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Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Partners With Wipro Technologies
SYDNEY, September 11, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Global IT Major Comes On Board As The Technology Partner
The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Australia's most spectacular
running festival today announced the association with Wipro Technologies,
the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) as a Major Partner and Official Technology
Partner. The Blackmores Sydney running festival will leverage Wipro's
consulting and technology expertise as part of the event. In addition, Wipro
Technologies will also present 'The Wipro Team Challenge'. The Wipro Team
challenge is an exciting new addition to the Blackmores Sydney Running
Festival that not just tests one's endurance but also team spirit.
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival is Australia's most spectacular
running festival taking participants over the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge
and finishing at the Sydney Opera House. The event, which is the only
remaining participant legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, is a NSW
Government Hallmark event and delivers over $12 m to local businesses and
brings over 5,500 people to Sydney from interstate and overseas. The event
will help raise more than $2.5 million for charities in 2011.
Wayne Larden, Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Event Director, said,
"I am delighted to welcome Wipro technologies as a major partner of the
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival. We strongly believe that their support
and expertise in the technology arena will help us to further heighten the
race day experience for participants, over the course of their involvement."
Rajan Kohli, Chief Marketing Officer, IT Business, Wipro Ltd., said,
"Wipro recently celebrated a decade of operations and stellar growth in the
ANZ region. We remain deeply committed to the region and will continue to
engage with the local community here. There cannot be a better platform than
the Sydney Running Festival for us to partner with - not only is it a
landmark event but its DNA of superior performance, high energy, endurance
and sustainability, resonates well with our brand values. The event also
echoes Wipro's ethos of giving back to the community where we do business.
We are excited about this partnership and would like to wish all the runners
good luck."
Wipro Technologies established a presence in the ANZ region in 2001, and
has since built strategic, long term partnerships with marquee companies in
the region and has over 2200 employees working for this region, from
delivery centers in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, as well as from India.
Note to editors:
Want to stay up to date with what's happening with the Blackmores Sydney
Running festival?
Official Site: http://www.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au
Training Site: http://www.blackmores.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au
[http://www.blackmores.com.au ]
http://www.twitter.com/bsrf11
http://www.facebook.com/officialbsrf
About Wipro Technologies
Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT)
is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company,
that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro
Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry
experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping
clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized
globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's
approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to
sustainability, Wipro Technologies has 120,000 employees and clients across
54 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.wipro.com
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain 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
http://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 may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
Further media information contact:
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival,
Zannie Abbott, Media Opps +61(0)418-274-291
Nicole Browne, Media Opps +61(0)2-9954-7677 or +61(0)414-673-762
Wipro Technologies
Dirk Lewis
+91-7760983976
dirk.lewis@wipro.com
Source: Wipro Technologies
.
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Partners With Wipro Technologies
SYDNEY, September 11, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Global IT Major Comes On Board As The Technology Partner
The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Australia's most spectacular
running festival today announced the association with Wipro Technologies,
the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) as a Major Partner and Official Technology
Partner. The Blackmores Sydney running festival will leverage Wipro's
consulting and technology expertise as part of the event. In addition, Wipro
Technologies will also present 'The Wipro Team Challenge'. The Wipro Team
challenge is an exciting new addition to the Blackmores Sydney Running
Festival that not just tests one's endurance but also team spirit.
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival is Australia's most spectacular
running festival taking participants over the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge
and finishing at the Sydney Opera House. The event, which is the only
remaining participant legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, is a NSW
Government Hallmark event and delivers over $12 m to local businesses and
brings over 5,500 people to Sydney from interstate and overseas. The event
will help raise more than $2.5 million for charities in 2011.
Wayne Larden, Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Event Director, said,
"I am delighted to welcome Wipro technologies as a major partner of the
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival. We strongly believe that their support
and expertise in the technology arena will help us to further heighten the
race day experience for participants, over the course of their involvement."
Rajan Kohli, Chief Marketing Officer, IT Business, Wipro Ltd., said,
"Wipro recently celebrated a decade of operations and stellar growth in the
ANZ region. We remain deeply committed to the region and will continue to
engage with the local community here. There cannot be a better platform than
the Sydney Running Festival for us to partner with - not only is it a
landmark event but its DNA of superior performance, high energy, endurance
and sustainability, resonates well with our brand values. The event also
echoes Wipro's ethos of giving back to the community where we do business.
We are excited about this partnership and would like to wish all the runners
good luck."
Wipro Technologies established a presence in the ANZ region in 2001, and
has since built strategic, long term partnerships with marquee companies in
the region and has over 2200 employees working for this region, from
delivery centers in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, as well as from India.
Note to editors:
Want to stay up to date with what's happening with the Blackmores Sydney
Running festival?
Official Site: http://www.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au
Training Site: http://www.blackmores.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au
[http://www.blackmores.com.au ]
http://www.twitter.com/bsrf11
http://www.facebook.com/officialbsrf
About Wipro Technologies
Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT)
is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company,
that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro
Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry
experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping
clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized
globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's
approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to
sustainability, Wipro Technologies has 120,000 employees and clients across
54 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.wipro.com
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain 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
http://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 may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
Further media information contact:
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival,
Zannie Abbott, Media Opps +61(0)418-274-291
Nicole Browne, Media Opps +61(0)2-9954-7677 or +61(0)414-673-762
Wipro Technologies
Dirk Lewis
+91-7760983976
dirk.lewis@wipro.com
Source: Wipro Technologies
.