If Only India’s IT Companies Could Focus On Real Transformation Instead Of Appeasing Trump

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Oracle To Offer Plug-And-Play AI Solution To Marketers

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How IBM India Is Becoming Digital

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Trump Visa Crackdown Prods IT To Create US Jobs

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Greyhound Radio with Rajesh Janey, Dell EMC

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Greyhound Radio: Bringing Digital Transformation Home

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Greyhound TV: Bringing Digital Transformation Home

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Procuring Public Cloud – Ponder Before You Purchase

Over the last 12 months, we at Greyhound Research carried out thousands of end-user enquiries on adoption of Public Cloud. These enquiries have ranged from questions on assessing Cloud vendors, controlling costs, automating manual tasks, ensuring data security & compliance, identifying potential workloads…

Dell EMC On Track To Serve Digital Transformation Opportunities

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…

Catch Greyhound Research at Dimension Data Leadership Connect 2017

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…

Google, Reliance Jio Developing Affordable 4G Smartphone

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…

Sasken Communication Changes Name To Reflect Its Broad Range Of Services

Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd has changed its name for the second time since its inception in 1989 to Sasken Technologies Ltd effective February 14 to reflect its broad portfolio of services. “While the intent behind the name change is welcome,…

Apple iPhone To Be Made In Bengaluru: Will Boost The Component-Manufacturing Ecosystem In India

Apple iPhones will be made in Karnataka. The government of Karnataka on Thursday said that it welcomed a proposal from Apple Inc to begin initial manufacturing operations in the state, in a sign that the tech company is slowly moving forward…

Cloud Failures Will Drive Enterprises To Hire Startup CTOs

Over the last 12 months, we at Greyhound Research, the Technology Transformation arm of Greyhound Knowledge Group, carried out thousands of end-user enquiries on various aspects of Cloud Computing. These enquiries have ranged from questions on benchmarking cloud providers, enterprise…

With Digital Transformation As Pivot, HCL Technologies Posts Strong Q3 2017 Results

The appointment of C Vijayakumar in the last quarter is proving to be a good move for HCL Technologies. HCL Tech is going through a change and he is bringing in fresh perspectives in the way their deals are being…

Oracle Preparing To Compete With AWS

After launching its public cloud services in September, Oracle is vying for the market dominated by Amazon Web Services – by changing its organisation culture to mimic that of AWS itself. “Digital sales will be challenging for Oracle because most…

Trump’s ‘Buy American-Hire American’ Pledge Unnerves Indian IT

New US President Donald Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' rallying cry has put the USD 150- billion Indian IT industry on edge, which is in wait-and-watch mode to see how the new administration evolves policies around outsourcing and movement of skilled…

How Change In Technology Landscape Is Impacting M&A In IT Industry

The year 2016 witnessed a major rise and impact of new technologies like social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) across businesses and organisations, not just in terms of the adoption, usage and investments but also it gained the status of…

SAP: The Road Beyond ERP

German multinational corporation SAP SE may be best known as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software firm but senior executives insist that it has successfully moved beyond ERP to providing cloud computing and digital solutions as well. “The growth has…

Chandra-Gopi Combine Could Bring Tata Tech Units Under TCS

Rajesh Gopinathan, who will take over as the CEO of Tata group crown jewel Tata Consultancy Services on February 21, has big shoes to fill. But experts believe the 46-year-old will bring freshness into the company at a time when…

New H1-B Bill: Despite Vishal Sikka’s Hopes On Trump, Indian IT Margins May Take A Hit

The Donald Trump administration which will take charge on 20 January in the US has announced that it will push for legislative measures to curb misuse of H1-B and L1 work visas significantly used by Indian IT professionals. The US…

The Pillars That Maketh A True Cashless Society

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Tough Road Ahead for IBM India Chief

IBM’s two major global bets — cloud and cognitive — are also the two weakest areas for the computing giant in India, where it seems to be struggling in a highly competitive market. Will the new India MD be able…

Outlook 2017: Tech Industry Faces A Volatile Year Ahead

“2017 is going to be a volatile year for the Indian IT industry,” says Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research. “The pace of technological changes is very high and it will lead to substantial job cuts. The…

Whilst Transforming Clients, IBM India Must Also Transform Within

On January 4, 2017, IBM India named Karan Bajwa as the new Managing Director. He takes over the reigns from Vanitha Narayanan, who has now been appointed as the Chairman. Per the announcement, this change is effective immediately; both Karan and Vanitha will report…

David Kennedy Exits Infosys Whilst Indian IT Service Providers Battle Protectionist Sentiment

On December 31, 2016, Infosys announced a sudden exit of its General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, David Kennedy. While no reasons have been cited by the company, per the terms of exit, Kennedy will receive aggregate severance payments of…

Infosys’ Rs 5.9 Cr Severance Pay To Kennedy Bid To Play Safe With Trump

IT major Infosys’ Rs. 5.9 crore ($868,250) severance pay offer to outgoing General Counsel David D Kennedy is a move to play safe with  Donald Trump administration in the US, say experts. "There is some kind of an abruptness in…

Flashback 2016: Year Of Uncertainties For IT Sector

Information technology industry strived to find newer opportunities and markets in 2016 as geopolitical uncertainties, a challenging business climate and technological shift clouded outlook. “The world market is leaning towards protectionism,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound…

Tough 2016 For IT, Tougher Year Ahead

For India’s export-focused software services sector, 2016 was a tough battle. The information technology (IT) sector had to reduce growth numbers for only the second time in a decade, the first being after a US  recession triggered by the Lehman…

IT Companies Will Have To Prove Their Digital Narrative In 2017

Winter has set in, and yet, the biting icy winds do not stop New Yorkers from getting to work. At Liberty Street, inside the Times Inc. office, there are a couple of financial service providers and media companies talking about…