We have to really focus on improving productivity: infy, COO
Infosys needs to be more innovative and disruptive with its product and services, keeping its focus on growth.
The founders, who hold 12.75 per cent stake in Infosys, together with a dozen leading institutional investors with a cumulative stake of about 10 per cent forced the Infosys board to bring back Nilekani.
First acquisition under Sikka's plan of buying technologies for tomorrow
Key elements in strategy are automation and advanced technologies being used to improve efficiency, productivity.
Building front-end and stitching it with back-end is a task that IT firms are learning the hard way, finds Raghu Krishnan.
Growing protectionism in their main markets - the US and the UK - has forced them to hire local workers, upending the cost arbitrage model they had built their business on.
He had said the sector was running on a treadmill of lowering costs
Prospects are grim for many, as humans and organisations aren't keeping up with the pace of technology. Shyamal Majumdar ponders the future of employment.
The Infosys saga shows how efforts to remote-control a company by its powerful promoter, even with good intentions, might hurt the entity, says Asish K Bhattacharyya.
An appraisal of performance of the board and practice of values and their synergy with the organisational strategy are all crucial for an organisation to evolve into an institution, say Ramachandran Kavil & Sougata Ray.
More and more the buck will stop at the board. Look no further than Infosys, says Amit Tendon.
Investors are already factoring in the impact. The IT Index on the BSE exchange dipped 2.5 per cent, with Infosys, Wipro and TCS showing a decline.
Over the past few months, Infosys has been battling allegations by Murthy and other former senior executives of falling corporate governance standards.
50-odd biz leaders are part of Modi's entourage for the 3-nation tour
Sources said the spin-off, a joint venture company, was yet to be named.
Investors will look at how TCS has performed when it announces the quarter's results on October 13, and the forecast from Infosys on October 14
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
I was given two mandates -- to work on individual productivity and to drive automation, says N R Narayana Murthy's son.
Takes a knock after RBS changes plan on Williams & Glyn; contract loss to impact 3,000 Infy staffers
Many say N R Narayana Murthy returned to Infosys only because it was floundering. Ironically, that itself can be interpreted as the great man's biggest failure.
Stamp of approval on CEO's strategy and long-term goal for the company
Infosys, however, feels the high level of cash is an important tool to weather tough times.
Investing in special situations can help you tap opportunities that arise during adverse conditions, advises Joydeep Sen.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
Sikka said since more and more of the work is now becoming automated, the Indian IT companies need to focus much more on the innovative areas and on the new areas.
At Infosys and Wipro, 8,200 roles have been impacted in six months.
Infosys on Friday posted a 3.5 per cent rise in quarterly net profit, lagging analyst estimates.
Gender diversity is important to the success of companies,he said.
The Confederation of Indian Industry will organise a round table on investment.
Infosys, TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries were the top gainers of the day.
Wayward employee behaviour at Uber and Infosys highlights the risk to corporate reputations.
CEO Vishal Sikka's strategy is in line with focus on academic research in new technologies.
In new year message, Sikka warns staff of automation, Premji talks of Wipro's core values
IT major Infosys on Friday announced a 3.1% increase in profit to Rs 3,096 cr, besides announcing a 1:1 share bonus
Annualised staff attrition rate at Infosys rose to a record 20.1 per cent in the September quarter.
Now mergers, acquisitions, sale of assets, fundraising, strategic intent and competitive position in the market are part of business life everywhere.
With employees as brand ambassadors, can the company get the grime off its image?
Asking employees whether they would prefer to work under a man or woman amounts to asking them to discriminate, positively or negatively, on the basis of gender.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
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