Some startups aim to have most of their employees work permanently from home, in the wake of tech giants Facebook, Google, and Twitter announcing such measures for their employees till 2021. “COVID19 is a watershed moment, and a new set…
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Indian IT Leans On Govt Spends, Managed Services As Deals Slow
Information Technology spending this year will likely fall as organisations trim investments in technology in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic-led slowdown, analysts said. Other analysts, however, said hardware deals were still being signed, but not at the same pace…
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IT Services Companies Bet On Digital Amid Business Slowdown
Indian IT services companies are betting on generating revenues from their digital business which has seen growth despite the slowdown amid the covid-19 crisis. While each company defines “digital" in slightly different ways, areas like cloud, cyber security, and data…
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Slowdown In America’s Retail Sector To Hit Indian IT Firms
IT services companies may see business from US retailers fall sharply, as some non-essential and luxury brands shut stores and furlough employees, analysts said. Infosys, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro service the retail sector in the US and analysts…
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Enterprise Tech Is Offering Deals, Freebies At Pandemic Sale. The Real Aim: Get Customers Locked In.
Even as India entered lockdown, there was a surge in the number of deals. On offer were huge discounts, easy financing terms, buy-now-pay-later schemes, and free three-month trials. The catch: These deals were not from real estate, telecom, or e-commerce,…
COVID-19 Is Evolving Quick, So Should You Dear Technology Decision-Maker
Nobody wants to be slotted or be identified as a specific type of individual. But the fact is, we are all, a particular type. We all have our strengths, our quirks, and a lot more that allows those around us…
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IT, ITES Work From Home Set To Spearhead New Corporate Business Models
India's IT and ITES sector spearheading the work from home (WFH) model is set to usher in a radical restructuring of business models that will transform everything from collapsing management hierarchies, expenses on commercial real estate to the hiring of…
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Indian IT Majors May Hire More Americans After Trump’s Tough Talk On Immigration
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World Is Adapting To Remote Working Environment, Even If Virus Is Gone The Work From Home Lifestyle Won’t
Last month, Google’s chief business officer Phillip Schindler was explaining to his employees via videoconferencing why Silicon Valley-based start-up Zoom has edged out some of the biggest names in technology, when suddenly his son surfaced on the camera and asked…
Mandatory Work From Home Is The (Near) Future Of Work
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Staffing Policies Set To Change In The Times Of COVID-19
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This Time, Microsoft Will Ensure ‘Cloud’ Is Not Just A Pie In The Sky
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Nadella Pins Hopes On Jio Partnership To Help Propel India Forward
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Digital Businesses Lead India, Says Microsoft’s Maheshwari
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Microsoft CEO Nadella To Woo India Inc With Tech To Drive Transformation
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Microsoft’s Nadella To Engage With Indian Industry, Government During Visit
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Microsoft Azure Is The Swiss Army Knife Of Cloud, Not Just A Knife
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HCL Tech Q3 Net Profit Rises 16% To INR 3,037 Crore
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Cognizant Slashes Jobs As Part Of Cost Cutting, Revamp Plan
Cognizant Technology Solutions will eliminate as many as 7,000 mid-senior level jobs globally and reskill about 5,000 employees as part of a plan to save costs and simplify the company’s organizational structure. “Such layoffs are already happening quietly in the industry…
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Microsoft Reports More Than $1 Billion In India Revenue
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Infosys’s Battle With Corporate Governance Is Not Just It’s Own
As if Monday morning blues aren't enough to rock one's world, folks at Infosys had it worse on Monday, 21st October. At about 9 am IST, the media reported another round of supposed corporate governance issues at Infosys. And post that,…
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Large BPM Firms Ride Digital Data Analytics Wave
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HCL Technologies Q1 Profit Declines 13.5% At ₹2,220 crore
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InMobi wins over China, where Facebook, Google failed
Global technology giants Google and Facebook may not have succeeded in penetrating the China market, but InMobi, which competes with these tech giants in the data-driven mobile advertising space, is betting big on the world’s most populous country, where it…
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Indian IT Looks Homeward As Digital Transformation Kicks In
Exports-focused Indian IT services firms have stepped up focus on the typically smaller footprint domestic market, driven by Indian companies transforming their business using digital technology and as the government moves to use technology to improve governance. In the past…
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Vodafone-Idea, IBM Deal Set To Exceed USD 1 Bn
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is believed to have finalised a new $700-800 million (Rs4,900 crore-5,600 crore) five-year technology outsourcing contract with IBM, a deal that is expected to contribute a major part to the Rs8,400 crore annual opex savings that…
Vodafone-Idea, IBM Set To Seal $700-800 Million 5-year IT Outsourcing Deal
Vodafone Idea is believed to have finalised a new $700-800 million (Rs4,900 crore-5,600 crore) five-year technology outsourcing contract with IBM, a deal that is expected to contribute a major part to the Rs8,400 crore annual opex savings that the telecom…
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Tech Mahindra At Work On Larger Bench Of Executives For Key Roles
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India’s InMobi Ramps Up Ad Challenge To Google And Facebook
Low-profile Indian tech company InMobi aims to take advantage of the headwinds facing Google and Facebook to grab a bigger share of the nearly $140 billion market for online advertising. The Bangalore-based company, which brings together advertisers and app developers,…
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Microsoft India’s Software Sales Stay Flat In FY18
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