#GreyhoundInMedia:20 of the Most Painful Lessons IT Pros Had to Learn the Hard Way #Press #Media #CIO.com

You can’t become a great IT pro without breaking a few metaphoric networking eggs. It would be great if all these mistakes happened in a sandbox environment. Unfortunately, they often happen during business operations. While learnings from these mistakes are invaluable,…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Wipro likely to beat Nasscom’s growth estimates this fiscal, say analysts #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine

Despite a tepid guidance for the first quarter of this year, fuelled by multi-million dollar deals in the past few months, Wipro is expected to beat Nasscom’s 13-15 per cent growth estimates for the 2015 fiscal. Sanchit Vir Gogia of…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Tata Communications to up data centre size, spend $200 million #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine

Global communications and enterprise service provider Tata Communications said the company expects to lead the data centre business in India with around 26 per cent market share right now. According to the company, it tops the data centre market right now…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Apple-IBM alliance unlikely to shake up Indian market #Press #Media #FinancialExpress

The global alliance between IBM and Apple for iPhone and iPad devices targeted at enterprises is unlikely to shake up the Indian devices market in the near term. Under this partnership, IBM will bring its new class of business apps involving…

Hard Facts: Enterprise Mobility

Like some magic wand, CIOs and enterprises have taken to quoting mobility as one of the top emerging technologies in their wish list.  It would be the answer to a large number of issues that enterprises face, and maybe the…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Budget 2014 Impact: Mobile Phone Prices May Go Up #Press #Media #SiliconIndia

Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of handsets by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that are…

Budget 2014 Impact: Mobile Phone Prices May Go Up

Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of handsets by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that are…

#GreyhoundInMedia: IT Report Card to the NDA Government – Evaluating the Union Budget 2014-15 #Press #Media #Firstpost

As a follow-up to our previous blog where Greyhound Research highlighted pain points IT decision makers are facing in India, below is an IT report card for the NDA Government post the announcements in Union Budget 2014-15. This report card assesses various…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Innovation is the Way to Success #Press #Media #CIO&Leader

Innovation has always been one of the keys to success for a CIO; and over the years, every enterprise technology decision maker has realised that the job is much more than just managing IT in the organisation. The management's expectations…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys at cusp of change, revival to be gradual: Analysts #Press #Media #JagranPost

Sikka, who takes over from the current CEO and MD SD Shibulal on August 1, brings in his extensive experience in products at enterprise software giant SAP. "Infosys is at the cusp of change...Infosys is all set to undergo a…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Analysts see Infosys at cusp of change, say revival to be gradual #Press #Media #BusinessToday

Infosys is standing at the "cusp of change" and will now widen its focus on software assets and intellectual property under its new CEO Vishal Sikka, say analysts. Sikka, who takes over from the current CEO and MD SD Shibulal on August 1,…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Vishal Sikka harbinger of change, Infosys set to witness major shift in focus #Press #Media #Firstpost

India's second largest IT services provider Infosys Ltd surprised investors by posting a better-than-expected margins and net profit for April-June 2014 (Q1 FY2015). The company managed to beat consensus expectations with the consolidated net profit falling 3.5 percent sequentially to…

IT Report Card To The NDA Government – Evaluating The Union Budget 2014-15

As a follow-up to our previous reportr where Greyhound Research highlighted pain points IT decision makers are facing in India, below is an IT report card for the NDA Government post the announcements in Union Budget 2014-15. This report card assesses…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Sikka to play important role in Infy transformation, revival to be gradual: Analysts #Press #Media #Firstbiz

Standing at the "cusp of change", IT services giant Infosys will now widen its focus on software assets and intellectual property under its new CEO Vishal Sikka, analysts said today. Sikka, who takes over from the current CEO and MD S…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Smartphone rates likely to rise #Press #Media #TheSangaiExpress

Smartphone rates likely to rise

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys at ‘Cusp of Change’, Revival to be Gradual: Analysts #Press #Media #NDTVProfit

Standing at the "cusp of change", IT services giant Infosys will now widen its focus on software assets and intellectual property under its new chief executive Vishal Sikka, analysts say. Mr Sikka, who takes over from the current CEO and managing…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys takes step to stop high attrition #Press #Media #DNA

Though Infosys has managed to hire Vishal Sikka as its CEO, the company still has a huge task cut out for itself as it stares at an employee attrition rate of 19.5% for the June quarter. The company saw attrition…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Budget impact: Mobile phone prices may go up #Press #Media #FinancialExpress

Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of cell phones by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that…

Budget impact: Mobile phone prices may go up

Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of cell phones by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Attrition woes continue at Infy #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine

Over 10,000 employees left the software major during the first quarter. Infosys will take another 3-4 quarters to curb attrition, which is at an all-time high with around 10,627 people having left the company in the first quarter of 2015 fiscal. In…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys at cusp of change, revival to be gradual: Analysts #Press #Media #EconomicTimes

Standing at the "cusp of change", IT services giant Infosys will now widen its focus on software assets and intellectual property under its new CEO Vishal Sikka, analysts said today. Sikka, who takes over from the current CEO and MD S D Shibulal…

Indian SMEs Continue To Battle The State of Flux

Recently, Greyhound Knowledge Group in association with Firstbiz commissioned a survey across 540 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in 9 cities. In light of the Budget 2014-15, our aim, through this survey, was to accentuate the pressing concerns of the SME sector. In the…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys beats St ahead of new CEO takeover #Press #Media #DNA

Net profit rises 22% year on year on new order wins; co retains 7-9% revenue growth guidance. Infosys Ltd posted first-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates as India's second-largest software services company won more orders. Net profit rose 22% to Rs 2,890 crore…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys cheers Street as Q1 earnings in-line with estimates #Press #Media #BusinessStandard

Margins, volumes surprise; attrition at all-time high. India’s second largest information technology (IT) services company Infosys today cheered investors by throwing up a positive surprise on the margins and volumes growth front and posting earnings for April-June 2014 (Q1FY2015) on expected…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys Q1 Net up 21.6%; attrition rate hits record 19.5% #Press #Media #ZeeBiz

IT major Infosys on Friday reported a healthy 21.6 percent growth in consolidated net profit for the first quarter, helped by increase in business from Europe and improved operational efficiency. The city-based firm posted a net profit of Rs 2,886 crore…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys Q1 Net up 21.6%; attrition rate hits record 19.5% #Press #Media #PTI

IT major Infosys on Friday reported a healthy 21.6 percent growth in consolidated net profit for the first quarter, helped by increase in business from Europe and improved operational efficiency. The city-based firm posted a net profit of Rs 2,886 crore…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Budget impact: Mobile phone prices may go up #Press #Media #ZeeNews

Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of handsets by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that are…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Dissecting Jaitley’s first Budget: Does it satisfy the appetite of the IT industry? #Press #Media #Firstbiz

Moving in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stated agenda of giving technology a high priority, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced several initiatives to boost the technology space in his maiden Union Budget. In reactions, Jaitley's Budget has managed to…

Dissecting Jaitley’s first Budget: Does it satisfy the appetite of the IT industry?

Moving in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stated agenda of giving technology a high priority, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced several initiatives to boost the technology space in his maiden Union Budget. In reactions, Jaitley's Budget has managed to…