Wipro in co-development deal with Oracle

Wipro Technologies today said that it had signed a master co-development agreement with Oracle to develop multiple industry solutions using Oracle application integration architecture (AIA), an open, standards-based platform for business process integration across Oracle, third-party and custom applications.

Under this agreement Wipro and Oracle will co-develop end-to-end industry process solutions for five different industries including communication, retail, consumer products, hi-tech, and industrial manufacturing. The co-developed Oracle Process Integration Packs includes campaign to cash for hi- tech, order to activate for communications and design to release for process manufacturing. Wipro is one of the first partners to sign an agreement with Oracle spanning such a wide range of industries.

''Wipro has provided innovative solutions that accelerate service launch delivery and enhance the customer experience, by integrating 17 applications in eight months, either through bespoke developed frameworks or through standardised extensions that ensure seamless integration of OSS / BSS components'', said Craig Humphreys, VP, information technology, Atheeb Telecom Consortium, with whom Wipro signed a five year contract im May 2009 for deploying an end-to-end IT solution covering OSS/ BSS.

Humphreys said, ''Wipro and Oracle provided a compelling value proposition in terms of a strong alliance at all levels including delivery. We are pleased to have chosen Wipro as our OSS/BSS solution partner, since they have the end to end view of business priorities and understood our imperatives for a successful service launch.''

''Many enterprises find themselves struggling to deliver and standardize business processes that span multiple applications cost effectively,'' said Jose Lazares, Vice President, Applications Development and Strategy at Oracle. ''Our co-development approach aims to involve selected partners, like Wipro, who have specific expertise and skills in industry specific business processes, to co-develop pre-built, best practice integration products with us and then deploy these for customers in a rapid and cost effective manner.''

Sangita Singh, senior vice president, Wipro Technologies, said, ''The co development agreement is part of our continued strategy to invest in technology innovation and build deep industry expertise along with partners.''