The adoption of Information Technology by the companies in India is expanding rapidly with domestic market expected to grow to $4.3 billion in 2005-06 from $3.5 billion in 2004-05, according to IT industry body Nasscom.
Nasscom plans to introduce by this year-end a common certification in terms of skills and knowledge, that matches industry requirement.
Top Indian IT companies such as Infosys, TCS and Wipro, which are mainly into software services business, could be toppled by lesser known firms in the outsourced (software) product development business in the coming years, according to industry offi
The government said on Wednesday there will be no unbundling of BSNL and MTNL's fixed line networks for laying of broadband lines by private operators.
According to experts, while allegations against Indian IT firms of visa misuse are nothing new, this time the scrutiny could be much greater.
High attrition, poor infrastructure and lack of data protection laws could derail India's booming outsourcing industry, the CEO of Indian software giant Infosys Technologies said on Wednesday.
Infotech publication Dataquest has chosen Tata Consultancy Services CEO Subramaniam Ramadorai as the 'IT man of the year 2004' and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp for its 'pathbreaker award' for the same period.
Nasscom president Kiran Karnik on Wednesday urged the West Bengal government to keep politics out of the IT industry and find new IT destinations in the districts of the state.
The centre has cleared a Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) state-wide area network project under the national e-governance plan in government-to-business and government to citizens domains, Rajeeva Ratna Shah, member secretary, Planning Commission said
India's IT/BPO story isn't over yet, believes Ganesh Natarajan.
India's IT/BPO story isn't over yet, believes Ganesh Natarajan.
The national association of software and service companies in India has sought partnership with chartered accountants in the areas of information security and data privacy.
Welcoming Nasscom's plan to hold a common all India pre-qualifying test for job aspirants in the booming business process outsourcing industry, industry officials on Tuesday said the test would add credibility to the workers' skills, besides reducing
So what's up? Why are so many promoters heading for the door? It cannot be that all of them lost their appetite for a good fight at the same time.And if Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and Subhash Chandra of Zee Entertainment do bow out, will it be seen as chickening out when the going got tough or the entrepreneurial instinct of surviving to fight another battle waned, wonders Shailesh Dobhal.
The delegation also met Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh and said that there was good scope for bilateral co-operation with Karnataka in the IT sector and other regions.
India faces huge shortage of software product developers who can think "out-of-the-box" ideas and concepts but the educational institutes are churning out engineers suited mainly for the IT services market, industry officials say.
Appointing Neemuchwala is seen as a big shift for Wipro.
The funds raised by employees were matched by an equal contribution from Wipro.
Manpower shortage in India's high potential, high-growth ITES-BPO industry by 2009 is estimated to be 2.62 lakh people, officials said on Tuesday.
Continuing with the remarkable double-digit growth, Indian IT and ITeS revenues is expected to exceed $28 billion in 2004-05 from $21.5 billion in 2003-04 with ITeS-BPO as the fastest growing segment in the wake of changing global services landscape,
After two decades of being in the information technology business, India is still a 'toddler' with only 2 per cent of global market share, according to N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Software major Infosys Technologies said on Saturday that the passage of the law by the US Senate banning sub-contracting work to other countries, including India
India's information technology industry is estimated to cross Rs 1 lakh crore in 2004-05 and employ over 10 lakh knowledge professionals, according to Nasscom.
Matthew J Szulik, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Red Hat will visit India from February 7 to February 12.
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