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Dell Technologies, the company that was formed when Dell Inc. acquired EMC Corp. for $67 billion, remains bullish on its “long-term” growth prospects. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO of Greyhound Research, said that while the Dell-EMC combine has…
Read More Dell EMC On Track To Serve Digital Transformation Opportunities
American President Donald Trump’s policy to protect jobs by imposing restrictions on H-1B visas is unlikely to be of any help to that country and may hurt US interests, say experts. What Trump is seeking to protect are entry level…
Read More Irony Of H-1B Visa Policy: Jobs Trump Is Trying To Protect Are About To Vanish Altogether
Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Research at Dimension Data Leadership Connect 2017. What is the event about? We are experiencing unprecedented change and disruption in the industry today. Business and technology paradigms are changing at a…
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Infosys has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) platform ‘Mana’ to process contracts for a bank in Asia that typically needed a team of 10-15 dedicated lawyers. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, believes AI significantly helps in…
Read More Era Of AI: Infosys’ Mana Eliminates Need For Lawyers To Process Contracts
India’s largest e-commerce company Flipkart’s recent fundraise of $1.4 billion (around Rs 9,000 crore), the biggest-ever in the country’s burgeoning consumer internet sector, has undoubtedly filled its coffers for now, but it also begs some important questions. Will this be…
Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd, which runs online marketplace Snapdeal, is reportedly giving out pay hikes of up to 15% to its employees even as talks of its merger with India’s biggest e-commerce company Flipkart are fast progressing. Sanchit Vir Gogia,…
Read More Snapdeal Pay Hike: Face-Saving Gimmick Or Bid To Retain Talent?
Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday released Twitter Lite -- a much lighter version of its platform on a web based service in India first. After the turbulence of 2016, Twitter is expecting a smoother year ahead, with the micro-blogging firm…
Read More Twitter Southeast Asia And India MD Brushes Turmoil, Launches Twitter Lite In India First
With the latest missive from the Donald Trump administration on H-1B visa, cautioning companies against misuse, the immigration issues of the Indian IT sector are back in news. And it is not the US alone that is drumming up protectionism…
In a fresh blow to software professionals, the Trump administration has moved to bar entry-level programmers from the H-1B visa programme. “H-1B abuse is very high and it is important to check the abuse. All IT services players will adjust to…
On March 2, 2017 Symantec announced the launch of Symantec Ventures - its latest effort to help startups by contributing capital, reducing expenses and accelerating time to market. Per the company, Symantec Ventures is the next step post its partnership with…
Read More Symantec Ventures – Why It Matters To The Future Of Cyber Security Innovation
Seattle-based e-tailing giant Amazon.com, Inc has sought government approval to enter India’s food-retailing sector with investments totalling $515 million (Rs 3,368 crore) over the next five years. The company, which is already the number 2 player in India’s fast-growing e-commerce…
Read More Will Amazon’s Food Retail Foray End BigBasket’s Reign At The Top?
Cognizant, the New Jersey-headquartered software services company with most of its operations in Chennai, is likely to lay off 6,000-10,000 “ redundant and non-performing” employees. “When global competition stepped in, Indian companies went through multiple levels of devaluation – for example…
Read More Cognizant Layoffs: Gloom Continues, Jobs In Tech And IT Companies Dry Up
NYSE-listed Business Process Management (BPM) company WNS was always on the lookout for niche and tuck-in acquisitions to augment its capabilities, and the latest in the series is not much different. The focus of the two recent acquisitions was to…
While the startup ecosystem is struggling to keep afloat as funds are drying up, here is another story -- of a founder who believes that his company can take on global rivals, and even go global. “The winner in the…
Read More Slack-Rival Flock Gets $25 Mn From Founder For Expansion, But Is It A Good Decision?
