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To get skilled in AI, companies let employees play in Metaverse
As the landscape of work evolves rapidly with artificial intelligence playing a crucial role, businesses are shifting away from a one-size-fits-all approach to learning. Companies aim to ensure that their employees are well-versed in the emerging technology through a variety of training methods.
Is it time to start buying IT stocks? Macquarie’s Ravi Menon explains
The IT sector anticipates growth is being driven by AI and enterprise technology spending amid concerns over interest rates and consulting demand. Companies like Tata Technologies are facing valuation challenges in the engineering services segment, contrasting with positive growth prospects for IT services, says Ravi Menon, IT Services Analyst, Macquarie.
Indian software sector earnings will remain modest in Q1: here’s why
Infosys and LTIMindtree are expected to lead a modest increase in average growth for Indian software service providers in the first quarter of FY25. However, previous top performers, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCLTech, may see pressure on profits and margins as they work to reignite growth.
Strong ER&D demand helps IT buck overall soft hiring trend
India's $250 billion IT services industry is facing sluggish hiring, but a bright spot is emerging in Engineering, Research & Development (ER&D). Demand for ER&D services is surging, driving a 15% increase in recruitment for these roles. Staffing firms report that tech companies are ramping up ER&D hiring to stay competitive in the global market.
IT firms chasing acquisitions to enhance their topline and skills
Indian information technology (IT) services are banking on acquisitions to fuel growth amid a dire need for investments in new capabilities, especially GenAI, as a slowdown in global demand keeps away opportunities for organic expansion.
Under Pallia’s leadership, we are in for a bright future together: Wipro chairman
Wipro chairman Rishad Premji expresses confidence in new CEO Srini Pallia's leadership, foreseeing a bright future for the IT services company under Pallia's guidance.
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Facing an unprecedented slowdown, IT companies are undergoing a shift. Here’s what’s changing
IT companies like TCS, HCLTech, Wipro and Tech Mahindra are reorganising their businesses to wade through disruptions and prepare for Gen AI. TCS, under new leadership, merged AI and cloud operations into a unified AI.Cloud unit, responding to growing demand in cloud migration and transformation services.
Why deal sizes are shrinking for top Indian IT companies
IT service providers are experiencing shrinking average deal sizes to as low as $25 million due to cost efficiencies, GenAI transformation, and shorter tenure projects amid uncertain macro-economic conditions. Despite an increase in large deal volume during FY23, industry analysts report a decrease in the average value of those deals. This comes even though Indian software exporters remain major players on the global stage.
IT industry's competitive intensity to be at highest levels in FY25: HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar
Despite a challenging economic environment, HCLTech has achieved remarkable annual growth and outpaced larger competitors. The third-largest software services firm, with annual revenues of $13.27 billion, reported growth that outpaced Tata Consultancy Services 4.1% and Infosys 1.4%. Smaller players such as Wipro and Tech Mahindra faced significant struggles.
Nifty hits fresh record high, Sensex soars 500 pts on gains in IT stocks; Fed outcome in focus
Indian shares kicked off Wednesday's trading session on a positive note, driven primarily by gains in IT stocks. The market anticipates the release of a crucial U.S. inflation report and the Federal Reserve's policy decision, both of which are likely to impact near-term interest rate trends.
Wipro launches Lab45 AI platform to compete on GenAI solutions
Wipro launched Lab45 AI platform to enhance business functions and industry-specific solutions for customers and employees. The platform has shown productivity gains of up to 30% across industries, according to Subha Tatavarti, Wipro's chief technology officer.
Unpacking K Krithivasan's first year as TCS CEO
TCS CEO K Krithivasan completed a year in office this month. His term was marked by an unprecedented slowdown in tech demand. The veteran, however, has brought growth and stability for the bellwether. Under his leadership, TCS reached $29.1 billion in annual revenues in the year ending this March, growing at 4.1%.
How the Indian GCC boom is lighting up prospects of IT firms
With India emerging as a hub for global capability centres (GCCs), IT services companies are cashing in, setting up projects, looking for partnership opportunities, and even acquiring such centres.
