India, a headache for US IT firms
Washington:The influential American IT and telecom industry on Wednesday sought intervention of the Obama Administration against what they alleged are “discriminatory” Indian policies, which they cla
Win 8 could cause head-scratching
Over the years, Keith McCarthy has become used to a certain way of doing things on his computers, which, like most others on the planet, have long run on Microsoft’s Windows software. But last week, w
Accenture bets on outsourcing business to drive growth
Accenture Plc forecast full-year earnings ahead of analyst estimates as it bolsters its outsourcing business to offset a slowdown in consulting, sending its shares up 5 per cent in after-market tradin
Indian IT companies among 10 worst paymasters in world
Indian companies are among the world's 10 lowest paying employers in the IT space, with their mid-to-senior level staff getting an average salary of USD 38,767 (about Rs 21.5 lakh) per annum -- less t
Cisco’s 4Q earnings rise 56 per cent, raises dividend
Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, is seeing its ambitions cramped by the global economic turmoil, but results for its latest quarter were strong enough that it announced an increase to its dividend.
Swindler’s software to run prisons better
Eight months back, Bhoopathy Manoharan, 29, a techie from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, didn’t know a software he just developed would revolutionise the administration of prisons of another state.
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Slowdown effect: Office space demand plunges 32% in H1
The current global slowdown, which has forced multinationals to consolidate their overseas operations, has resulted in a significant decline in the absorption level of office space in the country.
iGate targets $900 million revenue from iTOPS biz by 2017
IT firm iGATE has said it is targetting USD 900 million revenues over the next five years from iTOPS (integrated Technology and Operations) business that will be the key growth driver for it in the co
23,000 employees joining Infosys from July
A total of 23,000 employees have started joining Infosys from July, even as the Indian IT sector continues to grapple with uncertain economic environment in most of its American and European markets.
Indian IT firms supported 2.8 lakh jobs in US last year: Rao
Indian IT companies supported as many as 2.8 lakh jobs in America in 2011 amid a gloomy employment scenario in the US and have invested a whopping over five billion dollars in FDI through acquisitions and green-field projects, according to India's top envoy here.