Satyam Computer Services on Friday said it would invest $75 million in 2006-07 to augment its infrastructure and was looking at a location in the National Capital Region to set up a new development centre.\n\n
Zee Entertainment last week witnessed shareholder activism that saw an open call for the ouster of promoters and the incumbent management led by Punit Goenka. Besides, Dish TV also faced a similar call earlier this month. The trouble at Zee Entertainment can be gauged from the fact that this is a unique company wherein the promoters own just 3.99 per cent, but fully control the firm.
Indian IT services major TCS will open a global delivery centre in Mexico next year.
Satyam Computer Services has reached an agreement with Australia's Victoria University to jointly conduct research and also provide the university's students hands-on working experience on its projects.
The National Association of Software and Service companies has appointed S Ramadorai, chief executive officer, Tata Consultancy Services as the chairman of Nasscom for the year 2005-06.
Fourth largest software exporter from India, Satyam Computer Services on Thursday said it would expand its global footprint by opening more delivery centres and sales offices overseas.
Leading IT services firm Satyam Computer Services will be allotted 50 acres of land in Chennai by the Tamil Nadu government for expanding its operations.
Satyam Computer Services expects to boost its headcount to 3,000 in China, where it plans to open its fourth development centre, and is also looking at acquisitions in Japan.
Global majors like Accenture, EDS and IBM as well as major Indian IT vendors have been shortlisted by the public sector BSNL for second phase of its convergent billing system.
Virender Aggarwal, chief of Satyam Computer Services, Asia Pacific, became the first Indian to receive the prestigious International Management Action Award of Singapore.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Thursday announced that it would recruit fresh graduates in its first management graduates hiring programme outside India
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Satyam Computer Services Ltd plans to expand its operations into smaller Chinese cities to meet the growing outsourcing requirements.
Satyam Computer Services has announced a 17.84 per cent jump in its January-March quarter profit after tax at Rs 468.45 crore. Satyam had reported a PAT of Rs 397.51 crore (Rs 3.97 billion) for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2007. The stand-alone total income increased to Rs 2,337.84 crore (Rs 23.37 billion) for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 from Rs 1,778.40 crore (Rs 17.78 billion) in the year-ago period. The total dividend recommended for the year is 175 per cent.
The software company has conducted 'mass recruitment' of entry level engineers from top Malaysian universities.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Wednesday launched a Global Development Centre in Melbourne, Australia, which is the company's largest centre outside India.
Domestic IT firms are continuing their hiring juggernaut, but it is their bench strength or reserve employees that is growing at a higher rate than the overall pace of recruitments.
Warning the Indian IT industry against complacency, the head of Satyam Computer Services has said it needs to continuously innovate to keep ahead of other developing nations including China which are 'eyeing a piece of the pie.'
Moving beyond their relationship with educational institutions only for campus recruitments, companies are now entering into long-term pacts with premier institutions for joint research on new products.
Leading IT companies i-flex Software and Satyam Computers have made their way to Forbes Global's list of 100 'best under a billion' companies in Asia Pacific.