IBM on Monday announced a major deal with Bharti Airtel to build a new open hybrid cloud network that will be more efficient and flexible than what exists now, will enable new digital services, and be ready for emerging technologies…
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Reliance’s Jio Platforms In Talks With General Atlantic, Other Foreign Funds For Stake Sale
Reliance Jio has cut three equity deals with three major investors in three weeks. First came the $5.7 billion stake sale to Facebook, making it the largest minority shareholder in Jio, followed by another 1.15 percent dilution to Silver Lake…
3 Deals In 3 weeks: Vista Equity Now Invests $1.5 Billion In Reliance Jio
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has been able to attract the third big investor - Vista Equity Partners - which is the world’s largest tech fund following its landmark deal with Facebook. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound research…
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Vista Stake Caps $8 Billion Deal Run for Asia’s Richest Man
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani is a man on a mission: to dominate India’s consumer Internet market -- from online retail to digital payments. He just sealed three deals in as many weeks to raise a combined $8 billion, including from Facebook…
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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,…
Silver Lake Checks Into Jio Platforms, Snaps Up 1.15% For Over Rs 5,600 cr
Reliance Jio Platforms (Jio Platforms), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), is selling 1.15 per cent stake to private equity (PE) firm Silver Lake for Rs 5,655.75 crore. The investment — the second in a fortnight - highlights its focus…
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PE Giant Silver Lake That Backed Alibaba, Airbnb, Others Takes Reliance Jio Closer To IPO
American private equity giant Silver Lake Partners' investment in Reliance Jio comes in less than two weeks of the Facebook deal. Silver Lake has paid a 12.5 percent premium over Facebook. Its $750 million infusion in Jio Platforms takes the…
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Silver Lake Investment A Shot In The Arm For Jio Platforms
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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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NTT Elevates India CEO Kiran Bhagwanani, Rejigs APAC Leadership
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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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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…
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RedHat Summit 2020 Reinforces Focus On Hybrid Cloud
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Mandatory Work From Home Is The (Near) Future Of Work
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IT Firms Lean On Utilities & Communication Arms
Indian IT services providers Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro expect their communications and utilities verticals to clock steady growth, even as the core financial services, retail and travel segments take a hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Clients in the travel and hospitality industry have already reduced…
Reliance Jio Connects With Facebook For $5.7 Billion Equity Deal
Facebook and Reliance Jio hit the headlines early Wednesday morning, in a break from the daily lockdown news. Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post that the technology giant will acquire a 9.99 per cent stake in Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL) through a fresh issue of shares worth…
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Facebook-Reliance Deal To Boost JioMart, Open Door For Small Businesses
India’s small and medium businesses (SMBs), which are struggling due to the covid-19 pandemic, got a shot in the arm on Wednesday with social media giant Facebook announcing a $5.7-billion investment in Jio Platforms Ltd, which is owned by Reliance…
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Facebook Investment In Jio Is Deeper Than It Appears
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Companies To Seek Technological Intervention To Reinforce Business Post-Pandemic Shutdown
Companies across sectors are more likely to look out for advanced tools and technologies that could facilitate their business growth multifold once the shutdowns following the Coronavirus pandemic are lifted worldwide, a top Verizon executive said.Australia-based Robert Le Busque, Managing Director at Verizon Asia Pacific, …
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#MeAt20: Nostalgia Is A Seductive Liar, And A Possible Honey Trap
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The Coronavirus Is Changing How Consumers View Money And Spending
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WeWork Is Only Making Life Harder For Lockdown-Hit Indian Startups
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Hyper AI To Wellness Helpdesk: BPM Firms Adapt To Coronavirus Crisis
Apart from work from home, business process management (BPM) companies have taken a host of measures to ensure employee engagement and client productivity. This has meant changing things not just in India, but a host of other geographies that they are present…
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COVID-19 Is Both A Rude Reminder And A Game Changer For Tech Companies
Last 45-60 days have been nothing short of a whirlwind for all of us. From cancelled travel plans to complete shutdowns, most countries have been impacted in more ways than one.While the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic is still unravelling…
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Contact Tracing Is A Necessary Evil That Must Come With An Expiry Date
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COVID-19 Is Both A Rude Reminder And A Game Changer
COVID-19 is a rude reminder of the fragility in our systems of doing business. It’s also a game-changer for government and organisations if they take the right lessons from this world event and invest in the right people and technology…
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Delta Air Cuts Tech Projects, Slashes 1,300 Vendor Jobs
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Technology Firms Will Be Beneficiaries, Not Casualties, Of Coronavirus
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Arvind Krishna Brings To IBM Exactly What It Needed – A Sense Of Urgency
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