Cloud Domination Dreams: Oracle To Hire Troop Of Sales Professionals Across India

Oracle India is ramping up its cloud business with the addition of a dedicated sales force that will sell Oracle Cloud solutions. The company announced that it plans to hire more than 200 sales professionals to accelerate and ramp up…

Slow Cloud Computing Growth Pushes Oracle Profits Down 12%

Unable to cash in on the cloud computing growth and due to heavy discounts on its products, Oracle India's profits saw a decline of 12 per cent in 2013-14 to Rs 297 crore. Oracle's rival SAP, which has been quite…

Yu Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

CIOs Need A Broad Outlook For Developing Security Strategies

The last few months have seen numerous phishing attacks and hacking on to corporate networks—are you seeing the threat landscape getting more complicated? The security industry is rightly earning its long due importance in organisations owing to numerous attacks last…

What IT Head Honchos Are Expecting From Budget 2015-16

The budget is just round the corner. Everyone has their own set of expectations from the upcoming budget. While common man is hoping the budget to bring some tax relief and cheaper commodities, industrialists are keeping their fingers crossed about…

Moving Away From Oil

One does not really associate names like Jaguar Land Rover, a British automotive company; or Mars, an American confectioner, with Saudi Arabia. For years, Saudi Arabia has become synonymous with oil. And it is not surprising considering that around 80%…

CIOs Cautious of Free Upgrade to Windows 10

In a widely anticipated move, Microsoft announced last week that its newly launched operating system, Windows 10, will be provided as a free upgrade to the users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President,…

Indian IT Industry Mood Lifts on Totalisation Pact

With the resumption of the discussions on Social Security Agreement and Bilateral Investment Agreement finding pride of place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcements at the joint press meet with visiting US president Barack Obama, the country’s IT sector is…

HARMAN acquires Symphony Teleca

To boost HARMAN’s play in ‘Internet of Things’ NYSE-listed infotainment company HARMAN International Industries has agreed to acquire Symphony Teleca, a software services company with majority staffers in India, for at least $780 million. “Symphony has solid intellectual property when it…

The days of ‘big bang’ hiring by IT firms may be over

‘Trespassers will be recruited,’ an adage that defined the hiring needs of India’s $120-billion IT services space in the last decade may no longer hold true. All indications are that frontline companies may hire fewer staffers going forward as they bring…

MicromaxYU Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

Micromax YU Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

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What IT Head Honchos Are Expecting From Budget 2015-16

The budget is just round the corner. Everyone has their own set of expectations from the upcoming budget. While common man is hoping the budget to bring some tax relief and cheaper commodities, industrialists are keeping their fingers crossed about…

IGATE Q4 profit up 14.8% at USD 38 mn

US-based outsourcing solutions firm IGATE today reported a 14.8 percent growth in net profit at USD 38 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, helped by deals in industry utility-solutions. The company had posted a net profit of…

Twitter’s acquisition of ZipDial: Good times are ahead for Indian startups

How cool is it to take the indigenous idea of a small, humble, cost effective and convenient missed call, turn it into a business and make a hefty profit out of it. And then get snapped up by one of…

IGATE Q4 profit up 14.8% at USD 38 million

US-based outsourcing solutions firm IGATE on Tuesday reported a 14.8 per cent growth in net profit at $38 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, helped by deals in industry utility-solutions. The company had posted a net profit of…

IGATE Q4 profit up 14.8% at USD 38 mn

US-based outsourcing solutions firm IGATE on Tuesday reported a 14.8 per cent growth in net profit at $38 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, helped by deals in industry utility-solutions. The company had posted a net profit of…

Desi startups : dont Look now, but global biggies are checking you out

How cool is it to take the indigenous idea of a small, humble, cost effective and convenient missed call, turn it into a business and make a hefty profit out of it. And all this while being snapped up by…

iGate net profit up 14.8% in Dec quarter

Nasdaq-listed software services exporter iGate Corp. reported a 14.8% rise in December quarter net profit, missing analyst expectations as gross margin narrowed. A Bloomberg poll had estimated a net profit of $44 million on revenue of $330.2 million. The company…

IGATE Q4 profit up 14.8% at USD 38 mn

US-based outsourcing solutions firm IGATE on Tuesday reported a 14.8 per cent growth in net profit at $38 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, helped by deals in industry utility-solutions. The company had posted a net profit of…

IGATE net profit rises 14.8% to $38 mn

US-based outsourcing solutions firm IGATE on Tuesday reported a 14.8 per cent growth in net profit at $38 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, helped by deals in industry utility-solutions. The company had posted a net profit of…

Desi startups: Don’t look now, but global biggies are checking you out

How cool is it to take the indigenous idea of a small, humble, cost effective and convenient missed call, turn it into a business and make a hefty profit out of it. And all this while being snapped up by…

Desi startups: Don’t look now, but global biggies are checking you out : Firstpost

How cool is it to take the indigenous idea of a small, humble, cost effective and convenient missed call, turn it into a business and make a hefty profit out of it. And all this while being snapped up by…

Mindtree Q3 profit up 58.5%, beats market expectations

Software services company Mindtree Ltd said on Monday that its third quarter net profit rose about 58.5%, beating market expectations, helped by higher revenue from its banking, financial services and insurance, and retail, consumer packaged goods and manufacturing clients. Net…

Google Glass in suspended animation: but will it see new life at the workplace?

If Google Glass could sing, it would be singing Pink Floyd's Learning to Fly today. Google has announced that it's time for Glass to grow out of its baby steps and put on their big kid shoes. In other words,…

Mindtree Q3 profit up 58.5%, beats market expectations

Software services company Mindtree Ltd said on Monday that its third quarter net profit rose about 58.5%, beating market expectations, helped by higher revenue from its banking, financial services and insurance, and retail, consumer packaged goods and manufacturing clients. Net…

Mindtree buys US firm Discoverture for $15 m

Mindtree has reported good third quarter profits and is confident that it will beat the upper band of Nasscom’s 13-15 per cent guidance for this financial year. The Bengaluru-based mid-size company posted a net profit of 140.8 crore in the…