Company to set up task force to implement 2,000-plus ideas it has received.
After spending time at several of the company's delivery locations in India over the past week and holding town hall discussions with employees, on Monday Sikka wrote to the company's staff seeking their views on how to improve Infosys.
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In an email interview with Business Standard, Mindtree's co-founder and chairman says the company was designed to outlive the founding team and no such departure is a loss.
Analysts say no pressure on new CEO for immediate results.
It has replacements ready even for senior managers, in case someone quits.
Sources said the promotions, most of those on the delivery side of the business, would be handed out before October.
Rajeev Mehta, chief executive for IT services, believes this is due to a few client-specific issues, saying the overall business environment continues to look good.
Even as Microsoft has seen exponential growth for its cloud platform Azure in India, the firm has not yet set up local servers.
Infosys Chief Executive Officer-designate Vishal Sikka might be new to Indian information-technology (IT) services business, but his past credentials were enough for the company's shareholders to offer him a warm welcome at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) that was called to seek approval for his appointment, among other things.
Wipro, has set up a venture capital (VC) fund that will look at investing in early-to-middle stage technology start-ups globally.
We won't see a bigger decline in mining going forward, but it might remain flat in July-August 2014.
To hire 300 graduates in those regions in FY15; moves staff with strong tech skills into sales.
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Experts believe it is extremely important for Sikka to connect with employees to gain acceptance at Infosys, which has had home-grown leaders so far.
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The possible change in the airline's earlier decision is apparently due to various factors, the key being its relationship with the state government. Other states are a lot more interested and excited in having it.
VMUnify, incubated from staffers' idea, to be spun off into an independent company.
The workers who were hired straight out of school as unskilled labourers are now struggling to find alternative employment because they lack skills.