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Smelling opportunity in crisis is, perhaps, an important virtue of the greats and Mukesh Ambani’s fast-growing Jio Platforms is beginning to stand testimony to the same. After attracting investments worth $10 billion (Rs 78,562 crore) in just over a month,…
Amid the worst health crisis the world has ever seen, former Capgemini executive Thierry Delaporte will have to face challenges at multiple levels, cultural and structural as he takes charge as Wipro CEO on July 6, 2020. Subscribe To Greyhound Digital Digest…
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IT major Wipro on Friday said Capgemini Group veteran Thierry Delaporte will join the company as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director with effect from July 6, 2020. He succeeds Abidali Z Neemuchwala, whose decision to step down from…
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A potential investment in Vodafone Idea by global technology giant Google will further heat up the race to create the next big connected digital ecosystem in India, analysts feel. Subscribe To Greyhound Digital Digest “While Google and Bharti Airtel have…
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On 29th May 2020, Wipro announced the appointment of Thierry Delaporte as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) Wipro Ltd. He replaces Abidali Neemuchwala who was the company's CEO since February 2016. #GreyhoundStandpoint 1 - First things first,…
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The appointment of Thierry Delaporte as chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) Wipro Ltd is seen as a historic move by industry observers, as he perhaps will be the first non-Indian to be at the helm of any…
Read More Thierry Delaporte As CEO To Help Wipro With New Ideas, Global Presence: Analysts
On May 28, 2020, Financial Times reported that Google is exploring a stake in Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) to further its India presence. This news comes close on heels to the recent spate of investments in Jio Platforms, a wholly-owned…
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Jio Mart, Reliance Retail’s answer to Amazon and Grofers, went national Saturday. Given that its success, if it happens, will also depend on sister concern Jio Platforms’ 380 million and growing subscriber base, there are concerns around how privacy and…
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Less than a month after starting a WhatsApp Ordering Service in Navi Mumbai, Reliance has rolled out JioMart widely. The ecommece platform, which Reliance calls a "single virtual store", will deliver products in 200 towns and cities in India, including…
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio platform saw a lot of cash inflow into the company. Unlike its competitors, the telecom giant saw a surge of investors. It is venturing into own operating systems, music, OTT and digital payments. After Facebook‘s $5.7…
Read More A Round-Up Of All Reliance Jio Investments And What Follows
Taking cues from many tech giants, Facebook is now trying to get small businesses to sell directly from its platform. The feature, called Shops, will be rolling out to both Facebook and Instagram and allows pretty much anyone to set…
Read More Facebook Takes Another Shot At eCommerce With Shops Platform
For the past few weeks, speculations are rife in trading circles regarding a mega-investment deal between Microsoft and Reliance Jio. Observers of the stock market foresee a considerable investment by Microsoft in the telecom giant. Before buying stakes in a…
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US private equity giant General Atlantic has invested $870 million (approximately Rs 6,598 crore) in Reliance's Jio Platforms in its largest deal in Asia so far. The investment gives General Atlantic a 1.34 percent stake in Jio Platforms on a…
Read More General Atlantic Invests $870M In Reliance’s Jio Platforms In Its Largest Asia Deal
COVID19 is a watershed moment, and a new set of realities are emerging as a consequence. Fact is, the impact of this pandemic will be felt in ripples that will hit us well after it is over. Like it or not,…
Many Indians and foreign citizens planning to fly out in one of the special flights arranged by the government are fighting against all odds to book a ticket, which includes an inefficient and snag-prone Air India website. Many have stormed…
Read More Air India’s Website A Major Hurdle For Those Trying To Fly Out
Some startups aim to have most of their employees work permanently from home, in the wake of tech giants Facebook, Google, and Twitter announcing such measures for their employees till 2021. “COVID19 is a watershed moment, and a new set…
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Information Technology spending this year will likely fall as organisations trim investments in technology in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic-led slowdown, analysts said. Other analysts, however, said hardware deals were still being signed, but not at the same pace…
Read More Indian IT Leans On Govt Spends, Managed Services As Deals Slow
Four days after Reliance Jio struck a deal with Silver Laker Partners, it has earned fresh investments from another US-based tech-focused private equity fund. Vista Equity Partners has acquired 2.32 percent stake in Jio Platforms for an estimated $1.5 billion…
Indian IT services companies are betting on generating revenues from their digital business which has seen growth despite the slowdown amid the covid-19 crisis. While each company defines “digital" in slightly different ways, areas like cloud, cyber security, and data…
Read More IT Services Companies Bet On Digital Amid Business Slowdown
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Silver Lake Partners on Monday invested ₹5,665 crore in Jio Platforms for a 1.15% stake. This was at a 12.5% premium to Facebook’s ₹43,574 crore ($5.7 billion) deal for a 9.99% announced on 22 April. So, what has made Jio Platform a…
Read More What Makes Jio Platforms Command a INR 5 Trillion Valuation
IT services companies may see business from US retailers fall sharply, as some non-essential and luxury brands shut stores and furlough employees, analysts said. Infosys, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro service the retail sector in the US and analysts…
Read More Slowdown In America’s Retail Sector To Hit Indian IT Firms
Queuing up at his local store for grocery worried Naman Jain. With coronavirus cases rising, it was too much of a risk for the resident of the Mumbai suburb of Thane. RIL’s ambitions for Jio are bigger and deeper, says…
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Customers of Airtel Thanks will now get free, unlimited access to ZEE5’s premium content library as part of their exclusive benefits, the companies announced. Airtel, like rival Reliance Jio, has been inching towards a bundled app ecosystem powered by content.…
Read More Airtel-ZEE5 Extend Partnership As Telcos Inch Towards Bundled App Ecosystem
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s largest integrated telcos, has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud, designed to make it more efficient, flexible and future-ready to support core operations and enable new digital services.…
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