Indian IT Firms Face Uphill Task For New Contracts Up For Rebid

India’s software exporters seem to be the new incumbents in the global technology outsourcing space. In the next two years, clients such as BNP Paribas, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Citigroup and DuPont will look at their existing contracts…

Wyde Pitches For The Trillion-Dollar Insurance Market

While it may not be one of those typical posh offices in Manhattan’s Park Avenue, the office of Wyde.com is nonetheless upscale for a small technology business. At building No. 460, Rajesh Makhija, CEO of the $50-million software product SMB,…

Infosys Invests Rs 14.5 Crore In Danish Artificial Intelligence Start-up

Bangalore-based Infosys on Friday announced that it has invested Rs 14.5 crore (DKK 14,920,000) in a Danish-based artificial intelligence start-up UNSILO. The investment is done through Infosys innovation fund. “Directionally this is a brilliant investment given the fact a lot…

Demonetisation: How Infoscions Are Coping With Change

When Vishal Sikka took over as the first non-founder CEO of Infosys, amongst the half-a-dozen initiatives he undertook there was one that went unnoticed. Employee identification cards were tweaked and a new technology-enabled facility was incorporated into the ‘dog tag’…

Infy Exits Show Challenge For Sikka In Biz Makeover

The exit of Sanjay Purohit, the seventh key executive to quit Infosys, shows the challenges its first non-founder chief executive Vishal Sikka is facing. Sikka, a former board member at business software company SAP AG, has been trying to push…

Infosys Shares Down 1.1% On RBS Effect

The Royal Bank of Scotland’s decision to shelve its IT deal with Infosys may have hit the Indian company’s stocks on Tuesday but the development could have a ripple effect on many such projects for the IT sector and result…

H1B fee increase sends Indo-US relations south

2015 was a particularly eventful year for contentious debates surrounding H1B visas within the context of Indian IT services firms. The last bit of acrimony which had US tech workers fuming was the replacement of IT workers at Disney as…

Hike in US visa fee not to have major impact on Indian IT firms

The hike in visa fees by the US will not have any major impact on the Indian IT industry since the quantum of hike is not significant, say analysts. On Friday, the US Congress doubled visa fees to $ 4,500…

Despite Beating Expectations, Infosys Falters As CFO Quits

Infosys manged to beat street expectations on Monday (12 October) but CFO, Rajiv Bansal, quit after a three year stint. He was brought in by Narayana Murthy, the Chairman Emeritus of Infosys, to revive an ailing company. But since then…

Infosys to add 1000 engineers to Software products team in FY16

The country’s second largest IT services exporter, Infosys, is set to hire up to 1,000 engineers in FY16 as it ramps up its product business, which is targeted to exceed $1 billion in revenue by 2020. This is part of…

Sikka Spins Infosys Into A Digital Company

There is a change brewing in Infosys. Under Vishal Sikka's direction there are a few things that are already presenting themselves as fresh and innovative. But can Infosys become the pioneer of automation without losing its tag as a great…

ONTrigger with Vanitha Narayanan, IBM India – Part 4 of 4

Catch Vanitha Narayanan, MD, IBM India in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research's knowledge sharing series ONTrigger.   Don’t have enough bandwidth to stream a video? No worries! Hear the conversation…

Infosys Begins Probe Into Financial Irregularities In BPO Arm

Infosys is undertaking a cleanup activity that intends to plug any loopholes concerning financial malpractices within the company, which includes severe action such as sacking of more people if found guilty. Sanchit Vir Gogia, analyst at Greyhound Research, said that…

Infosys BPO To Fire More Sr Executives Over Apple Payment issue

Infosys, which had sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews, is looking at firing few more senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. "It is a brave step from Infosys' side to come out and talk…

Apple Fallout: More Executives Likely To Leave Infy

The exit of Infosys BPO unit  CFO Abraham Mathews on Tuesday on charges of violating the code of conduct of the company has further fuelled speculations of a cascading effect on other top executives as well. According to Greyhound Research…

Infosys Fired Finance Chief of BPO Unit for Inflating Apple’s Bills

Infosys Technologies fired the chief financial officer of its BPO unit for allegedly overbilling Apple Inc. for IT support services. “It is a brave step from Infosys’ side to come out and talk about the fraud going on internally in…

Charges Of Over-Billing Apple Cost Infosys BPO’s CFO His Job

Infosys has sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews and will fire some others senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. “It is a brave step from Infosys’ side to come out and talk about the…

Charges Of Over-Billing Apple Cost Infosys BPO’s CFO His Job

Infosys has sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews and will fire some others senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. “It is a brave step from Infosys’ side to come out and talk about the…

Murthy’s comeback crisis call – Perspective from Greyhound Research

Shibu understood what Infosys 3.0 is, but unfortunately the company has not delivered any thought leadership that the market needed from them. Infosys has had a problem in stepping out of their comfort zone, Sanchit said. See more in this…