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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…
Read More With Digital Transformation As Pivot, HCL Technologies Posts Strong Q3 2017 Results
Indian engineers have for long viewed the US as the land of El Dorado with its promise of riches — professional and personal. But they are now a deeply worried lot as nationalist rhetoric turns shrill in Donald Trump’s America.…
Read More Indian Techies Nervous About Stay In Donald Trump’s America; Mull Passage Back Home
2016 was largely a grim year in the history of mankind...if you think I'm exaggerating, read this article from Slate that does great justice to why 2016 leaves behind others as the worst year. Luckily for us at Greyhound Knowledge…
After launching its public cloud services in September, Oracle is vying for the market dominated by Amazon Web Services – by changing its organisation culture to mimic that of AWS itself. “Digital sales will be challenging for Oracle because most…
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,…
Read More HCL Tech Q3 Net Up 7.8%, Co Maintains Full-Year Guidance
New US President Donald Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' rallying cry has put the USD 150- billion Indian IT industry on edge, which is in wait-and-watch mode to see how the new administration evolves policies around outsourcing and movement of skilled…
Read More Trump’s ‘Buy American-Hire American’ Pledge Unnerves Indian IT
At 43, Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s energy level is palpable, as he danced on “Malhari” the song from actor Ranveer Singh’s movie Bajirao Mastani, at the annual Paytm event. But Sharma forgot that in the era of internet, on which Paytm’s…
Read More Dance Of The Damned: Is The Paytm Founder Celebrating Too Soon?
Funded by foreign investors and parent companies, India’s leading e-commerce firms -- Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal -- have increased its losses by 51% in just one year to Rs 11,754 crore, to fund growth and dole out discounts to gain…
Read More Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal Losses Could Have Paid For Printing Notes After Demonetisation
The year 2016 witnessed a major rise and impact of new technologies like social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) across businesses and organisations, not just in terms of the adoption, usage and investments but also it gained the status of…
Read More How Change In Technology Landscape Is Impacting M&A In IT Industry
Amid widespread concerns over impending policies of Donald Trump, who is set to take charge as US President from Friday, Nasscom is planning a visit to the US in the next few weeks to reach out to American policymakers and…
Read More Trump-Wary IT Body Nasscom To Meet US Policy Makers Soon
Hoping for a "business-friendly administration", Infosys chief Vishal Sikka says Trump himself is an entrepreneur and a business leader and therefore, he "expects that this will be the case where business and innovation friendly regime." Greyhound Research Chief Analyst and…
Mobile-wallet ventures are increasingly looking for partnerships with insurance companies in an effort to minimise their liability with risks from cyber security breaches on the rise. “A lot of times, hardware is mass produced and software just gets designed around…
Read More M-Wallet Companies Look To Forge Partnerships With Insurance Firms
German multinational corporation SAP SE may be best known as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software firm but senior executives insist that it has successfully moved beyond ERP to providing cloud computing and digital solutions as well. “The growth has…
Rajesh Gopinathan, who will take over as the CEO of Tata group crown jewel Tata Consultancy Services on February 21, has big shoes to fill. But experts believe the 46-year-old will bring freshness into the company at a time when…
Read More Chandra-Gopi Combine Could Bring Tata Tech Units Under TCS
The Donald Trump administration which will take charge on 20 January in the US has announced that it will push for legislative measures to curb misuse of H1-B and L1 work visas significantly used by Indian IT professionals. The US…
Read More New H1-B Bill: Despite Vishal Sikka’s Hopes On Trump, Indian IT Margins May Take A Hit
