According to a survey by leading brand consultancy Interbrand, Coca-Cola retained the top slot for the ninth year in a row.
Trying to adapt to changing market requirements amid recessionary conditions, corporate giants including Microsoft, IBM and Yahoo Inc are not only cutting jobs but are at the same hiring people in other business units, a media report says.
The proposal will impact US-based companies like IBM, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft and Oracle that have overseas operations in countries like India.
Most large American companies earn more than 50 per cent of their revenue from markets outside the US and will be affected by the proposed tax reforms. Business groups in the US had assailed the proposal, arguing it would subject them to far higher taxes than their foreign competitors must pay and ultimately endanger US jobs. Global companies that earn profits in India are subject to a tax rate of 33.9 per cent and the impact of the proposed reforms on them would be marginal.
Workplace mentoring helps young professionals understand their work, encourages them to perform more effectively and gives the motivation to do better work, says Ambrish Sinha.
Amul, non-government organisations reach out to buyers through the virtual world, which is free.
Aquil Busral, national president of NHRDN and the executive director, human resources, IBM India Private Ltd talks about global metdown and its impact on India.
If you have an IT firm, you should avoid encroaching on their turf.
Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune announces the All-India Entrance Test for admissions to MBA and MCA courses for 2008-09.
Fresh suitors have emerged, and a cleanup is proceeding under a board appointed by the government. But the fraud leaves a cloud over Indian outsourcing.
India's second-largest IT services firm, Infosys Technologies, has set up a separate unit within its business process outsourcing arm (Infosys BPO) to concentrate solely on the domestic BPO market.
With intense competition in telecom sector, the two companies are rushing to diversify into other revenue streams, prominent among which are cloud services.
Tech Mahindra on Monday pipped IT giants Wipro and IBM to bag a Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) outsourcing deal spread over 10 years from new telecom player Etisalat DB, which is in the process starting mobile services in India.
Aquil Busral, the National President of NHRDN was in Chennai to attend the 12th National Conference of the National HRD Network (NHRDN). In this interview, he talks about how the young working professionals and fresh graduates can prepare themselves for the current global economic situation.
If the deal goes through, this would be the second largest deal for Wipro in the telecom space. Earlier in April, the IT major bagged a Rs 2,500-crore (Rs 25 billion) contract from another new operator, Unitech Wireless. Importantly, Wipro will be pipping seven other IT vendors, including IBM and Tech Mahindra, who were also in discussions with Etisalat, according to sources.
As federal officers raid alleged abusers, tech employers worry they'll run short of skilled foreign workers, especially in stimulus sectors.
Madhukar Sabnavis discusses the making of iconic advertising that gets talked about.
Indian IT companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, Infosys and Satyam, besides MNCs such as IBM, are working towards becoming carbon neutral while simultaneously converting their expertise in this area to help global companies become environment-friendly.
With traffic jams and other commuting related issues becoming the biggest excuse for employees reporting late to work, companies seem to have found a middle path for solving this problem by asking their workers to work from home.
Information technology firms appear to have lost their appeal at the Indian Institutes of Technology. Campus recruitment figures by major Indian and foreign IT firms have dipped this year, raising further concerns of an industry slowdown.
The hostage drama at the American Civic Association in Binghampton, New York cam to an end when the gunman, believed to be of Vietnamese descent killed himself. Reports said that at least 12 people were killed and several others are being held hostage by a gunman at the American Civic Center in Binghamton, a city 175 miles north of New York on the way to the Niagara Falls.
Advantages are not being leveraged fully mainly because of lack of funds, say experts.
Zenith has 900 authorised dealers and 450 exclusive retail showrooms called 'Zenith PC World' across India.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
Under the plan, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will allow organizations to apply for any top-level domain, a media report said on Thursday. Businesses, for example, could use brand names such as '.ibm' or '.ebay' in their Web addresses. Cities could sign up for names like '.nyc' or '.berlin,' the Wall Street Journal reported.
Making a name for themselves as they 'drive innovation' in giants like IBM, Microsoft.
A study says shortage of skilled workers, inferior quality and inadequate highway infrastructure can defeat Indian carmakers.
Top five vendors captured more than 50% of the total contract value.
More than 30 universities and business schools have so far signed up with IBM to incorporate the computer giant's Innov8 "serious game" into their programme plans.
Might end up with a smaller slice as more contracts get restructured, warn analysts.
A broken system is driving our best-educated foreign workers -- talent desperately needed by U.S. companies -- to Europe, India, and China.
As part of their special responsibilities, Information Technology industry in India is slowly opening its eyes towards the visually challenged by offering them jobs, training and even taking up infrastructural modifications to accommodate them.
Atul Malhotra, who pleaded guilty last week to stealing trade secrets from his previous employers IBM and trying to pass them on to his new employers at Hewlett Packard Company, now faces 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised sentence. The sentencing is scheduled for October 29.
TCS plans to build ignio as a standalone company.
The application for visas to the United States is likely to increase by about 40-50 per cent in the coming five years, said Henry V Jardine, Consul General of the United States at the Bengal National Chamber Of Commerce and Industries in Kolkata.
Gujarat may have missed the IT/ITES bus earlier, but the two upcoming IT/ITES SEZs by K Raheja Corp and DLF are all set to drive the growth of the industry here. As many as 50 companies are likely to set up shops in the two parks coming up in Gandhinagar.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies on Thursday announced the winners of the Nasscom Global Leadership Awards 2007.
The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, invites industry delegates and management students to attend its annual IT Management seminar, AIMS 2006.
Most technology companies such as Infosys and Wipro, multinationals such as Amazon and IBM, and start-ups such as Flipkart have made the city their home thanks to its salubrious climate, cosmopolitan culture, and the ability to get talent locally
The objective of the study was two-fold, to better understand how successful leaders behave in online games and to learn the aspects of game that environment leaders leverage to be more effective.
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