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Vodafone-Idea, IBM Deal Set To Exceed USD 1 Bn
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is believed to have finalised a new $700-800 million (Rs4,900 crore-5,600 crore) five-year technology outsourcing contract with IBM, a deal that is expected to contribute a major part to the Rs8,400 crore annual opex savings that…
Vodafone-Idea, IBM Set To Seal $700-800 Million 5-year IT Outsourcing Deal
Vodafone Idea is believed to have finalised a new $700-800 million (Rs4,900 crore-5,600 crore) five-year technology outsourcing contract with IBM, a deal that is expected to contribute a major part to the Rs8,400 crore annual opex savings that the telecom…
Episode 2: #GreyhoundTV #DoubleDecaff – IBM Announces Sydney Multi-Zone Region
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Episode 1: #GreyhoundTV #DoubleDecaff – AWS Launches New Region in Hong Kong
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Vodafone Idea Outsourcing Deal To Exceed USD 1 Billion for IBM India
Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL), India’s top telecom operator, may miss an internal deadline of December 2018 to finalise new IT contracts, and is holding advanced talks with US software major IBM to finalise a multi-year deal by March end, which, some estimates suggest, could…
Cognizant Tax Evasion Issue Unlikely To Have Significant Impact
Industry experts believe that Cognizant will not see much impact from its ongoing case with the income tax authorities in India. "Cognizant is not a company that is known to be non-compliant. That said, a company of its stature should…
AI Is Coming Of Age, So Should You
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Busting The Myths of Artificial Intelligence
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Episode 5: Greyhound TV Dealing With Digital – In Conversation With Bjorn Engelhardt
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Episode 3: Greyhound TV Dealing With Digital – In Conversation With Vilakshan Jakhu
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Tweet Chat On The Future Of Mainframe – All About Digital Transformation
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Here’s Why Mainframes Are Still Relevant In The Cloud & Mobile Era
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Tweet Chat On The Future Of Mainframe
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In 3 Years, Sikka Helps Buoy Infosys Profit
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IT Industry Stares At Jobless Growth
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Data Centre & Compute Modernisation: Critical Success Factors In Digital Transformation Agenda
Digital Transformation is topping the priority charts not just with technology leaders but with CEOs and Boards alike. Findings from a recent Greyhound Research study titled, Global CEO Priorities 2017, tell this tale eloquently. Per the study, over 95% global…
Reskilling: Indian IT Sector Starts Massive Effort To Learn New Tricks
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Irony Of H-1B Visa Policy: Jobs Trump Is Trying To Protect Are About To Vanish Altogether
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
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…
Cognizant Layoffs: Gloom Continues, Jobs In Tech And IT Companies Dry Up
Cognizant, the New Jersey-headquartered software services company with most of its operations in Chennai, is likely to lay off 6,000-10,000 “ redundant and non-performing” employees. “When global competition stepped in, Indian companies went through multiple levels of devaluation – for example…
With Digital Transformation As Pivot, HCL Technologies Posts Strong Q3 2017 Results
The appointment of C Vijayakumar in the last quarter is proving to be a good move for HCL Technologies. HCL Tech is going through a change and he is bringing in fresh perspectives in the way their deals are being…
HCL Tech Q3 Net Up 7.8%, Co Maintains Full-Year Guidance
HCL Technologies on Tuesday reported a 7.8% rise in consolidated net profit at Rs2,070 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2016, as compared to Rs1,920 crore reported in the year-ago period. Anshoo Nandwaani, Vice President & Principal Analyst,…
With Growing Protectionist Sentiment, Indian IT Service Providers Face A Bumpy Road Ahead
January 20, 2017, will mark the commencement of the four-year term of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States. Since his presidential election win on November 8, 2016, many quarters of the global industry have been abuzz with possible outcomes…
Flashback 2016: Year Of Uncertainties For IT Sector
Information technology industry strived to find newer opportunities and markets in 2016 as geopolitical uncertainties, a challenging business climate and technological shift clouded outlook. “The world market is leaning towards protectionism,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound…
Tough 2016 For IT, Tougher Year Ahead
For India’s export-focused software services sector, 2016 was a tough battle. The information technology (IT) sector had to reduce growth numbers for only the second time in a decade, the first being after a US recession triggered by the Lehman…
IT Companies Will Have To Prove Their Digital Narrative In 2017
Winter has set in, and yet, the biting icy winds do not stop New Yorkers from getting to work. At Liberty Street, inside the Times Inc. office, there are a couple of financial service providers and media companies talking about…
Indian IT Firms Face Uphill Task For New Contracts Up For Rebid
India’s software exporters seem to be the new incumbents in the global technology outsourcing space. In the next two years, clients such as BNP Paribas, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Citigroup and DuPont will look at their existing contracts…
SAP Launches Solution To Help Firms Make Real-Time Decisions
SAP has launched new technology solution for corporates, which gives analytical information to C-suite executives that can help make decisions in real time. Taking the help of Amazon’s Alexa, a voice service that helps humans interact with machines, the solution…
Demonetisation: How TCS, Which Counts RBI & Other Banks As Clients, Changed Back-End Systems Overnight
Late on the evening of November 8, 10 executives at Tata Consultancy Services got on a conference call to discuss how to ensure that their banking customers will be able to comply with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation announcement. “No…