IT CEOs' salary in FY24; Wipro offers 85% variable pay
Happy Wednesday! Top bosses at some of the country’s leading IT firms took home enhanced salary packages last fiscal. More on this on today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
IT’s bench strength halves as slump-hit companies eye efficiencies
The bench strength at top Indian outsourcers has nearly halved of late, with higher utilisation and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) driving efficiency in the $254-billion IT industry. Bench strength in the IT industry means full-time employees who are not assigned any active project.
Wipro teams up with Centre for Brain Research at IISc on AI-driven health behaviour innovations
Wipro partners with Centre for Brain Research to utilize AI, ML, and big data analytics for health behavior innovations.
Ashish Kacholia-backed smallcap stock jumps 8% after company's Q4 PAT rises 153%
Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services, a smallcap company supported by ace investor Ashish Kacholia, saw its shares surge by almost 8% to Rs 338 on Friday's trading session on the BSE. This spike followed the announcement of strong fourth-quarter results.
Zaggle Q4 Results: Net profit jumps to Rs 19 crore
SaaS fintech platform Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services on Thursday said its consolidated net profit more than doubled to Rs 19.15 crore in the March 2024 quarter. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 7.56 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing.
Key changes at Wipro; CCI on digital firms’ ‘opaque’ algorithms
IT services company Wipro is undergoing more changes under new CEO Srinivas Pallia. More on this on today’s ETtech Top 5.
IT sweats to eke out margins on pricing squeeze, staff costs
Indian outsourcing companies face a margin squeeze in FY24 due to a triple threat: aggressive deal pricing, rising employee costs, and the pressure to boost revenue despite tight global budgets. Notably, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the industry leader, seems to be the only exception.
Digit IPO coming soon; TCS’ Krithivasan earnings
Bengaluru-based insurtech startup Go Digit General Insurance has announced that its IPO will open on May 15 and close on May 17. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
IT companies Cognizant, Capgemini hired 1.5 lakh less hands in 2023
Global hiring decline in 2023 impacted major IT companies like Cognizant and Capgemini. Indian IT firms also faced headcount reductions. Everest Group attributed layoffs to Covid over-hiring, while Gen AI influenced hiring decisions.
Wipro bags multi million dollar deal to transform Nokia's digital workplace services
Designit, a Wipro company that specialises in user experience strategy and implementation, will conduct user research to ensure personalised assistance is offered to employees at the right time.
HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar sees headwinds affecting Q1 financial services revenue
We have a good mix of programs and rely on broad base growth, says HCLTech CEO Vijayakumar. The firm saw strong growth in its financial services vertical in a difficult environment, said Vijayakumar.
A gruelling IT marathon: FY24 was a turbulent year for the Indian IT sector. What lies in store for the next 12 months?
In the past two weeks of the final quarter and full fiscal 2024 earnings announcements, most IT majors failed to meet their revenue growth guidance. Many downward revisions for the year ahead were seen despite most firms bagging large deals and sitting on an arsenal of historic total contract value (TCV) wins.
IT hiring shows signs of life; companies stay cautious
IT sector consultants said that the conversation for FY25 is still heavily focused on more dilution of the bench, increasing automation, improving efficiency and targeted hiring mostly in niche areas such as AI and GenAI amid continued macroeconomic uncertainty and hardly any signals of demand recovery yet.
Workers with AI skills may witness up to 54pc salary hikes: AWS Research
AWS predicts significant salary hikes for Indian AI-skilled workers in IT and research. Employers plan AI integration by 2028. Various departments expected to benefit. Generative AI tools usage foreseen, emphasizing innovation benefits. Collaboration needed for addressing the AI skill gap.
Cognizant, Nvidia tap generative AI to boost drug discoveries
Cognizant said it aims to give clients access to a suite of model-making services, including pretrained models, cutting-edge frameworks, and APIs, that offers clients the quickest path to train and customize enterprise models using their proprietary data.
IT’s 2030 staff doubling target looks distant on slump, GenAI
India's IT sector may miss its target of doubling its workforce to 10 million by 2030 due to a slump in demand for tech services and the threat of AI-induced job losses. The industry currently employs 5.4 million workers, but this could only reach 7.5 million by 2030.
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