Indian information technology (IT) service providers are expected to deliver low single-digit sequential growth in the first quarter (April-June) of 2025-26 (FY26), even as macroeconomic uncertainties continue to persist due to the volatile geopolitical environment.
While advancements in biotechnology hold immense promise for health and innovation, they also come with significant risks if misused.
What is aggravating the situation is that e-commerce firms are facing huge shortage of delivery personnel. They have not been able to bring back their staff to work, despite offering higher pay and Covid-related insurance packages.
As information technology firms prepare to declare their fourth quarter and year-end results, there is more sombre news for the sector. Global IT spending is expected to decline over 3 per cent, say analyst firms.
The competition which BigBasket faces now is with the big three - Amazon, Walmart, and Reliance.
Satyam is likely to see its clients as well as employees deserting it soon due to the competitive wooing by rivals and top IT firms like Infosys would continue to shore up their market share, analysts at Forrester Research said in a report. "Many employees told Forrester that it's too early to comment, but they will weigh their options almost on a daily basis," they added.
Infosys spent Rs 70 crore last year on its brand building exercise. The company underlines that it focuses on earning the respect of all its stakeholders.
The current (third) decade of IT services is based on process improvement and creation of intellectual property
Independent research firm Forrester Research has in its latest tech market report titled 'US IT Market Outlook: Q4 2008' revised its 2009 US IT spending forecast.
Global IT spending, which dropped 8.9 per cent last year, will rise 8.1 per cent in 2010 to more than $1.6 trillion, said a new report by Forrester Research.
Infosys prepares to take Accenture and IBM head-on in their own turf and rules with an aim to play big game on global scale, according to independent technology and market research company Forrester.
Talent squeeze has been eroding some benefits of Indian vendors.
Product development, though small in size, is one of the fastest growing segments of the offshore services market.
The United States State Department took the unprecedented step to shut down its entire unclassified email system over the weekend after its computer network was hacked.
Oracle Corp, world's number two software company, plans to hire about 2,000 lower-paid software developers in India in the next two years.
Under increasing pressure to cut costs and build global networks, American corporate giants are planning to move about 3.3 million jobs, including highly-paid white-collar ones, to countries including India by 2015.
Alarmed by a report that 1.7 million US jobs may be lost to other countries, particularly to India, American workers, trade unions, local governments and legislators are fighting back to keep jobs at home and prevent outsourcing.
An emergency arbitration hearing between Amazon and retail conglomerate Future Group took place last week and a verdict is expected in the next few days, according to sources.
By the end of the decade, the number of personal computers worldwide will more than double from 575 million today to 1.3 billion.
Instead of making the sellers bleed, experts say, e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have roped in banks to offer discounts to buyers.
While JioMart is doing 250,000 orders per day, BigBasket and Amazon pantry are doing 220,000 and 150,000 orders, respectively.
The case may drag for a few years, experts say, as CAIT and DVM have said they will appeal against the interim relief granted to Amazon.
W12 Studios will be part of TCS Interactive, further strengthening the already impressive array of creative and experience services it offers
Experts say data localisation and sharing is probably the single-biggest detriment that the draft policy talks about, the rest have no or minor repercussions on the players
A slew of Indian firms, including Flipkart, Byju's and Zomato, is building a path to profitability and diversifying into newer business segments ahead of mega-IPO plans.
ignio has more than 75 patents filed in the artificial intelligence, machine-learning and intelligent-automation space
The buzz that Google Inc may move back to the Chinese mainland became louder this week.
Zuckerberg is kicking off a tour of Europe on Monday.
Besides Jeff Bezos-led Amazon, Walmart-owned Flipkart is also facing a threat from Asia's richest man and RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, who is also betting big to grab a share of the country's e-commerce market.
The base model is estimated to be priced at Rs 30,000.
Walmart is rumoured to be looking to listing Flipkart in a few years. At that stage, we'll get a better sense of what's going on in retail, says Devangshu Datta.
Microsoft has worked hard to exploit the advantage its mail software provides
'"We want to get the learnings from Flipkart and take it to other parts of the world," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon was quoted as saying.' 'That is a very large tuition fee for an MBA in a country that outdoes Brazil and perhaps even China in busting multinationals' knees and sometimes their heads as they try to crack a market of mostly impoverished people run by a government that has never really given up the sadistic pleasures of administering the license raj,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Analysts say no pressure on new CEO for immediate results.
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