AWS Announces New Asia Pacific Region – Here’s Why It Matters!

On Tuesday, 28 June 2016, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of its sixth Asia Pacific (APAC) Region in Mumbai, India. The new AWS Mumbai Region consists of two separate Availability Zones at launch. This news is part of the…

To grow in IT, Tata Sons looks inside for a new strategy

Tata Sons is looking at implementing a group-level acquisition strategy for some of its IT needs , as it focuses on gaining better value in its technology spending, two sources with knowledge of the matter told ET. "It will take…

Alibaba Eyeing Data Center in India to Take on Amazon, Microsoft

Alibaba is reportedly trying to cement its cloud business with plans to open a data center in India this year. According to Indian newspaper Business Line, China's e-commerce titan has plans to boost its cloud computing business in India likely through…

Vision 2021: will Infosys, Wipro make it?

The vision plans laid out by Infosys and Wipro, which involves doubling their revenue in five years, face several challenges — from employees having to think differently, to achieving scale in new business areas. Sometime in early 2008, TCS laid out…

How the TCS-Epic case could impact the IT services sector

Indian IT services companies with software platforms could be forced to rethink their operational set up after the massive fine imposed by a Wisconsin federal jury against TCS. While TCS has denied the allegations of stealing healthcare software from American…

How terror is affecting Indian techies overseas

When Nirmal Jain, an IBM employee, was about to be sent to Jordan on his first onsite posting, his family had serious concerns about security. However, for Jain, now 24, it was a blessing in disguise. IBM paid him a…

Thanks to startup boom, new IT services providers born in India

The startup boom in the country is propelling a parallel IT services industry. While established technology companies such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services largely cater to overseas customers, upcoming firms are focusing on India, quenching the domestic demand for…

The Dealmaker – TechMahindra

When Vineet Nayyar joined Tech Mahindra (called Mahindra British Telecom), it was a mere $110-million company. Today, it has revenues close to $3.9 billion, and is the second biggest company in the Mahindra Group with a share of 23 per…

Restoring & Reinventing

On 20 august — which happened to be Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s 69th birthday — the company CEO and managing director Vishal Sikka announced a new set of services, ‘Aikido’. Named after Japanese martial art that is about defeating…

Results Of Infosys And HCL Tech Indicate That Strategic Outsourcing Is Dying A Natural Death

From the results of two big IT service providers, namely HCL Technologies and Infosys, it is clear that Strategic Outsourcing (SO) is dying a natural death, believes Greyhound Research. “Strategic outsourcing deals are increasingly being replaced by cloud and/or managed…

Singtel to Acquire Trustwave

Singapore-based Singtel, Southeast Asia's largest telecommunications company, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire U.S.-based managed security services company Trustwave for $810 million. Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst and group CEO at Greyhound Research, believes that this deal will help…

IT Industry May See Muted Growth In Fiscal 2016

The $118-billion Indian information technology (IT) industry could see muted growth in the fiscal year ending March 2016, even lower than the 13-15% growth that software lobby Nasscom forecast for the current fiscal as most businesses keep a wary eye…

IT Industry May See Muted Growth In Fiscal 2016

The $118-billion Indian information technology (IT) industry could see muted growth in the fiscal year ending March 2016, even lower than the 13-15% growth that software lobby Nasscom forecast for the current fiscal as most businesses keep a wary eye…

India to become Capgemini’s default offshoring location soon

Cap Gemini SA, the Paris-based consulting and software services firm, is trying to save costs by farming out more work to its centres in India and hiring freshers from colleges.Capgemini, which has software development centres in more than 10locations outside France,…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Lacking Emphasis #Press #Media #HP #MphasiS

Earlier this year, MphasiS, the bangalore based software services player, unveiled its new logo with great fanfare. The logo had a new visual appeal, with the subtext ‘Unleash the Next’, in place of ‘An HP Company’ earlier. Speaking on the occasion,…

HCL Technologies banks on Govt deals

The country’s fourth largest information technology services provider, HCL Technologies, has turned its focus to the Indian market. The company expects to increase its revenue from the domestic market, largely from Government business. Competitors like TCS and Infosys have been getting…

HCL Technologies banks on Govt deals

The country’s fourth largest information technology services provider, HCL Technologies, has turned its focus to the Indian market. The company expects to increase its revenue from the domestic market, largely from Government business. Competitors like TCS and Infosys have been getting…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

CVs of HCL Infosystems’ employees flood job portals

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…

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…

The times they’re a-changin

About the same time Steve Jobs was shipping his first Apple Macintosh in 1978, a start-up floated by a bunch of young Indian entrepreneurs had developed the first indigenous micro-computer. Hindustan Computers Limited, as it was known then, had developed…

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…

Chopping away Cloud bills

Although cost saving is one of the key drivers for the trending success of cloud computing, cloud deployments do not always and necessarily mean saving costs; nor does the cloud mean that a company can perpetually go on saving with…

To charge or not to charge?

The pressure to expand IT infrastructure coupled with the need to minimise costs has heightened the demand for chargeback systems. If done well, a chargeback mechanism allows IT costs to scale up or down based on demand and usage, say…

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…