VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Wipro has announced a strategic alliance and partnership for its Microsoft Licensing Solution Provider (LSP) business in India with COMPAREX. Wipro has been one of the largest Microsoft LSPs in India for over a decade. With the licensing industry constantly maturing, the need to focus on core competencies such as providing IT and business services, managing client relationships, etc has intensified. Wipro has, therefore, formed a partnership alliance with COMPAREX India, to provide the backoffice support for its Microsoft LSP business in India. This enables Wipro to focus on its customers with a resource-specific approach and ensures its ownership of the entire customer relationship. Soumitro Ghosh, Chief Executive, Wipro Infotech, said, “This partnership will, undoubtedly, increase the focus on growth strategies for both COMPAREX India and Wipro along with providing value to the Microsoft LSP customers in India.” COMPAREX operates as an LSP in India and various other countrie...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The COMPAREX Group has acquired Indian software consulting and technology services specialist IRIS Unified Technologies Pvt. Ltd. The acquisition, closed on October 14th, follows the foundation by COMPAREX of an Indian subsidiary in Delhi earlier this year as part of its expansion in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. It is planned that IRIS is to operate under the COMPAREX brand. The new company is said to focus on leveraging the significant potential of the Indian market for the COMPAREX Group. IRIS Managing Director Navin Kapur and his leadership team will continue to head the merged Indian organization with more than 70 employees. Dr. Klaus Elsbacher, CEO, COMPAREX said, "I'm very happy to welcome IRIS and Navin Kapur to our team. Their portfolio and market position are the perfect fit for our company. With this addition, we will be able to fulfill two approaches to growth: we can expand our position in a newly established market an...