TCS has become the world’s third largest employer of people in the technology sector, with over 3 lakh employees. And given the pace at which it is growing, it could become the second largest employer this year, crossing Hewlett-Packard, and…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys to begin fast-track career programme for high performers soon #Press #Media #HBL
Infosys will soon start a fast track career programme for high performers to boost morale of the company and has come up with different processes to help software engineers to improve productivity. Industry watchers saw an interesting message emanating from…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys’ new boss Vishal Sikka may operate from the US #Press #Media #TheAmericanBazaar
Company badly needs a knight in shining armor. One of India’s iconic IT firms Infosys had been mired in a crisis of leadership over the past one year. The company, one of the best IT services firm, was not doing very well…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Vishal Sikka as CEO: Infosys will not be the same again #Press #Media #FirstPost
When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the top three analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak to when this speculation…
#GreyhoundInMedia: The start of an interesting transition for Infosys: Analysts #Press #Media #HBL
Vishal Sikka’s appointment as the new CEO and MD of Infosys has got a thumbs up from analysts, as it ends uncertainty regarding the new CEO, calms employees, addresses all the issues for customers and also sends a message that…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys has taken a huge gamble with Vishal Sikka: What analysts think of the new CEO #Press #Media #FirstBiz
What do analysts who have followed Infosys closely for years feel about the announcement earlier today that former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka would be the new US-based CEO and MD of the $8.25 billion Infosys? Can a man who is…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys announces Dr. Vishal Sikka as next CEO & MD #Press #Media #InformationWeek
The Infosys Board of Directors announced the selection of Dr. Vishal Sikka as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO & MD) of the company. Dr. Sikka is to be inducted as a whole-time director of the Board and…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys Hinging On Sikka #Press #Media #BusinessWorld
The challenge for Vishal Sikka will be to take over a company whose employees will have to think about how technology transforms lives, rather then test, develop and maintain software. "This might just be the start of an interesting transition…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: IT Scores as Automobile Sales Grow #Press #Media #ComputerWorld
After a prolonged and disheartening drought for two years, things are finally looking up for the auto sector. Due to positive consumer sentiments and new models being introduced in the market, the auto sector is showing signs of revival. The credit,…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: IT Scores as Automobile Sales Grow #Press #Media #CIO
After a prolonged and disheartening drought for two years, things are finally looking up for the auto sector. Due to positive consumer sentiments and new models being introduced in the market, the auto sector is showing signs of revival. The credit,…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Yahoo! India clicks into Marissa’s turnaround plan #Press #Media #HBL
Gurmit Singh, who took over as the Managing Director of Yahoo! India earlier this year, has a tough job in hand. At a time when rivals such as Google and Facebook are catching the imagination of Internet users, Gurmit Singh…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: A CIO’s metamorphosis from IT enabler to strategic business leader #Press #Media #FirstBiz
While the CFO has the liberty to look into matters only concerning finance and the CMO can concentrate on marketing, the CIO has, of late, lost the liberty to focus on matters concerning only IT. The lines have blurred and…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Oracle’s victory over Google on API copyright may impact software development #Press #Media
Excluding APIs from copyright protection key to development of the Internet. Technology major Oracle’s victory over Google in a recent lawsuit over copyrighting Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) may cause additional problems to software developers and impact how various IT systems interact…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Jaypee plans Rs.18,000 crore initial investment in microchip facility #Press #Media
Jaypee Group will proceed with its ambitious microchip fabrication facility in partnership with International Business Machines Corp., betting that a new government at the centre will boost infrastructure development, the lack of which has discouraged semiconductor makers from setting up plants in…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Cognizant Q1 profit up 23% to $349m #Press #Media
