IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst

Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the current size…

Getting Down To Brass Tacks – Facts About IBM Bharti Deal That Matter!

On April 2nd, IBM India announced its new service partnership with Bharti Airtel, the India-based telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Touted to be a new agreement, the deal builds on the 10 year relationship between…

Greyhound Research at the C# Corner Annual Conference 2014

What is the event all about?  C# Corner ANNUAL CONFERENCE is a 3 day annual meeting where C# Corner MVPs, authors, chapter leaders, moderators, editors and experts meet, demonstrate, plan and hang out. One day of the conference is open…

Rise in HCL Infosystems’ staff CVs on job portals points to churn

HCL Infosystems' exit from PC manufacturing and the ongoing organisational restructuring have prompted many staff to post resumes on job portals. In the past one month, there has been a substantial rise in the number of resumes with 'active' status on…

Vodafone sees 20% jump in post-paid subscriptions

Vodafone India, the country’s second largest telecom service provider, saw a 20 per cent rise in the number of post-paid subscribers this financial year, higher than its competitors. The company now has around 10 million post-paid subscribers – around 7 per…

Greyhound Research as a Knowledge Partner at CIO Leadership Retreat 2014

What is the event all about?  Today's most advanced and complicated IT technology landscape poses unprecedented challenges and needless to say that an isolated approach never can address these challenges. This is only possible with a strong, mutually understood IT…

More India-born executives could head tech firms in future

With speculation rife that Microsoft Corp was considering another Indian-origin executive for its top position, experts feel it signals the maturity of both, Indian techies as well as the overall industry and that an increasing number of Indians could head technology multinationals…

GoDaddy expands domain of web naming business

GoDaddy, Scottsdale, Arizona-based registrar of Internet names, has a made a name for itself in the Indian market with rates as low as Rs 59 per month, notching up over a million customers and stealing well-known newage internet clients away from competitors.…

GoDaddy expands domain of web naming business

GoDaddy, Scottsdale, Arizona-based registrar of Internet names, has a made a name for itself in the Indian market with rates as low as Rs 59 per month, notching up over a million customers and stealing well-known newage internet clients away from competitors.…

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…

Greyhound Research as a Knowledge Partner at CXO Leadership Retreat 2013

What is the event all about?  The Indian Economy is experiencing its worst slowdown in nearly a decade on the back of global contractionary headwinds, domestic macro-economic imbalances and policy reversals on the fiscal front. With growth pegged at below…

Does Salesforce1 Meet The Needs Of Indian Enterprises?

Salesforce.com, the San Francisco based cloud computing company, announced the release of their new mobility and apps oriented Salesforce1 platform at the Salesforce Dreamforce Conference on 18 November. “The new Salesforce1 platform has effectively rebranded its already established Force.com solution,”…

Senior level exits may affect Infosys business, staff morale

The unending exodus from Infosys of its top executives may now seem to be an everyday affair but insiders in the company as well as analysts say that it is affecting the morale of the employees. “Shake-ups were bound to…

5 lessons IT leaders can learn from Obamacare rollout mistakes

There’s still plenty of disagreement about the ideology, efficacy and even legality of the Affordable Care Act (i.e. Obamacare), but there’s broad consensus that the launch of HealthCare.gov website was a dismal failure. And like so many tech rollout disasters, this one…

Infosys North America Head of Utilities quits

Stephen Pratt, Head of Utilities and Resources, North America, has quit Infosys. The exit follows that of Ashok Vemuri, who was Head of Americas and Global Head of Manufacturing and Engineering Services and a Board member. According to a filing with…

Infosys North America Head of Utilities quits

Stephen Pratt, Head of Utilities and Resources, North America, has quit Infosys. The exit follows that of Ashok Vemuri, who was Head of Americas and Global Head of Manufacturing and Engineering Services and a Board member. According to a filing…

Not out of the woods

While the second quarter was aided by a depreciating Rupee and signs of outsourcing demand pickup, the rest of the fiscal year may not be strong due to impending passage of the Immigration Bill, increased regulatory oversight regarding visas and…

Bigdata: Hadoop

For the past couple of years, Android and iOS fans have been at loggerheads as to which operating system—and therefore, smartphone—is better over the other. And these wars have spilled on to the comments sections of smartphone manufacturer forums for…

When the leader trips

Author and retired American soccer player Mia Hamm has famously said, It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there. In the current context, who will know this better than two brands that have been in the…

How to sail through complex Due Diligence process

Setting up systems, adhering to all financial and legal requirements and transparency will help a venture sail through an increasingly complex due diligence process. Tight-fisted investors are taking longer to close deals at startups as they become more alive to the…

Infosys to settle US visa case with a $35-m fine

Infosys on Tuesday said that it is close to resolving its ongoing visa-related case with the US authorities. According to a statement made by the Office of US Attorney John M. Bales for the Eastern District of Texas, the State Department…

Social business is the way ahead

Years ago, it was just unthinkable that you would decide whether to watch a movie or not on the basis of short and snappy reviews posted by strangers, indulge in blatant narcissism by posting 'selfies' and revel in the 'likes'…

Nxtra Data Charts Out Expansion Plan Post Hive-Off

Nxtra Data, the newly created subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, is planning to add new data centres across multiple cities, including Bangalore, Delhi NCR and Kolkata. The company currently manages 1.60 lakh sq ft space across seven data centres and plans to…

Nxtra Data charts out expansion plan post hive-off

Nxtra Data, the newly created subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, is planning to add new data centres across multiple cities, including Bangalore, Delhi NCR and Kolkata. The company currently manages 1.60 lakh sq ft space across seven data centres and plans to…

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…

Microsoft Looks To Get Its Mojo Back

Rahul Banerjee, vice-president of sales and marketing in a leading consumer goods company, is a road warrior. He spends almost 20 days a month visiting various cities. Earlier, on his trips, he routinely packed his laptop, his iPad and a…

Facebook chat on ‘Future on Cloud Computing’ – Join The Conversation!

                Greyhound Research is featuring in a Facebook chat organized by IBM on the 'Future of Cloud Computing'. Exchange thoughts with our Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Sanchit Vir Gogia, and other esteemed…

Flipkart biggest rival, Amazon, is here

India was hardly on Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos's mind when he conceived the business in 1994. But, the founder of Amazon (it was initially incorporated as Cadabra), today a e-retailer behemoth, saw one of his early orders was from halfway…

Murthy’s comeback crisis call – Perspective from Greyhound Research

Shibu understood what Infosys 3.0 is, but unfortunately the company has not delivered any thought leadership that the market needed from them. Infosys has had a problem in stepping out of their comfort zone, Sanchit said. See more in this…

Murthy’s comeback crisis call

Shibu understood what Infosys 3.0 is, but unfortunately the company has not delivered any thought leadership that the market needed from them. Infosys has had a problem in stepping out of their comfort zone, Sanchit said. To watch the video…