Nasscom rejects Murthy’s comment calling Indian IT firms immigration agents

N R N Murthy, co-founder Infosys, may have stirred up a hornet's nest by saying Indian IT firms behave like immigration agents, but the model that he claims he created to be less dependent on visa's did not yield the…

Nasscom rejects Murthy’s comment calling Indian IT firms ‘immigration agents’

N R N Murthy, co-founder Infosys, may have stirred up a hornet's nest by saying Indian IT firms behave like immigration agents, but the model that he claims he created to be less dependent on visa's did not yield the…

Capgemini says it plans to do more R&D work out of India

Capgemini Group, a French information technology services firm with half of its global workforce in India, is planning to make the country its “backbone” by doing more research and development (R&D) work out of India. Capgemini acquired Bengaluru-based IT services…

How terror is affecting Indian techies overseas

When Nirmal Jain, an IBM employee, was about to be sent to Jordan on his first onsite posting, his family had serious concerns about security. However, for Jain, now 24, it was a blessing in disguise. IBM paid him a…

Join Sanchit Vir Gogia for Twitter Chat on #APIEconomyChat

Join Greyhound Research (@Greyhound_R) and Sanchit Vir Gogia (@s_v_g) for a tweet-up on APIs in Digital Transformation WHEN: Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 1330 hrs – 1430 hrs (IST) See all of our events in the Greyhound At Events calendar. WHERE: Twitter.com or your favourite…

Infibeam: Rock-a-bye baby the e-commerce cradle rocks, but the bough breaks, it falls

The first ever move from an Indian e-commerce company to list on the stock exchange is in a “grave” position. Literally! High expectations are the mother of all disasters, which was why the “high-valuation” narrative was rejected by Indian retail…

Starting Trouble: A Dull Investment Climate For Start-ups

Amidst the growing cacophony of e-commerce start-ups announcing plans to raise capital, what goes unnoticed is the fate of many others that struggle to mop up funding after the initial seed round. The past 6-8 months have witnessed a complete…

Greyhound Radio with Alok Ohrie, Dell India

Catch Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell India, in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research’s knowledge sharing series #ONTrigger. Listen to the podcast here: Part 1 of 6  Part 2 of 6  Part…

ONTrigger with Alok Ohrie, Dell India

Catch Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell 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 as a…

A challenging year awaits Indian IT sector

The tepid third quarter performance of India's largest IT exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is hardly good news for India's overall IT sector. The company's dollar revenue for the December quarter slipped 0.3 per cent over the previous quarter, beaten…

US H-1B and L-1 visa doubling of visa fees controversial

The much reported visa fee increases for both the H-1B visa (from $2,000 to $4,000) and the L-1 visa (from $2,250 to $4,500) have unsurprisingly caused some ripples between Indian and US official bodies. This visa fee increase applies to…

Indian IT outsourcing companies have been on an acquisition spree that will only increase in 2016

Legacy IT outsourcing companies in India continued acquiring aggressively in 2015. Most of the acquisitions were made in areas such as design and automation to help the companies cut costs, and stay ahead of the innovation curve. “IT services companies…

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…

CEO will chart new tech roadmap: Premji

Wipro Limited on Monday announced the appointment of Abidali Z Neemuchwala as the Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of the country’s third-largest IT services company. Neemuchwala, who is currently Group President and Chief Operating Officer, will take…

Shares of Indian IT companies fall on US proposal to curb H-1B visas

Shares of Indian information technology (IT) companies fell on Wednesday after two US senators introduced a legislation to cut by a fifth the number of H-1B visas issued to skilled workers such as IT professionals. “The impact on the Indian…

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…

Why there won’t be a big fat e-commerce IPO in India anytime soon

Young India is excited with the numbers thrown about by news reports on valuations. Some believe that a large company like Flipkart is valued at $15 billion (Rs 1 lakh crore) and everyone expects, if and when they list on…

Government to hold ecosystem workshop to help startups connect their products to GST platform

The government is beginning to help startups connect their products and thousands of their SME customers to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) platform as it moves ahead with its plan to create a unified tax system across the country.…

Lack of GST can stifle Modi’s Startup India dream

Based out of Rajasthan, Pritam Maheshwari is a furniture manufacturer who retails his goods on an e-commerce portal in India. When he ships his product to Bengaluru, he has to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) in Rajasthan and entry taxes…

Start-ups disrupting traditional industries; constrained by workload problems

new study commissioned by storage vendor EMC and conducted by research firm Greyhound Research has found that start-ups are disrupting the traditional industries in a big way. Technology is helping these start-ups to deliver unique and personalized experiences compared to…

Startups Need To Cater To The Demands of New ‘Information Generation Consumer’: Report

Waves of startups have completely changed the way people consume and do things but what makes an idea stick and cater to unseen needs still largely remains a mystery. A new report reveals that their success is dependent on catering…

In2IT Technologies brings Microsoft cloud to Bhubaneswar to help local businesses surge ahead and grow faster

In2IT Technologies, a Gold Partner of Microsoft is enabling the businesses in Odisha with enterprise-grade cloud technology from Microsoft. The company provides a wide array of Microsoft cloud services including Office 365, Azure and CRM Online, to its customers from…

Microsoft collaborates with FKCCI to enable more than 200000 SMBS across Karnataka to adopt cloud by mid-2016

Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), an apex organization for industry, trade and service sectors in Karnataka and Microsoft have come together to help more than 200000 SMBs across Karnataka to adopt technology with cloud computing. This…

Microsoft to help Karnataka SMBs use Cloud Computing

Global software major Microsoft said on Thursday it is partnering with Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) to help about 200,000 small and medium businesses (SMBs) across the state use cloud computing to spur their revenue growth.…

Greyhound Radio with Christian Fredrikson, F Secure

Catch Christian Fredrikson, President and CEO, F-Secure Corporation, in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research’s knowledge sharing series Greyhound Network Radio. Listen to all podcasts here: Part 1 of 6  Part 2 of 6  Part 3…

ONTrigger with Christian Fredrikson, F Secure

Catch Christian Fredrikson, President and CEO, F-Secure Corporation, 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 as a podcast on #GreyhoundRadio. Click…

Top 5 tech insights for startups: Survey

The ‘Information Generation’, a new breed of connected consumers – shaped by the availability of information and technology at their fingertips today – is placing new demands on how businesses operate, and digitally native startups are well-positioned to address their…

Today’s Information Generation Expects Personal Experiences; Startups Well-Positioned To Deliver

The ‘Information Generation’, a new breed of connected consumers – shaped by the availability of information and technology at their fingertips today – is placing new demands on how businesses operate, and digitally native startups are well-positioned to address their…

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…

Thanks to startup boom, new IT services providers born in India

The startup boom in the country is propelling a parallel IT services industry. While established technology companies such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services largely cater to overseas customers, upcoming firms are focusing on India, quenching the domestic demand for…