Bhanumurthy B M, president and chief operating officer, Wipro, tells Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan that service delivery through digital technology-enabled platforms will change the business dynamics for the company.
While the framework of service delivery and client-focused approach remains unchanged, Nilekani's suggestions, of taking start-ups with newer technologies to clients, are being implemented.
IT services firms would no longer focus on large volume hiring from campuses like they did at least two to three years ago, as demands of clients are changing.
With the addition of 4,000 employees, the RCom staff strength is estimated to rise to 9,500
In a dig at Jio's Rs 1,500 4G-enabled feature phone, the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led company said its smartphone would be made available for the price of a feature phone
At times of slow growth, India has seen number of graduates doubling since 2008 to almost 25 million in 2016
It will compete with rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
India is looking at 5G technology as a major opportunity in terms of offering services tailored for rural India like telehealth, tele-education and bandwidth-heavy applications
Delay due to rise in operating cost of telcos, late adoption of 4G network
With employees as brand ambassadors, can the company get the grime off its image?
'More than 900 companies believe that the majority of their employees worry about AI's role in potential job losses.' 'It makes employees anxious about working with machines or AI applications and fuels resistance to change,' says a Capgemini report.
The results will give an indication whether Nilekani would continue with the software plus services strategy adopted by Sikka, or tweak it to reflect his worldview of the explosion in data.
Infosys' first non-founder CEO had been granted 232,329 RSUs at Rs 5 a unit.
Unauthorised sale of data to third parties will land developers in trouble.
Firm's dented image following Sikka's exit could bring down revenues in the margin rich US market and force Infy to hire fewer Americans, as hiring locals in developed markets comes at a cost.
Under Neemuchwala's digital-first vision, Wipro has accelerated investments in automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive technologies over the past three years, says Ayan Pramanik.
A Chinese company named Shanghai AdUps has been sending massive data about phones and users to servers in China.
Co-founder Nilekani could take the role of non-executive chairman, becoming a bridge between the board and Murthy, reports Ayan Pramanik.
Rao, in his letter, appealed to employees to stay the course, focusing on execution and expanding the services that the company had built over the past few years.
Former CFO V Balakrishnan seeks exit of Infosys chairman, co-chairman R Seshasayee, co-chairman Ravi Venkatesan, audit committee chairman Roopa Kudva and nomination committee chairman Jeffrey S Lehman.