BANGALORE, India & EAST BRUNSWICK, N. J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

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 positioned as a 'Leader' in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide 2016 for the third consecutive year. The report authored by Susanne Matson and Patrick J. Sullivan was published on 28 November 2016.

In the market definition/description section of the research report, Gartner defines "Application Testing Services" as a comprehensive term used to capture all types of verification and validation services to support quality control and quality assurance (QA) of clients' applications. Verification assesses the technical behavior, and validation assesses the functional behavior of tested elements.

The report evaluated 18 different software vendors on 15 criteria and placed Wipro in the ‘Leaders' quadrant. The full report is available here.

Hiral Chandrana, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Business Application Services, Wipro Limited said, "Wipro's positioning as a 'Leader' for the third consecutive year, is testament to our industry leading NextGen Quality Assurance (QA) offerings such as Digital Assurance, investments in state-of-the-art automation platforms such as AssureNXT and IntelliAssure, and a strong partner ecosystem. Our delivery excellence highlighted by rich end user experience and high performance, and faster time to market, helps our clients win in today’s digital economy.”

Wipro’s Testing Services practice is a pioneer in the industry, with a strong focus on quality engineering and assurance. Wipro’s Cognitive Automation (IntelliAssure powered by Wipro HOLMES Artificial Intelligence Platform™) and Hyper Automation (AssureNXT) powered platforms ensure that quality is engineered into every step of the software life cycle, leading to defect prevention rather than detection.

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About Wipro Limited

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading information technology, consulting and business process services company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of “Business through Technology.” By combining digital strategy, customer centric design, advanced analytics and product engineering approach, Wipro helps its clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, Wipro has a dedicated workforce of over 170,000, serving clients across 6 continents. For more information, please visit 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 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.

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