Indian IT major Infosys Technologies' proposal to increase its American Depository Shares from 3.5 per cent to between 6.27 and 7.78 per cent was amongst 50 foreign direct investment proposals
Cognizant has said it aims to be back among India's top four IT services companies by 2027 by improving revenue, market share, bagging large deals, and gradual margin expansion. The Nasdaq-listed company does a major part of its business in India, but has trailed peers such as Tata Consultancy Services and Accenture over the last few years as growth tapered, margins squeezed, and attrition soared.
'Keeping a bench increases cost. If you keep a bench, the skills may not remain relevant.' 'In the future, bench strength will literally be zero.'
The company's total income stood at Rs 5,821 crore, showing an over six per cent rise, at the end of the September quarter of the current fiscal.
Srikantan Moorthy, vice president and head, education and research, Infosys, on the reasons why colleges in India don't churn out employable graduates, the competencies that Infosys looks out for in freshers and how young students can make themselves employable right from their college days.
After a sharp correction over the last few months, analysts seem to be turning cautiously optimistic on the information technology (IT) sector and suggest there could be trading opportunities in select counters despite revenue and growth concerns that still plague the sector. "IT stocks valuations have corrected 17 per cent-49 per cent and stock prices have corrected 9 - 42 per cent since mid-December 2021. Nifty IT index valuation has corrected by 27 per cent and price by 21 per cent. "About two quarters ago, we made a case that valuation drivers have peaked.
The Income Tax Department has slapped a tax demand of over Rs 450 crore (Rs 4.5 billion) on software giant Infosys Technologies for wrongfully claiming tax exemption on onshore services by declaring them as software exports, Parliament was informed on Friday.
India's second largest software and services exporter Infosys Technologies is keen on acquisitions in Europe and Japan and in the areas of consulting, SAP implementation and BPO. Senior officials of the company said that they would be comfortable with a deal size of $600-700 million (around Rs 2,930-3,420 crore).
Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest IT company, posted an 18.4 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit for the second quarter ended September 30, 2007, over the same quarter of the last financial year.
Wage hikes in both information technology and BPO sector is not likely to see any moderation from next year but would continue to grow at the current rate of 12-15 per cent annually, a senior Infosys Technologies official said.
After Mexico, the company sets up delivery centre in Brazil
Reacting strongly to the Satyam fiasco, IT major Infosys has said the fraud is a deliberate act and should be treated under criminal provisions.
Sources say the company's decision has led to a lot of discontent among its employees, many of whom are said to have expressed their unhappiness on the company's intranet portal and 'bulletin board'.
Infosys Tech sulked in early trades on Wednesday on reports that SEC has asked for a full review of the company's offer document, that may see the ADR conversion issue delayed a bit.
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday affirmed the ratings of two major Indian IT services companies, Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) and Infosys. In two separate statements, Moody's also retained stable outlook for both the companies. Moody's expects Infosys' revenues to climb by around 13 per cent for the financial year ending March 31, 2023, but moderate to around 8 per cent in the next 2024 fiscal.
Software major Infosys Technologies plans to expand operations in Australia and Japan and also rapidly scale up its China operations, as part of its "de-risk" strategy.
Human capital is mostly ignored by accountants, believes the management of India's second-largest information technology services provider, Infosys Technologies. Arguing that this should not be the case, the company has used the 'Lev & Schwartz' model and pegged the value of each employee at Rs 97 lakh (Rs 970,000), primarily based on the potential value of their future earnings for the company.
Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software developer, said it plans to raise the share of its revenues from Europe to counter a slowdown in the US, the world's biggest economy, which fetches it about 60 per cent of its sales.
The Bengaluru-headquartered company, which derives close to 26 per cent of its revenues from Europe, mostly from the UK, believes this approach will help it increase its footprint in non-English speaking European countries.
Infosys Technologies Ltd on Tuesday said it is among the eight international companies chosen to be in the first annual list of 'top brands with a conscience.'
Mid-tier information-technology (IT) companies last financial year reported better growth numbers than their larger counterparts, highlighting their ability to navigate the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Most of these companies - such as Persistent Systems, Coforge, KPIT, and Mphasis - focus on niche businesses and industries that allow them to go deeper in terms of client mining and expanding wallet share from existing customers.
The company reported consolidated net profit at Rs 1,780 crore (Rs 17.8 billion) as against Rs 1,737 crore (Rs 17.37 billion) in previous quarter, a growth of 2.48 per cent (based on IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards).
Nandan Nilekani is stepping down to take up a bigger cause -- heading a government project to provide a unique identity to each of India's citizens. S Gopalakrishnan, the CEO and MD of Infosys and a co-founder of the company, tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra what Nilekani's exit means for the company.
Infosys employees understand the environment in which we are operating. They interact with the clients, they see the situation, says Kris Gopalakrishnan.
While TCS cited evolving business needs and future readiness as reasons, industry experts say the action is a cost-cutting measure aimed at improving operating margins that have remained below the firm's aspirational range despite multiple efforts.
Plans by Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's number two software service exporter, to enter the booming China market have become stuck in bureaucratic red tape, the company's chairman said on Tuesday.\n
Software outsourcer Infosys Technologies on Tuesday said its cash and cash equivalents stood at Rs 14,449 crore (Rs 144.49 billion) at the end of December quarter, an increase of 52 per cent over the corresponding period a year-ago.
The company would focus only on expanding its existing facilities at an investment of around Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion), said S Gopalakrishnan, chief executive officer and managing director.
Infosys Technologies, India's second largest information technology services company, which is an early bird on campuses this year, says it will offer jobs to 13,000 freshers for 2010-11.
Infosys announced its first quarterly results on Friday. Th software major's Q1 net stood at Rs 1,527 crore, up 17.28%.
The time is up for the over three-decades-old business model with the advent of artificial intelligence, HCL Technologies' chief executive C Vijayakumar said on Monday. Speaking at industry lobby grouping Nasscom's annual NTLF event in Mumbai, Vijayakumar said companies need to be "paranoid", given the wide-ranging impact of AI and stressed that this attitude will help them to be relevant and grow. "I strongly believe that the business model is ripe for disruption.
Infosys reported revenues of Rs 1,749.33 crore (Rs 17.493 billion) for the period between July to September, an increase of 51.88 per cent over Rs 1,151.80 crore (Rs 11.518 billion) during the same period last year.
"There is significant opportunity over the next few years. Only 25 per cent of the full leverage of IT is understood and used. The impact of IT will be significant in the next 25-30 years," said Infosys Technologies Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director S Gopalakrishnan. He added that there is still money to be made and wealth to be created in this sector.
