Itika Sharma Punit &Amp; Gireesh Babu

Stories by Itika Sharma Punit &Amp; Gireesh Babu

CEO explains why Cognizant is going slow on large buys

CEO explains why Cognizant is going slow on large buys

Rediff.com   6 Nov 2014

Rajeev Mehta, chief executive officer for IT services, explains to Business Standard that the company was faced with some client-specific issues, which led to this.

Traditional retail staffers rush to join online bandwagon

Traditional retail staffers rush to join online bandwagon

Rediff.com   5 Nov 2014

12,000: Number of people Flipkart plans to hire in FY15.

Indian flavours soon in LinkedIn products

Indian flavours soon in LinkedIn products

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2014

India has the second-largest user base for LinkedIn after the US. The US-based company, which has over eight per cent of its global user base of 332 million from India, is looking at expanding its product development team in the country, Michael Korcuska, vice-president of product management at LinkedIn told Business Standard.

Lounge, play games and binge at the dhaba in InMobi's office!

Lounge, play games and binge at the dhaba in InMobi's office!

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2014

Walking around InMobi's office, it is hard not to compare what you see here with the images one has seen of Google's global offices.

How 2 IIT-ians built a $1 billion company in 3 years

How 2 IIT-ians built a $1 billion company in 3 years

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2014

OlaCabs' hyper-growth and an ambitious plan to expand to 100 cities by the end of 2015 are perhaps what attracted Japan's richest man, Masayoshi Son, chairman of telecom and media group SoftBank Corp, to announce an investment of $210 million (around Rs 1,260 crore) in the company.

After Infosys & Wipro, more IT cos invest in start-ups

After Infosys & Wipro, more IT cos invest in start-ups

Rediff.com   14 Oct 2014

A company with a size exceeding $1 billion finds it really hard to innovate.

Murthy will forever be known as Mr Infosys: Sikka

Murthy will forever be known as Mr Infosys: Sikka

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2014

Vishal Sikka talks about his chemistry with N R Narayana Murthy and about his plans to strengthen the leadership team.

US-based FIS pips Infy, TCS to get Bandhan bank contract

US-based FIS pips Infy, TCS to get Bandhan bank contract

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2014

Bandhan expects to commence banking operations in 2015, by opening nearly 600 branches targeting 10 million customers.

All eyes on Infosys Q2 results, Sikka's new growth strategy

All eyes on Infosys Q2 results, Sikka's new growth strategy

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2014

Infosys has been struggling to revive high growth for two years.

Lost your Yahoo! job? So what?

Lost your Yahoo! job? So what?

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2014

Indian start-ups are waiting to spread red carpet for engineers to be laid off.

Flipkart claims $100-mn sales clocked in 10 hours

Flipkart claims $100-mn sales clocked in 10 hours

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2014

Buyers complain about server errors, allege discounts were 'not real'.

Bansals strike a personal chord with Flipkart users

Bansals strike a personal chord with Flipkart users

Rediff.com   6 Oct 2014

In an email to customers they say 'Big Billion Day' sale today to eclipse all other multi-day festive sales.

Infosys faces a beating again

Infosys faces a beating again

Rediff.com   6 Oct 2014

At the very least, it will cost Infosys thousands of dollars to defend its position

Flipkart's discount campaign 'not linked to' Jeff Bezos' visit

Flipkart's discount campaign 'not linked to' Jeff Bezos' visit

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2014

'Big Billion Day' scheduled for October 6 is inspired by flat number where co-founders began their journey.

We do well because we don't think of competition: Jeff Bezos

We do well because we don't think of competition: Jeff Bezos

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2014

The chief executive of the e-commerce giant is making his second visit to India -- the first since Amazon entered this market.

Prior to Jeff Bezos' visit, e-commerce war intensifies

Prior to Jeff Bezos' visit, e-commerce war intensifies

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2014

It all started with Flipkart and Amazon trying to outdo each other - after Flipkart announced $1-billion fund-raising in July.

Doing our best to turn around SpiceJet: Kalanithi Maran

Doing our best to turn around SpiceJet: Kalanithi Maran

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2014

We are only 9-10 months into the turnaround exercise: Maran

Start-ups on global acquisition spree

Start-ups on global acquisition spree

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2014

Seems to reflect a maturing of the segment; Delhi-based Wingify buys US-based entity a day after Zomato's Polish buyout

iPhone 6 debuts in Indian grey market at Rs 1 lakh

iPhone 6 debuts in Indian grey market at Rs 1 lakh

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2014

While iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are being sold at $199-499 (Rs 12,100-30,400) with a two-year contract in the US, buyers in India are purchasing these at the grey market for a whopping Rs 100,000-200,000.

Acquisitions on their mind, global majors scout for Indian start-ups

Acquisitions on their mind, global majors scout for Indian start-ups

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2014

Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space