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The software industry is facing mounting challenges as countries from Australia to the United States have moved to tighten work visas to limit the influx of foreign workers. "The sense of protectionism is becoming a global phenomenon," said Mr Sanchit…

Ola’s Cab-Leasing Arm Swings To A Loss In FY16

by connect@thofgr.comApril 24, 2017Leave a comment

Ola Fleet Technologies Pvt. Ltd, the cab-leasing arm of taxi aggregator Ola, has posted a loss of Rs 13.3 crore for FY16 compared to a profit of Rs 3.9 crore the previous year, show filings with the Registrar of Companies…

Procuring Public Cloud – Ponder Before You Purchase

by connect@thofgr.comApril 21, 2017August 18, 2017Leave a comment

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

by connect@thofgr.comApril 20, 2017Leave a comment

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…

Irony Of H-1B Visa Policy: Jobs Trump Is Trying To Protect Are About To Vanish Altogether

by connect@thofgr.comApril 19, 2017April 19, 2017Leave a comment

American President Donald Trump’s policy to protect jobs by imposing restrictions on H-1B visas is unlikely to be of any help to that country and may hurt US interests, say experts. What Trump is seeking to protect are entry level…

Era Of AI: Infosys’ Mana Eliminates Need For Lawyers To Process Contracts

by connect@thofgr.comApril 16, 2017June 8, 2017Leave a comment

Infosys has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) platform ‘Mana’ to process contracts for a bank in Asia that typically needed a team of 10-15 dedicated lawyers. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, believes AI significantly helps in…

Is This Flipkart’s Last Fundraise On Road To IPO?

by connect@thofgr.comApril 16, 2017April 16, 20171 Comment

India’s largest e-commerce company Flipkart’s recent fundraise of $1.4 billion (around Rs 9,000 crore), the biggest-ever in the country’s burgeoning consumer internet sector, has undoubtedly filled its coffers for now, but it also begs some important questions. Will this be…

Snapdeal Pay Hike: Face-Saving Gimmick Or Bid To Retain Talent?

by connect@thofgr.comApril 16, 2017April 16, 2017Leave a comment

Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd, which runs online marketplace Snapdeal, is reportedly giving out pay hikes of up to 15% to its employees even as talks of its merger with India’s biggest e-commerce company Flipkart are fast progressing. Sanchit Vir Gogia,…

Twitter Southeast Asia And India MD Brushes Turmoil, Launches Twitter Lite In India First

by connect@thofgr.comApril 7, 20171 Comment

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday released Twitter Lite -- a much lighter version of its platform on a web based service in India first. After the turbulence of 2016, Twitter is expecting a smoother year ahead, with the micro-blogging firm…

H-1B, Singapore Protectionism: Calm Down, This Is No Do Or Die Battle, Indian IT Has Weathered Bigger Storms

by connect@thofgr.comApril 6, 2017April 6, 2017Leave a comment

With the latest missive from the Donald Trump administration on H-1B visa, cautioning companies against misuse, the immigration issues of the Indian IT sector are back in news. And it is not the US alone that is drumming up protectionism…

Trump Begins Clampdown On H-1B Visas

by connect@thofgr.comApril 5, 2017April 5, 2017Leave a comment

In a fresh blow to software professionals, the Trump administration has moved to bar entry-level programmers from the H-1B visa programme. “H-1B abuse is very high and it is important to check the abuse. All IT services players will adjust to…

Behind The Success Of A Startup Is Passion, Not Money: 3 Business Women Decode Their Stories

by connect@thofgr.comMarch 31, 2017June 8, 2017Leave a comment

For every such startup that has managed to cross over to the success corner, there have been many that have fallen by the wayside and some of these, after hitting a high note of success and popularity and instant recall…

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