India remains one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for SAP, and the scale of products being built in the country is bigger compared to other geographies, Manish Prasad, president and managing director of SAP India, said. "The beauty of India is scale, size, and agility.
'When global politics has some intervention on the core software one uses, and if you are cut off from your own data in critical workflows, sovereignty is no longer optional. It becomes a necessity.'
Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India's chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. He was speaking at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) in Mumbai.
Das had been with SAP for over eight years.
Enthused by the success of its India operations, Germany-based business software provider SAP on Wednesday said it would raise its head count to 7,000 in the next two years in the country from 4,790 at present.
'An in-house contest encourages employees to share yoga and well-being practices with their families.'
When SAP, the Germany headquartered software solutions provider, reported a stellar fourth quarter numbers on Thursday, Asia-Pacific and Japan was the cherry on the icing with a growth of 22 per cent.
Business software solutions provider SAP India has said it plans to double its headcount to 7,000 and increase its customer base to 15,000 by 2010.
It hopes a significant part of its growth in India would come from the government sector, with the thrust on e-governance initiatives.
Peter Gartenberg, SAP India Managing Director tells about the changes taking place at SAP globally
SAP's Indian unit has made it to the list of top 10 revenue generator for the company, with growth in licence revenues and customer-base.
"India has been the fastest growing country within SAP worldwide in 2007. We have doubled our revenues and customer base compared to last year. For the first quarter of 2008, SAP India registered a growth of 67 per cent in software license revenue," Bill McDermott, president and CEO, SAP Americas and Asia Pacific Japan states said without specifying a fresh investment target.
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.
The entrepreneur is endlessly curious. He will not give you copybook answers. He is in constant search of all the things he can do better than others, says Bill McDermott.
Global enterprise software major SAP AG has set an ambitious target to enroll 100,000 customers in India by 2010 by aggressively focusing on the emerging as well and small and medium-sized firms.
German software giant SAP AG will invest 20 million euro for expansion of its India development centre in Bangalore.
Unique benefits, work-life balance, and fair share of profits were the top three areas where MNCs fared better over Indian companies
Indians are eager consumers of digital advertising and are five times more willing to share personal data with companies when they are delighted by their digital experience.
According to the survey carried out by IDC recently, India scores the highest (8.5) on the happiness quotient of its banking citizens, followed by Indonesia (8.33), New Zealand (8.27) and China (7.93).
'The harmful side effects of what we call 'management toxicity' are affecting more and more Indians,' note Jeffrey Pfeffer and M Muneer.
Once a limited-overs giant, Yuvraj Singh has been in and out of the Indian team in recent years but the all-rounder believes he still has enough cricket in him to look forward to the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
A friendly working environment, special healthcare facilities, flexible work hours, work from home options, support and camaraderie among the team members keep employees highly motivated in these 10 companies.
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