Axway and Wipro Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide SaaS B2Bi Offering

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and BANGALORE, India - Axway, the recognized leader of collaborative business solutions and Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), have forged a strategic alliance to offer business-to-business integration (B2Bi) and electronic data interchange (EDI) managed services using a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. With no upfront software license and upgrade fees, pay-as-you-go pricing, and lower maintenance and IT skills upkeep, Axway and Wipro enable organizations to focus on their own business objectives in today's challenging economy.

The combined solution will enable companies to outsource non-core business functions, streamline processes, improve efficiencies and lower total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) while processing, capturing and tracking critical events across their extended supply chains. Wipro can either host Axway's software for the customer or actually manage the customer's B2B and EDI operations, depending upon the customer's needs and Internet-based — or "cloud computing" — strategies. The solution also encompasses business process management (BPM), business activity monitoring (BAM) and rapid partner on-boarding.

"SaaS models enable businesses to get what they need to support innovation quickly, without making capital investments in additional infrastructure," said Srini Pallia, global head and vice president, Business Technology Services, Wipro Limited. "Combining Axway's proven Synchrony framework with our global experience in EDI implementation creates a winning team to offer customers a SaaS-enabled B2Bi solution that delivers faster time-to-market and reduces operational costs."

B2Bi as SaaS is expected to have a strong growth potential. Leading market analysts anticipate 50 percent growth on worldwide B2B gateways and over 100 percent growth in B2B outsourcing — reaching an estimated $3 billion over the next four to five years. Axway and Wipro are well-positioned to combine their leadership in B2B gateways and outsourcing, respectively, to jointly pursue this growing market.

"Given Wipro's substantial presence in numerous regions and established reputation in EDI managed services, this leverages a long-standing partnership to offer Axway's B2B integration technologies through a powerful new channel," said Christophe Fabre, CEO of Axway. "As we scale our business, Axway is committed to establishing partner relationships that provide our customers with a choice for their SaaS B2Bi needs."

By providing reliable, scalable and secure systems, both companies will be able to drive global B2B consolidation projects, as their customers move away from proprietary and legacy systems to shared industry-standard infrastructure. Axway and Wipro will continue to focus on building innovative, faster and cost-effective B2Bi and EDI solutions, enabling customers to communicate and manage their business-to-business transactions worldwide.

For additional information on Axway's SaaS B2Bi offering, please visit www.axway.com/SaaS_B2Bi.

For more information on Wipro's global IT solutions and services, please visit www.wipro.com.

About Axway

Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.

About Wipro

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, Business to Business Integration(B2Bi), information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development, and maintenance 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 a 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 ADS' 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.