Wipro Unveils Compuware CoE for Application Reliability Testing and Se

    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2005--Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR), today inaugurated a dedicated Center of Excellence (CoE). This CoE will provide training and Proof-of-Concepts (PoC) on Compuware's automated testing and service management solutions for Wipro's Interops Horizontal.
    This CoE is located at Wipro's state-of-the-art Electronic City campus in Bangalore, India. It will provide Wipro customers and testing professionals with direct access to the Compuware's comprehensive suite of automated testing solutions and best practices as well as comprehensive performance management and troubleshooting capabilities.
    "The issues of application quality and performance continue to be of great concern to IT organizations. Our partnership with Compuware along with this CoE, will allow us to help our clients to improve the reliability and availability of enterprise applications," said Gangadharaiah C P, Vice President - Interops Horizontal of Wipro.
    As part of this partnership, Wipro consultants will utilize Compuware QACenter and Vantage products. QACenter delivers a unique offering of automated testing products and solutions designed to validate applications running in the full spectrum of environments, isolate and correct problems, and ensure that systems can handle anticipated load, before applications go live. Vantage is an application service management solution that helps IT organizations manage application performance from the end-user perspective. Compuware products focus on business-critical applications throughout their life cycle offering the most complete set of solutions in the industry today, including IT governance and management, application development, comprehensive application reliability and quality assurance, service management and support.
    "Wipro is a leader in the testing space and we are pleased to partner with them on the Compuware Center of Excellence. This partnership enables our joint customers worldwide to benefit from Compuware's expertise in application testing and quality management technology. This will help IT organizations ensure the quality and performance of enterprise applications," said Jamie McGuffie, Senior Vice President, Global Partner Business Development, Compuware.
    Wipro's Interops Horizontal is amongst the largest third party testing services provider globally. Its service offerings comprise of Life cycle testing, Test process consultancy, Specialized testing and Test automation services across all key industry verticals. Customers can engage Interops horizontal for one or more of the above services. Interops horizontal offers Testing as Managed Services (TMS)(TM) for end-to-end testing ownership.

    Wipro Limited

    Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally. Wipro provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development 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 profitable 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 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, among others. More information is available at http://www.wipro.com.

    Compuware Corporation

    Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com.

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    Wipro - 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. For further information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com and www.wipro.co.in.

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CONTACT: Wipro Supratim Sarkar, +91-80-25056683 supratim.sarkar@wipro.com or Compuware Bob O'Brien, 313-227-7300 bob_o'brien@compuware.com

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