Enterprises in India will continue to use BI to be transformative in their approach.
India Inc's investment in all aspects of social networks, mobile computing, analytics and cloud computing (SMAC) is consistently surpassing its global counterparts.
'The world has changed and nobody has the patience to start a project and wait for six months to look at the outcome.'
The pace of job generation has slowed as IT firms look at automation to do testing
However, the demand for traditional IT work might decline.
TCS on Thursday said the digital segment is the fastest-growing revenue stream, accounting for 12.5 per cent of the overall sales of the IT giant which sounded confident of surpassing the $5-billion target in the segment over the next five years.
To recruit 1,500 by March 2015 and to add 600 graduates, postgraduates over the next 12 months
Rajan posed the question while speaking at the annual leadership conference in Mumbai National Association of Software and Services Companies.
IT services major Cognizant has said it expects to hire over 10,000 IT professionals in the US over the next three years, expanding its workforce in the North American nation to more than 39,000.
Infosys is yet to announce its 2014-15 results.
IT services market in the country grew at a slower pace of 7.4 per cent to Rs 22,826.2 crore ($ 3.76 billion) in the January-June 2014 period, mainly due to political and economic uncertainty amid Lok Sabha polls, research firm IDC said.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson revealed that a clampdown down on bouncers is unlikely despite the passing of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes last Thursday.
Fanfare of FIFA World Cup 2014 travels continents as Indian techies root for the tournament
IT major TCS said 2014-15 will be better than the ongoing fiscal on account of uptick in client spending in the US and Europe and growth in demand for technologies like cloud, mobility and Big Data.
A group of six US lawmakers had recently introduced 'The US Call Center and Consumer Protection Act of 2013' in the Congress that requires overseas call centre employees to disclose their location to US consumers.
Firm evaluating options, could spend over $400 million.
TCS moved into new markets like France, Japan thanks to acquisitions.
The digital opportunity is not just tech opportunity, but an opportunity to reinvent client business model.
With the world getting more and more instrumented with smart devices, global enterprises are increasingly looking at undertaking a 'digital transformation' journey to stay ahead in the race. Emerging technologies such as social, mobility, analytics and cloud have given birth to new business opportunities and forcing enterprises to finetune their IT buying decisions -- quite differently from what they used to do.
Despite lay-offs and the threat of automation, the industry will continue to be an important driver of growth in employment and GDP, says Ashok Soota.
It is expected growth will primarily be driven by continued demand from the US, a revival in the European market, especially continental Europe, and increased momentum in the adoption of new technologies.
Microsoft India's chairman Bhaskar Pramanik tells Business Standard how India will be at the forefront of the company's 'mobile first, cloud first' strategy.
Indian IT giants are outstanding companies with great management teams, but they have been held hostage by their past success.
The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.
Ashok Soota of Happiest Minds shares the secret recipe with us.
Growth acceleration will be gradual and it is still early days for a sharp recovery, says Gautam Chhaochharia, executive director and head of India research, UBS.
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