Increased spending by clients in North America and Europe helped software solutions provider Cognizant Technology Solutions meet its first quarter revenue target of $2.42 billion, an increase of 19.9 per cent compared with the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Its…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Vishal’s departure from SAP may hit customer confidence: Analysts #Press #Media
German business software maker SAP AG said Vishal Sikka, head of products and innovation, has stepped down and that it had named two new members to its executive board. Sikka was leaving SAP for personal reasons with immediate effect, the company…
Tackling Threats In A Virtual Environment
Cloud based storage and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure(VDI) are the terms which do not require any introduction in the IT world as both the technologies have emerged as a hot cake for the industry with almost every major IT giant betting…
HDS makes strong moves into IT infra, Internet of Things with Continuous Cloud Infrastructure
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi has announced new solutions that take it well into the software defined data centre (SDCC) as well as deepening its fraternal ties with Hitachi Research and other Hitachi companies…
Nadella faces big challenge in mobile tech
The appointment of Satya Nadella as the new Microsoft CEO would strengthen its push towards cloud computing and emerging markets, but questions still remain over how the company plans to stay relevant in the future as consumers veer towards alternative…
Infosys Lab head to quit
Subrahmanyam Goparaju, Senior Vice-President and Head of Infosys Labs, will be quitting the company by this year-end. Savio D'Souza will manage Infosys Labs’ Service Differentiation Platforms group and Anindya Sircar will manage the IP Cell, according to a filing on the…
Calling for Bigger Fortunes
The government's decision to allow full FDI in telecom is expected to bring in fresh funds and high confidence to the sector. The union Cabinet decided to increase FDI cap in telecom to 100% from 74%, up to 49% via…
Forecast 2014: Boost your mobile bandwidth
When Robert Howard first took over as CIO at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga., last year, there was little doubt of his mandate. "Wireless connectivity and general bandwidth issues were a point of concern among students," Howard says. And…
Avoid risk in BI deployment
Utilization of business analysis software tools has become a top priority for businesses in many industries, but that doesn't mean implementation comes without risk. BI solutions professional Sanchit Gogia wrote on Business 2 Community that before adopting a solution, there…
Avoiding BI Failure: Dispel the Myths of Risk-Free Deployment
While business intelligence (BI) is fast becoming a top priority for most businesses, achieving a return on your investment in implementing BI still remains a big challenge for CIOs. Though many CIOs plan to invest in BI going forward, most…
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Avoiding BI Failure: Dispel the Myths of Risk-Free Deployment
While business intelligence (BI) is fast becoming a top priority for most businesses, achieving a return on your investment in implementing BI still remains a big challenge for CIOs. Though many CIOs plan to invest in BI going forward, most…
Read More Avoiding BI Failure: Dispel the Myths of Risk-Free Deployment
Avoiding BI Failure: Dispel the Myths of Risk-Free Deployment
While business intelligence (BI) is fast becoming a top priority for most businesses, achieving a return on your investment in implementing BI still remains a big challenge for CIOs. Though many CIOs plan to invest in BI going forward, most…
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The challenge of mobility and the cost of BYOD fleets
In March 2013, ZDNet reported that the size of the 2013 bring-your-own-device (BYOD) market would be double that of 2012, making BYOD truly mainstream. Sixty eight percent of respondents in the same research report said that getting buy-in from staff presents…
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Greyhound Knowledge Group joins ASSOCHAM Summit
The Greyhound Knowledge Group has announced that it has partnered officially with the ASSOCHAM’s Second National Innovation Summit and Awards 2013. This summit has been organized to focus on innovation in Business Development, Science & Technology and Social Development. Sanchit…
Greyhound Research Appoints Ashish Bhagwat As Principal Analyst
Greyhound Research, a division of Greyhound Knowledge Group, has announced the appointment of Ashish Bhagwat as Principal Analyst. This appointment of Ashish, a veteran in business technology space, re-emphasises Greyhound Research’s focus on practitioner-based and customer-focused insights. Ashish will focus…
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Big Data – Inside InMemory Analytics
When Godrej Consumer Products wanted to implement an analytics solution, it had only one focus in mind: to have overall information visibility, especially in view of the fact that the amount of data a business has to deal with is…