Shivani Shinde And Bibhu Ranjan Mishra

Stories by Shivani Shinde And Bibhu Ranjan Mishra

TCS, Infy, Wipro eye $27-bn deals up for renewal

TCS, Infy, Wipro eye $27-bn deals up for renewal

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2010

Deals worth $27 billion are up for renewal. Of these, almost $1.7 billion worth of contracts are currently with Indian services providers, said data from TPI.

Walmart raises IT sourcing from India

Walmart raises IT sourcing from India

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2010

Selects Wipro, Collabera as vendors; total IT sourcing from India about $1 billion.

Mobiles: The next battleground

Mobiles: The next battleground

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2010

Google, Yahoo, Rediff vie for market share of mobile internet users.

NTT resumes talks for Patni promoter stake

NTT resumes talks for Patni promoter stake

Rediff.com   29 Nov 2010

NTT had earlier sought the combined 63 per cent stake of the promoters and private equity firm General Atlantic Partners, but their exclusive talks failed due to a valuation mismatch.

Mphasis finds tool to hire 'Right' people

Mphasis finds tool to hire 'Right' people

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2010

Mid-sized IT and BPO services company MphasiS has introduced a hiring methodology which gives candidates even with very poor academic record a chance to make their way into the company if they are good in their logical and reasoning skills.

IT firms continue to gain market share

IT firms continue to gain market share

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2010

Private sector has continued to look at outsourcing and offshoring, despite government's measures.

Mobile booking for travel tickets gains speed

Mobile booking for travel tickets gains speed

Rediff.com   15 Nov 2010

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the country's leading online-ticketing platform, has seen a jump of 60 per cent in mobile ticket booking between January and October.

PEs, bankers divided on  BT's TechM exit

PEs, bankers divided on BT's TechM exit

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2010

Private equity (PE) players and investment bankers are divided over the timing of the BT Group's reported move to exit Tech Mahindra. BT owns about 30 per cent in TechM.

TCS to hire 50% more students for 2011-12

TCS to hire 50% more students for 2011-12

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2010

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest information technology services company, will hire 50 per cent more students from campuses for 2011-12.

Sabeer Bhatia's next mega project

Sabeer Bhatia's next mega project

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2010

The Live Documents service offered by the Bhatia-promoted InstaColl is already a big success in India, especially among the education fraternity.

Lenovo wakes up to the power of youth

Lenovo wakes up to the power of youth

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2010

Dell, which recently knocked out Hewlett Packard from the No 1position in the Indian personal computer market, isn't the only one to move from the men to the boys.

Uninor to raise over Rs 9,000 cr debt

Uninor to raise over Rs 9,000 cr debt

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2010

Despite mounting losses from its Indian operations and growing pressure from minority stakeholders back home, Norwegian telecom major Telenor said Uninor, its telecom joint venture in India, plans to raise about Rs 9,365 crore to support its expansion.

Outsourcing rhetoric has a limit, says Infosys

Outsourcing rhetoric has a limit, says Infosys

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2010

India's second largest information technology services provider, Infosys, believes businesses in the US, including the government, will continue to favour global sourcing. This despite the increase in anti-outsourcing voices and a ban on it by the Ohio state government.

All about the rise of Rishad Premji

All about the rise of Rishad Premji

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2010

Clearly part of the grooming of Harvard-educated Rishad Premji, the group appointed the elder son of chairman Azim Premji as chief strategy officer for its flagship IT business.

TCS No. 2 among UK's insurance BPO providers

TCS No. 2 among UK's insurance BPO providers

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2010

Tata Consultancy Services has become the second-largest insurance business process outsourcing provider in the UK, after winning two deals worth 250 million pound (around Rs1,800 crore).

Dell takes over No1 position from HP in PC market

Dell takes over No1 position from HP in PC market

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2010

Hewlett Packard has lost its personal computer market leadership in India for two reasons: Dell's focus on the retail and SME segments has started paying off and its new distribution strategy is going through initial troubles.

All of us are very committed to Infosys: Kris

All of us are very committed to Infosys: Kris

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2010

nfosys Managing Director and CEO S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan speaks about the company to Business Standard.

Visa crisis: Infosys plans extreme offshore model

Visa crisis: Infosys plans extreme offshore model

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2010

Against the backdrop of a clampdown on visas by the US and growing antagonism towards foreign workers and immigrants in that country, Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest IT services firm, is mulling an 'extreme offshoring' model to help reduce its dependence on H1 and L1 visas.

1/10th of Indian subscribers own multiple mobiles

1/10th of Indian subscribers own multiple mobiles

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2010

One tenth mobile subscribers in India own multiple mobile phone connections, says a report.

Satyam CEO to head merged entity

Satyam CEO to head merged entity

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2010

Mahindra Satyam's Gurnani to be CEO after Tech M integration.