अपने लॉन्च के बाद से अब तक Reliance Jio ने 100 मिलियन से अधिक उपयोगकर्ताओं के साथ भारत के सबसे बड़े 4G टेलीकॉम नेटवर्क में से एक बनने का शानदार सफ़र तय किया है | लेकिन इसके बावजूद कंपनी अब…
Den indiske milliardæren Mukesh Ambani satser på å lykkes hvor Telenor, Vodafon og andre har tapt enorme beløp. Han har brukt over 200 milliarder kroner for å ta markedsandeler og knuse konkurrentene – også sin egen bror. – En slik…
Read More En halv million nye mobilkunder – hver dag. Alle ringer gratis.
A decade after allowing Amazon to start what would become India's largest online marketplace, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal appealed for government protection against his former employer. "Alibaba could approach the e-commerce unit as a complement to Paytm's core business, hoping…
Google and Reliance Jio may be secretly working on an affordable smartphone that will work exclusively on the latter’s 4G network. The phone is expected to be launched before the end of this year, according to industry sources aware of…
Read More Google, Reliance Jio Developing Affordable 4G Smartphone
Start-ups, the playfield of the young and the restless, have had a hard reality check. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Founder & CEO, Greyhound Knowledge Group, calls 2016 “a year of anxiety” for Indian start-ups, with “a much-needed market correction” that saw…
Google is betting big on its dominance in machine learning and artificial intelligence to break into the cloud market. "The announcements made by Google consolidate their vision in the Cloud space, which helps communicate their seriousness. The SAP partnership will…
Read More Google Bets Big On AI, Machine Learning To Crack The Cloud
US' decision to temporarily suspend the expedited premium processing of H-1B visas will lead to process delays for IT firms too. Greyhound Research Chief Analyst and CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia said that while the change by the Trump Administration has…
Read More Suspension On Expedited H-1B Visa To Affect IT Cos
Uber is finally opening up about the ongoing cab strikes in Indian cities and publicly addressing drivers' demands. Uber, which operates in over three dozen cities in India, is far beyond the "land-grabbing" phase, Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst at…
Read More Uber Is Done Giving Lucrative Incentives To Drivers In Its Fastest Growing Market
US President Donald Trump’s proposal for immigration reforms to encourage merit-based migration might help export-focused software and information technology (IT) sector. “This goes to show Trump’s administration has realised how deep-rooted the matter is. It should not only look at…
Read More IT Firms Breathe Easy As Donald Trump Proposes Merit-Based Immigration
The next company that is being greenlighted to enter the prestigious Unicorn club of startups is Oyo Rooms, a SoftBank-backed budget hotel aggregator. On Oyo’s likelihood of becoming a unicorn, Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, said…
Read More Indian Startups Should Focus On Sustainability, Stop Chasing Unicorn Tag
Till a few years ago, profitability received the step-child treatment from Indian e-commerce entrepreneurs. “While startups did extremely well by using their public relations muscle to ensure that GMV becomes the industry’s darling, it’s no more than a cover up…
India’s bustling startup ecosystem is in a state of hysteria as e-commerce major Snapdeal implodes. “I believe other startups will follow suit and by March more layoffs will be announced in other firms. There isn’t any choice. Companies will have…
If Snapdeal follows the rule of the game, the company would deny any kind of merger talks with rival Paytm, or with investor Alibaba, unless a deal is concluded, at least verbally. “It will offer a new lease of life…
Read More Are Job Cuts At Snapdeal A Precursor To Its Merger With Alibaba And Paytm?
Uber’s desperate attempt to turn India into its next big market isn’t chugging along smoothly. On top of regulatory hurdles that Uber has faced in nearly every region it operates in, the company is struggling in "right-sizing" its business model…
Read More Uber Drivers Are Just An Unhappy Lot In This Country
Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Jio’s partnership with Uber, the American cab-hailing company announced on Monday, signals a larger battle in the mobile wallet space where Paytm leads with over 160 million users. Airtel could not gather the critical user base while…
Read More Uber-Reliance Jio Partnership Signals Larger Battle In Mobile Wallets
The e-commerce industry in India has received another blow. On Wednesday, India’s third biggest e-commerce firm Snapdeal announced that it will be laying off employees. Though the company refrained from giving out exact numbers of people to be given the…
