Wipro bags three state data centre projects & Wipro wins key project from finance ministry

News Posted - 2010-05-28

Wipro Infotech, the IT arm of Wipro, today said it has bagged three projects from the governments of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Gujarat for setting up data centres.

"The three prestigious wins is an endorsement of Wipro's leadership position in the domestic IT space based on strong technology expertise, process excellence and superior execution capabilities. With this, Wipro is well-positioned to win other state data centre (SDC) projects as well," Wipro said in a statement.

Financial details of the deal were, however, not disclosed.

The Maharashtra project entails commissioning and managing a State Data Center spread across about 3,000 sq feet for a period of five years, while the West Bengal project is for designing, building and management of the data center (IT and non-IT components) for five years.

The Gujarat project is for upgradation and commissioning of the Gujarat SDC, which will also act as a disaster Recovery site for four other mini data centers already present in the state. These centres providing online services to urban and rural citizens like for payment of taxes or simply filing a complaint.

"The government is focusing its energies in improving the delivery of services to citizens, transparently managing and reporting on public expenditure and improving the effectiveness of interactions within various government entities," Ranbir Singh, head of the government vertical of Wipro said.

The projects assume significance with SDCs emerging as one of the key elements of the core infrastructure required for the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).

Once integrated with other infrastructure projects like State Wide Area Network (SWAN) and Common Service Centers (CSC), these data centres would form the framework for roll out of various eGovernment services for citizens and the government. Source: BS 13/5/10

Wipro wins key project from finance ministry

Wipro Infotech, the India and West Asian IT business of the $5-billion Wipro Ltd, has won a turnkey project from the Financial Intelligence Unit - India (FIU-IND) of the Union Ministry of Finance. A Wipro Infotech statement said here on Monday that the company will implement the FINnet (Financial Intelligence Network) project for FIU-IND.

The company did not disclose the project value or duration. With this project, the government intends to use technology for bringing efficiency into analysis of data. The project’s scope of services includes, development of a portal, datawarehousing, deduplication, analytical application and ERP implementation at the data centre, besides a disaster recovery site.

The FINnet project is expected to significantly enhance FIU-IND’s capabilities to collect financial information from various reporting entities, analyse it and disseminate actionable information to various law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The project is scheduled for completion in 24 months in different phases with a further service period of 36 months, Wipro Infotech said.

Wipro Infotech’s government vertical head Ranbir Singh said that Project FINnet would help enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the FIU-IND’s core functions of collection, analysis and dissemination of financial information. “IT enablement of key processes will ensure substantially higher productivity, faster turnaround times and effective monitoring in all areas of FIU-IND’s work. We are confident this implementation will bring in more effective governance from both the economic and security point of view,” Singh said.

Bangalore-headquartered Wipro Infotech provides IT products, software services and consulting services to customers in India and West Asia. It has a network of 22 offices and 170 service locations in India, besides regional offices across West Asia. Source: BS 10/3/10

Wipro Infotech wins turnkey project

Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, announced that it has won a turnkey project from the Financial Intelligence Unit - India (FIU-IND), Ministry of Finance, Union Government.

As part of the project, Wipro would implement FINnet (Financial Intelligence Network) for FIU-IND, the company said in a statement.

The scope of services includes development of Portal, Datawarehousing, Deduplication, Analytical Application and ERP implementation at the Data Centre and Disaster Recovery site.

The project is scheduled to be completed in 24 months in different phases with a further service period of 36 months.

"Project FINnet would greatly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness in the FIU-IND’s core function of collection, analysis and dissemination of financial information," it said.

"IT enablement of key processes would ensure substantially higher productivity, faster turn-around-time and effective monitoring in all areas of FIU-IND’s work. The project assumes significance in the light of growing economic crimes within the country and the government’s efforts to arrest it."

"With this project, the government intends to use technology for bringing efficiency into analysis of data," it added. Source: BS 8/3/10

Sybase, Wipro to power SAP apps on mobiles

Sybase Software (India), the Indian subsidiary of Sybase Inc -- an industry leader in enterprise and mobile software -- and Wipro Infotech today said both the companies have entered into a partnership to extend SAP applications to a variety of mobile devices.

"With these solutions, SAP customers will be able to securely access their business-critical enterprise applications while on the move," a joint statement issued by the companies said.

Wipro Infotech is Wipro's arm for providing IT and business transformation services in India and the Middle East.

Sybase and SAP are jointly delivering co-developed solutions for extending SAP CRM and SAP Business Suite to mobile devices.

SAP customers would now be able to leverage Wipro’s SAP implementation skills to customise Sybase Mobile Solutions for SAP, in addition to developing custom mobile applications for other SAP modules such as SRM SCM, PLM, that would be directed towards areas like mobile services and sales, time and travel approvals, workflows, warehouse and asset management.

"Wipro’s solutions will be based on Sybase Unwired Platform, a mobile enterprise application platform that provides systems integrators, independent software vendors, and enterprise developers with the ability to easily develop, deploy and manage mobile applications," it said.

Source: BS 2/3/10