With the Big Four information technology services players having disappointed the Street, the focus is on mid-cap IT players who seem to have met expectations, according to analyst reports and management commentary on the demand environment.
From powering mobile devices, US chip designer Qualcomm has tied up with Ola Electric to power its electric scooters. Qualcomm is providing the key 4G connected octa core android platform which provides connectivity, computing capabilities and enables rich immersive displays with power saving software.
30-year-old Krishnamurthy, founder, Honey Kart, quit his job as a technical programmer at Wipro, and borrowed money from friends to become a beekeeper. Today he is not only debt-free but also processes 500 kilograms of honey every month that sells for Rs 716 per kg.
Reliance Jio, together with partners, has tested its 5G solutions in India, successfully demonstrating speeds of over 1 GBPS, and its 'Made in India' solution is "globally competitive", RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Thursday. Ambani also exuded confidence that the company will be the first to launch full-fledged 5G services in the country. Jio is not just working to make India '2G-mukt' (free from 2G) but also '5G-yukt' (5G empowered), he added. Jio's engineers have developed a 100 per cent home-grown and comprehensive 5G solution that is fully cloud native, software defined, and digitally managed.
TCS plans to build ignio as a standalone company.
Reliance Jio may not ask for a premium for its 5G services in the initial stages of the launch, according to sources in the company. The company will roll out 5G commercial services in four cities -Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata - around Diwali this month and slowly ramp up the processes for other cities, too. A senior executive, when asked whether Jio will charge higher tariffs for 5G against 4G, said: "In the initial stages, customers have to adopt 5G, then they will have to find value in the service, and then one can look at monetisation."
ignio has more than 75 patents filed in the artificial intelligence, machine-learning and intelligent-automation space
Isha's stab at the bottom of the laptop pyramid shows she is a true Ambani.
India is investing in developing indigenous capabilities in 5G and 6G telecom technologies besides focusing on manufacturing semi-conductors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. In a virtual address at the Sydney Dialogue, the prime minister said the "greatest product" of technology today is data and that India has created a robust framework of data protection, privacy and security. "And, at the same time, we use data as a source of empowerment of people. India has unmatched experience in doing this in a democratic framework with strong guarantees of individual rights," he said.
It is imperative that young aspirants consider career options that will guarantee job security -- roles that are centred around technology.
Siva Prasad Nanduri, chief business officer, TeamLease Digital, outlines the skills that will help you get a job in 2023.
Tech is also being used to stem resignations, which have recorded a rise amid COVID-19.
On Thursday, the prime minister is scheduled to hold one-on-one meetings with top five American CEOs. Two of them are Indian Americans -- Shantanu Narayen from Adobe and Vivek Lall from General Atomics. The three others are Cristiano E Amon from Qualcomm, Mark Widmar from First Solar, and Stephen A Schwarzman from Blackstone.
According to software company Mavernir, the new virtualised networks would lead to a saving of 40 per cent in capex and 34 per cent in terms of lower operations cost for operators.
The solution works on the pricing and scheduling algorithms that define key parameters necessary for most efficiently matching the supply and demand of freight and trucks.
Trifacta's investors include Accel, Greylock Partners, Ignition and Cathay Innovation
Upon completion, the factory will create almost 10,000 jobs and will initially have an annual capacity of 2 million units.
'By the end of 2022, we expect the installed base of 5G smartphones in India to reach 80-85 million.'
'With nearly double the market share of our nearest competitor, we are shaping the digital transformation journey of close to 1,000 clients in India.'
'If you yourself don't believe in the product, you will never be able to sell it.' 'If you have got the basics right, if you have understood the consumer needs well, success will always follow.'
The survey covered 1,210 IT executives and technology professionals from North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and India. In India, 202 respondents from businesses with more than 500 employees across 18 industry verticals completed the survey. Overall, 89 per cent of the respondents said implementing a work-from-home policy had increased security challenges for their organisations. The risk posed by shadow IT was especially high, with 89 per cent of companies having no control over the software that employees purchase and install on their devices.
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has got a massive 88 per cent jump in annual remuneration to Rs 79.75 crore, making him one of the highest-paid executives in the country. The software services firm has sought shareholders' approval for the reappointment of Parekh as chief executive officer and managing director for a second five-year term beginning July 1. According to the company's annual report released on Thursday, Parekh, 58, took home a salary of Rs 71.02 crore in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022.
As employers eye quality talent, employees will enjoy an upper hand in demanding high pay, better benefits, remote work options and other perks, predicts Navneet Singh, CEO, Avsar, a talent management firm.
A new solution to raise deal speed is expected to avoid hiccups in trading when launched on August 1
The Tata group's tryst with mobile services, with either CDMA or GSM technology, did not really fly, forcing it to close operations and write off losses. Now the group is back in the big game, this time straddling the telecom equipment, network and technology space in India as well as the global market. To this end, it is leveraging the opportunities that flow from 5G technology through open radio access network, or O-RAN. Recently, the Tata Sons' subsidiary Panatone Finvest acquired 43.3 per cent in Bengaluru-based telecom equipment manufacturer Tejas Network for Rs 1,850 crore and announced it would buy another 26 per cent of the voting capital through an open offer.
To tap India's software talent, global sourcing solutions major FreeMarkets is planning to add up to 25 engineers at its Gurgaon product developement centre in the next one year besides moving key product development to India.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
This makes it the most valued fintech company in the country after Paytm and Walmart-owned PhonePe.
In the past two years, Sikka has brought in new measures by putting project managers to pitch how they cut time, saved costs and improved productivity
Microsoft Corporation India on Tuesday outlined its vision for how people, armed with the right software, are the key to driving business success. \n
>The farmers will go home but the country will not get the agricultural reform it badly needs -- if nothing else, then to prevent a bigger water crisis than already exists, argues T N Ninan.
India is becoming a key market for IBM with the IT behemoth logging a 45 per cent growth in revenue in 2004 besides adding about 16,000 professionals in 2005 to reach a strong employee strength of 38,500.
On the contrary. The biggest iOS upgrade that Apple has released promises to take on the might of Android provided the company quickly fixes the bugs that users have been facing with iOS 8.
IT major Wipro Infotech on Friday started its operations from the Infopark in Kerala, aiming to make its Kochi unit one of its key complexes.
Information technology solutions and services major Tata Consultancy Services is to open an 'automotive centre of excellence' in Detroit, North America, which is expected to be "fully functional", within the next two months.
IT consulting company Yash Technologies Inc, a United States based software company, on Monday announced the opening of a new offshore development centre in Hyderabad.
Surajeet Das Gupta explains why Mukesh Ambani's target is by no means impossible.
Nasscom set up a task force last year, to position India as a global hub for providing cybersecurity solutions
The Indian regulator played key role in uncovering the identity of two Indian men who floated the scheme
With India emerging as a key market for its products, software giant Microsoft has said that it has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 45 per cent over the last five years in the Indian market.
