Mr. Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice President, Head India and Middle East,
Wipro Infotech said, “As an end-to end IT service provider, we have been
providing information security solutions to government and enterprises. Now,
we are looking at improving Physical Security aspects for Government,
Defense, SEZs, campuses, enterprises, hospitality sector and other sensitive
installations.
Our partnership with GE Security will strengthen our
offerings in the physical security space, which is the need of the hour.” GE
Security has designed and developed security, safety and lifestyle
enhancement products for intrusion and fire detection, access and building
control and video surveillance. GE and Wipro will expand their already
strong relationship in the region. GE Security will work with Wipro’s
dedicated pre-sales team and front-end solutions from a go-to-market
perspective in India. GE Security will also provide training and relevant
case-studies for GE’s security products and solutions to Wipro’s sales and
pre-sales staff.
Mr. Mohamed Butt, President GE Security, Asia said, “We are
pleased with this relationship with Wipro as it brings together one of the
leading system integrators in the world and a premier security company
offering innovative technology solutions to help protect people, assets and
communities. We are excited about the opportunity to work with Wipro and
expand our security offerings in the Indian market.” - END-
About GE's Security Business
GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE: GE), is a
leading supplier of security and life safety technologies, with operations
in more than 35 countries. GE Security offers one of the industry's broadest
product portfolios, including access control, explosives and narcotics
detection, fire detection, intrusion, key management and video surveillance.
GE Security's products are used to protect people and property across a wide
range of industries, including aviation, banking and finance, education,
government and military, healthcare, law enforcement, residential, retail,
stadiums and event venues, and transportation.
For more information about GE Security, please visit
www.gesecurity.com . GE Security,
making the world safer.
About GE Enterprise Solutions
GE Enterprise Solutions delivers high-impact, integrated solutions that
improve customers’ productivity and profitability. Enterprise Solutions
helps customers compete and win in a changing global environment by
combining the power of GE’s intelligent technologies with its multi-industry
expertise. Enterprise Solutions is comprised of high-tech, high-growth
businesses including Security, Sensing & Inspection, GE Fanuc Intelligent
Platforms, and Digital Energy. It has 17,000 customer-focused associates in
more than 35 countries.
About Wipro Infotech
Wipro Infotech, a division of the US$5 billion Wipro Limited, provides
enterprise customers with high value Information Technology Products,
Software Services, Solutions and Consulting Services in India and the Middle
East. Headquartered at Bangalore, Wipro Infotech serves customers in India
through a network of 22 offices and 170 service locations across the
country. It also has regional offices across the Middle East serving the
region.
About Wipro Ltd
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) provides comprehensive IT solutions and
services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, IT
enabled services, package implementation, software application development
and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations
globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5
certified IT Services Company 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. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides
IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro also has profitable
presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. Wipro’s
ADSs 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 ,
www.wiprocorporate.com , and
www.wipro.in
Agency Contact for Wipro Infotech: Shiv Shankar Devraaj / Purnima Burman
K2 Communications Pvt Ltd. Tel: 23337344/9900512025 Website:
www.k2communications.in
For more information, contact: Michelle May GE
Enterprise Solutions/GE Security +1-989-835-3563
michelle.may@ge.com
Wipro’s forward looking and cautionary statements
Forward-looking and cautionary statements Certain statements in this
release concerning our future growth prospects and our ability to
successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions 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 our
ability to integrate and manage acquired IT professionals, our ability to
integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely manner,
fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition
in IT services including those factors which may affect 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, liability for
damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which
Wipro has made strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental
incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or
acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual
property and general economic conditions affecting our 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 . Wipro 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. Wipro does not
undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time
to time by or on behalf of the company.