At Greyhound Research – the Technology & Innovation Research, Advisory & Consulting arm of Greyhound Knowledge Group – the year has started on a rather interesting note. We’ve just closed our annual study, Global CLDO Priorities 2017, and the results…
Read More Course Content In Learning Outsourcing: From A Point Of Failure To A Position Of Strength
Of all the possible candidates, the credentials of TCS' N Chandrasekaran was hard to be ignored for panel. Research and advisory firm Greyhound Research Chief Analyst & CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia adds, "he has very strong digital capability, a huge plus…
Read More Five Reasons Why Ratan Tata Picked N Chandrasekaran For The Top Job
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…
Read More With Growing Protectionist Sentiment, Indian IT Service Providers Face A Bumpy Road Ahead
IBM’s two major global bets — cloud and cognitive — are also the two weakest areas for the computing giant in India, where it seems to be struggling in a highly competitive market. Will the new India MD be able…
A year after Binny Bansal replaced his co-founder Sachin Bansal as CEO, Flipkart has yet again undergone changes in its management structure. India’s largest online marketplace announced its head of category design Kalyan Krishnamurthy as the new CEO, while Binny…
Read More What Flipkart’s New CEO Hire Tells Us About The Future Of India’s Startups
The appointment of a new CEO at Flipkart has anguished many Indian entrepreneurs. “Global investors who have bet on India will now take a cue from Flipkart and bringing CEOs from outside may well become a trend in 2017. That’s…
Indian real-estate websites PropTiger.com and Housing.com are merging to create the country’s top portal for residential listings and property services, as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. boosts its investment in the growing sector while Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. scales back.…
Read More SoftBank’s Son Cedes to Murdoch as Top India Home Portals Merge
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On January 4, 2017, IBM India named Karan Bajwa as the new Managing Director. He takes over the reigns from Vanitha Narayanan, who has now been appointed as the Chairman. Per the announcement, this change is effective immediately; both Karan and Vanitha will report…
Read More Whilst Transforming Clients, IBM India Must Also Transform Within
On December 31, 2016, Infosys announced a sudden exit of its General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, David Kennedy. While no reasons have been cited by the company, per the terms of exit, Kennedy will receive aggregate severance payments of…
IT major Infosys’ Rs. 5.9 crore ($868,250) severance pay offer to outgoing General Counsel David D Kennedy is a move to play safe with Donald Trump administration in the US, say experts. "There is some kind of an abruptness in…
Read More Infosys’ Rs 5.9 Cr Severance Pay To Kennedy Bid To Play Safe With Trump
Sanchit Vir Gogia, Founder & CEO of the Digital Transformation Research and Advisory firm Greyhound Knowledge Group points out that earlier e commerce firms used to depend on reactive analytics like push based email campaigns but over the years the…
Read More How To Drive E-Commerce Business Through Predictive Analytics
Mid-way through the year, something unexpected happened with Uber – the largest startup in terms of valuation. It gave up in the world’s most populous country. In an apparent move to stop a bloodbath in terms of losses, US-based Uber…
Read More Flashback 2016: Uber Sharpens Focus On India After Losing China Battle
The cheapest one came for just Rs 251 while another made global headlines for catching fire.Year 2016 has indeed been the year of smartphones -- for right reasons or wrong -- as these powerful-yet-affordable devices pushed India ahead of the…
Read More Gadgets In 2016: Reminiscing The Delightful And Looking Forward To Surprises
据美国石英网12月27日报道，亚洲第三大经济体印度的电子商务零售商正努力弥补企业亏损。 据报道，在投资者投入百万资金后期待回报之际，Flipkart、亚马逊等电商企业采取积极投放广告和打折促销的方式来吸引消费者。但截止2016年3月31日的年度财务报告显示，许多在线零售商虽然收入大幅增长，但是亏损也在增加。 “我对这些亏损不是太担忧，”研究咨询公司“Greyhound Research”首席分析师兼首席执行官Sanchit Vir Gogia说，“我真正担心的是这些公司的产品质量以及管理。比如说，如果他们的产品销售额增加了，那么生产成本也会增加，从而导致亏损，这种情况是让我非常担心的。” [Source1] | [Source2] | [Source3] | [Source4] | [Source5] | [Source6] | [Source7] | [Source8] | [Source9] | [Source10] | [Source11] | [Source12] | [Source13]
