Archive for 2008

Wipro offers campus recruits job switch – The Hindu

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: The Hindu DATE: Dec 2nd, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: IT graduates which were offered jobs in the IT group within Wipro have been told to start out in the Wipro BPO arm offering technical ... Read more..

Tech biggies vie for bank integration deals – EconomicTimes

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: Dec 3rd, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: For companies looking for ways to reduce cost during integration, services firms which are on the 'buy' side of the M&A transactions have an upside ... Read more..

Fitch Rating view on IT Services sector in the US

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: MarketWatch DATE: Dec 3rd, 2008 ARTICLE The Rating Outlook for a majority of U.S. information technology (IT) sectors is Negative for 2009 based on expectations that a reduction in global IT spending ... Read more..

No increase in pay, HP staff told in India

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: LiveMint DATE: Dec 3rd, 2008 ARTICLE The world’s largest personal computers maker, Hewlett-Packard Co., or HP, will not offer annual salary increases due in February to employees, including those in India, where ... Read more..

Save $10 per staff – Infosys CEO

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: Dec 1st, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: A number of firms are bracing for the slowdown and with a potential reduction in topline growth have started focussing on managing bottomline. A number ... Read more..

TCS draws up austerity plan – to reduce capex

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: Dec 1st, 2008 ARTICLE It’s official now. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s biggest software company in terms of sales, is poised to unveil a host of cost-management initiatives to withstand ... Read more..

Mumbai attacks and the new realities of outsourcing to India ?

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

November 28th, 2008 The siege of Mumbai over the last three days has exposed the vulnerability of a prime offshoring location within India and how a handful of people with guns ... Read more..

Mastek likely to cut 2008/09 revenue forecast

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: REUTERS DATE: Nov 14th, 2008 Mastek has focused on Europe and seems to be moving to building IP in their offering and building vertical niches in insurance organically and inorganically. ARTICLE Software firm ... Read more..

Mercator partners with Infosys to setup a development centre in Chennai

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Business Standard DATE: Nov 14th, 2008 ARTICLE Dubai-based Mercator has partnered Infosys Technologies Limited to establish an offshore development centre in Chennai. The centre, to come up on Infosys campus, will develop ... Read more..

BT job cut news sends India’s tech stocks reeling

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: International Business Times DATE: Nov 14th, 2008 ARTICLE Stock prices of India's major IT firms went reeling, Friday, on news that British telecoms giant, the BT Group Plc. will reduce its workforce ... Read more..