Rising Opportunities In Enterprise Mobility

Enterprise Mobility (EM) refers to a shift in business practices whereby more employees work outside the office and access secure corporate data for everyday tasks. Meanwhile, Sanchit Vir Gogia, CEO, Greyhound Research, foresees growing demand for software and application integrators.…

Greyhound Research in the running for Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm of the Year awards

Influencer Relations blog has announced the 2014 “Analyst Firm of the Year” awards. Contenders have been narrowed down to a shortlist of 18 firms which are in the top ten rankings for ten different categories. The awards aim to recognise…

Steel beneath softness

Amiable, convivial and genial are some of the adjectives used to describe Krishnakumar Natarajan, or KK, the easygoing CEO of Mindtree. In January 2011, though, nothing was going easy for the Bangalore-based IT and outsourcing company, which was co-founded by…

Deal stream: Six deals worth Rs 27,153 crore closed in just seven days

With markets hitting new highs almost everyday and business sentiment improving, India Inc got on to the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bandwagon closing as many as six deals worth Rs 27,153 crore in just seven days. On the TechM deal,…

EMC Redefines Hybrid Cloud for the Enterprise

EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Federation Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Edition with VMware available immediately. Microsoft Cloud Platform and OpenStack® Editions to be available in 2015. Solution offers public cloud interoperability with VMware vCloud® AirTM, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and…

EMC Furthers Its Hybrid Cloud Ambition For Enterprises

Last month IT major EMC announced globally that it is venturing into the hybrid cloud space. At a recent webinar the IT major explains how the company is furthering its hybrid cloud ambition by launching a new solution for enterprises…

EMC Announces Professional Services For Hybrid Cloud

The company has announced four new services under its professional services portfolio to for end-to-end turnkey operational management; to analyze application requirements and workload suitability; for IT transformation and education services According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and Group…

Steel beneath softness

Amiable, convivial and genial are some of the adjectives used to describe Krishnakumar Natarajan, or KK, the easygoing CEO of Mindtree. In January 2011, though, nothing was going easy for the Bangalore-based IT and outsourcing company, which was co-founded by…

Riding The Next Wave Of Digital Growth

Indian IT services companies are realizing that ‘digital’ is the way to go. They are investing in new technologies such as cloud computing, mobile technologies, data analytics among other and bagging high-margin outsourcing contracts to respond to the growing competition. In an…

Deal Street Sees Rs. 27,000-Crore Mergers and Acquisitions in a Week

With the markets hitting new highs almost every day and an improving business sentiment, India Inc got on to the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bandwagon closing as many as six deals worth Rs. 27,153 crore in just seven days. The deal…

Social Media: A Platform for ‘Entertainment’ or ‘Investment’

One of the huge marketing channels which has given corporates great ways to protect and build their digital reputations, is social media.Nowadays, social media is becoming an integral part of life online with the proliferation of social websites and applications.…

Infosys Begins Probe Into Financial Irregularities In BPO Arm

Infosys is undertaking a cleanup activity that intends to plug any loopholes concerning financial malpractices within the company, which includes severe action such as sacking of more people if found guilty. Sanchit Vir Gogia, analyst at Greyhound Research, said that…

#GreyhoundInMedia: ‘More heads may roll at Infosys (@Infosys) BPO’ #Press #Media @Jagranpost

While Mathews, chief financial officer of Infosys BPO, was sacked on Tuesday for failing to comply with the company's code of conduct, the unit's chief executive officer Gautam Thakkar has quit on "moral grounds" and would leave the company by…

Apple Fallout: More Executives Likely To Leave Infy

The exit of Infosys BPO unit  CFO Abraham Mathews on Tuesday on charges of violating the code of conduct of the company has further fuelled speculations of a cascading effect on other top executives as well. According to Greyhound Research…

Infosys Fired Finance Chief of BPO Unit for Inflating Apple’s Bills

Infosys Technologies fired the chief financial officer of its BPO unit for allegedly overbilling Apple Inc. for IT support services. “It is a brave step from Infosys’ side to come out and talk about the fraud going on internally in…

Charges Of Over-Billing Apple Cost Infosys BPO’s CFO His Job

Infosys has sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews and will fire some others senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. “It is a brave step from Infosys’ side to come out and talk about the…

