Focus has to be a lot about self-learning, says Nasscom Senior VP Sangeeta Gupta.
It was expected to be a friendly Bill for the IT outsourcing industry
Arun Duggal, chief financial officer of the Noida-based software services company HCL Technologies, has resigned.
Even if the Paytm fiasco does not mark the end of the bull run, at least some sanity will return to the wild IPO market, observes Debashis Basu.
Never let self-doubt get in your way and the fear of rejection stop you from growing.
The US government has removed a regulation proposed by former president Donald Trump's administration that sought to narrow the definition of "specialty occupation" under the H-1B visa regime. The change comes as a relief for Indian information technology firms, which are among the largest users of such visas. "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has formally vacated a regulation that would have redefined the H-1B specialty occupation, restricted off site placement of H-1B employees, and otherwise increased employer compliance obligations. "The vacatur follows a federal court ruling that set aside the regulation because the agency did not have good cause to bypass notice and comment rulemaking, in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act," explained immigration law firm Fragomen.
On October 29, WhatsApp announced it was suing NSO Group for selling its software, Pegasus, which has the ability to compromise a device and get access to all of a target's data. Spooked by revelations that activists and journalists were spied upon by using NSO Group's spyware, many have moved to alternative messaging platforms such as Signal and Telegram.
To attract people from tier-1 colleges IT services companies must increase payment to freshers: Mohandas Pai.
From cloud computing to people analytics, most lucrative future jobs will be dominated by people with digital skills and expertise, explains Sarita Digumarti, chief learning officer, UNext Learning.
Egged on by the appreciating rupee, the Indian information technology industry is evolving a new business model that seeks to rely less on low-cost skills
Software major Infosys Technologies Ltd has signed an agreement to acquire Australia-based Expert Information Services for $22.9 million.
A business in India wanting access to maps and geospatial data would typically have to wait months before it got what it wanted. All this is set to change with the new guidelines on geospatial data, report Neha Alawadhi and Peerzada Abrar.
Foreign venture capital worth $1.5-$2 billion and another Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) from Sidbi's SSI Fund are expected to bolster small companies in the country this year, according to industry experts.
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SpiceJet's ex promoter Ajay Singh is trying hard to pump in huge money into the airline.
"NSO is a private company, it is not a governmental project and therefore even if it is designated, it has nothing to do with the policies of the Israeli government," Israel's Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Prime Minister's Office on Saturday evening.
Revenue of the Mumbai-based firm grew 11.4 per cent to Rs 38,172 crore in the June 2019 quarter, compared to Rs 34,261 crore in the same quarter of 2018-19.
IT spending in India accounts for even less than one per cent of the annual turnover of the companies though domestic software market is estimated to grow to $4.2 billion in the current fiscal, according to a Nasscom survey.
Infosys cautioned global IT corporations that replicating its 'global delivery model' of outsourcing from India would pose challenges to them due to difficulties faced in business model re-engineering and result in lower revenues.
Its revenue grew 3 per cent year-on-year to Rs 40,135 crore for the just-ended quarter from Rs 38,977 crore in the year-ago period.
India's largest software company Tata Consultancy Services is holding discussions with United Utilities to acquire its business process outsourcing arm, Vertex for an estimated $800 million (Rs 3,600 crore).
TCS, Infosys and others are banking on automation to protect their turf in the US, but building a successful revenue model around it may prove difficult
'At present Metaverse is a hype cycle.' 'If it succeeds, then I would like to see TCS there, too.'
Clients are seen realigning their tech strategy by moving works from own captives to third-party service providers which is mostly benefiting to large companies such as Infosys, TCS, Wipro or HCL Technologies.
The all-cash deal is expected to close in the March 2016 quarter.
'It is feared that AI can predict the outcome of a case once it is launched.' 'It knows the law, precedents and judicial thinking better.' 'If AI becomes too common, clients will start using the software to measure the chance of success of their cases,' says M J Antony.
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At Infosys and Wipro, 8,200 roles have been impacted in six months.
IT services firms would no longer focus on large volume hiring from campuses like they did at least two to three years ago, as demands of clients are changing.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
He has also sought a direction to the Centre to take suitable steps to protect Indian citizens from the use of cyber-weapons or malware such as Pegasus.
Global companies, e-commerce platforms and software product firms all want skilled digital workers.
If an employee bond is used to ensure that the employee never leaves, then it is illegal.
According to the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Surya Kant would hear on August 5 three separate petitions seeking probe into the reports of alleged snooping by government agencies on eminent citizens, politicians and scribes by using Israeli spyware Pegasus.
The acquisition has opened a market to 245,000 healthcare providers, 350 payers (insurance firms) and 180 million lives.
'The attack prima facie constitutes an act of cyber-terrorism,' the petition stated, 'that has several grave political and security ramifications, especially considering that the devices of government ministers, senior political figures and Constitutional functionaries which may contain sensitive information have been targeted.'
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