

Wipro Technologies the global Consulting, System Integration and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced an initiative with Oracle to jointly deliver a Warranty Management and Analytics solution for the Industrial Manufacturing, Automotive and High Tech industries.

This combined solution will leverage Wipro’s deep industry expertise and Oracle’s Siebel CRM applications to help streamline the warranty management process across OEMs and their suppliers, dealer service providers, and contract manufacturers to help reduce warranty expenses and fraudulent claims.

“Around 4 percent of warranty claims are fraudulent, making it one of the biggest challenges that the industry is facing today,” said John Barcus, Vice President, Manufacturing Industry Business Unit, Oracle. “We believe there is an immense opportunity to reduce these losses and an effective product warranty management solution is pivotal in helping reduce fraud-related losses. Wipro’s strong domain expertise in the Manufacturing, High Tech and Automobile industries and experience in development and deployment of Siebel CRM applications makes it a powerful partner for this solution.”

“Wipro is excited to work with Oracle in developing the Warranty Management solution to help our customers manage their claims more efficiently and accurately,” said N. S. Bala, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Industry SBU, Wipro Technologies. “We believe that a streamlined warranty process and analytics will allow customers to better predict their warranty exposure and better manage their warranty reserves. The solution will be hosted for demonstration at Wipro’s state-of-the-art Oracle Lab, OZONE allowing our clients to see the solution before their own infrastructure is up and running.”

Wipro is a leading Oracle services provider, rated by independent industry analysts as a leader in Oracle services, Wipro provides services from rack to stack across Oracle product suite. 

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 strong 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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Wipro at Oracle OpenWorld

Oracle OpenWorld conference attendees are invited to attend a presentation to be given by N. S. Bala, Senior Vice President- Manufacturing Industry SBU, Wipro Technologies, titled “Manufacturing 2010: On the road to recovery” with John Barcus,Vice President,Oracle Manufacturing Industry Business Unit  September 20, 2010 - Monday, from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM in InterContinental Hotel, InterContinental Ballroom A 
Attendees of Oracle OpenWorld 2010 are also invited to visit Wipro Technologies in booth 1621, where they’ll be exhibiting during the show

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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