Charges Of Over-Billing Apple Cost Infosys BPO’s CFO His Job

Infosys has sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews and will fire some others senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. “It is a brave step from Infosys’ side to come out and talk about the…

Tech Mahindra Buys LCC For $240 Million In Largest Indian IT Deal This Year

In the largest acquisition in Indian software services space this year, Tech Mahindra will buy out US-based Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC) for US $240 million (over Rs 1,486 crore) in an all-cash deal. Greyhound Research CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia said…

Tech Mahindra buys LCC for $240 million in largest Indian IT deal this year

In the largest acquisition in Indian software services space this year, Tech Mahindra will buy out US-based Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC) for US $240 million (over Rs 1,486 crore) in an all-cash deal. Greyhound Research CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia said…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Charges of over-billing Apple (@apple) cost Infosys (@Infosys) BPO’s CFO his job #Press #Media @BSIndia

Infosys has sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews and will fire some others senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. "It is a brave step from Infosys' side to come out and talk about the…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Charges of over-billing Apple (@apple) cost Infosys (@Infosys) BPO’s CFO his job #Press #Media @insideapple

Infosys has sacked its BPO unit CFO Abraham Mathews and will fire some others senior executives for allegedly overcharging Apple Inc for IT support services. "It is a brave step from Infosys' side to come out and talk about the…

Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia at HT Mint & Netmagic Cloud Connect

What is the event about? Cloud as a technology has already made the difference to the businesses across India, and yet the debate still continues. On one hand, the cloud promises a reduced cost and increased business agility, while on…

#GreyhoundInMedia: ‘Not many CIOs Aware of Cloud Standards’ #Press #Media @CXOtodayalerts

Enterprises are increasingly using cloud computing to ensure lowered IT costs and sustainable business growth. Even as IT budgets are on the rise, it is essential for firms to consider open technology as the lynchpin to increase effectiveness of investments.…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Spotlight on ‘Smart Cities’ on CeBIT (@cebitindia) India day 3 #Press #Media @APNnews

CeBIT India,  a leading Business IT and ICT trade fair, organized by Hannover Milano Fairs India in partnership with Bangalore ITE.biz concluded today. The central theme for the day 3 discussions was ‘Smart Cities’ – how India and Indians can…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Mercedes-Benz (@MercedesBenz) sees technology redefining future line of cars #Press #Media @Business_Line_

Company wants to leverage use of sensors to help augment driving. As Mercedes Benz looks to roll out its future line of luxury cars, it is looking at technology as one of the key differentiators. On the technology front, there are…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft (@MicrosoftIndia) to invest Rs 1,400 crore in India cloud data centres #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

Seeing a $2 trillion promise in India's cloud market, Microsoft has decided to spend Rs 1,400 crore on setting up three data centres in the country. In a filing with the Registrar of Companies, the US software giant said it…

#GreyhoundInMedia: TCS (@TCS_News) sees a jump in revenue from Tata Group companies (@TataCompanies), close to its ‘target $1 billion’ #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

Tata Consultancy Services, the information technology unit of the Tata Group, is more than a quarter of the way to its goal of garnering $1 billion (more than Rs 6,150 crore) in revenue from the group's companies, two people with…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys (@Infosys) joins Indian peers in boosting hiring in US #Press #Media @Mint

Of these, 1,500 will be experienced professionals, while the rest will be hired from American colleges and universities “There is at least a 60-70% variable pay gap between onsite and offshore employees on average. However, these onsite employees are much…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Inclusion by mobile #Press #Media @BT_India

This case study looks at how M-Pesa, a service that originated in Kenya, was tweaked for India and whether it can succeed. EXPERT VIEW: OPTIMUM ADOPTION OF M-PESA WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO YEARS "M-Pesa's adoption has been low owing…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Bharti Airtel (@airtelindia) scraps Loop Mobile merger deal #Press #Media @Livemint

Bharti Airtel had planned to buy Loop’s assets in February, but the deal did not get regulatory approvals. Bharti Airtel Ltd abandoned its `700 crore plan to buy Loop Telecom for its Mumbai operations after the country’s largest telecom operator failed to…