Information technology

Even as IT companies in India are reporting mixed results with a few companies beating industry estimates and few faring poorly, HCL Technologies has hit a home run in its latest quarterly results. HCL Technologies has had a billion dollar…

Sample this... Software and Services sector has the potential to grow to $105 billion by 2014 and $225 billion by 2020 from $58.7 billion in 2009! Electronics and Hardware production in the country is expected to grow from $20 billion in…

Cloud Computing has come a long way globally and in India as well. I remember I was sceptical of cloud technology in India and not even 2 years since then, Cloud based technologies are taking off both at consumer level and even at…

The IT/ITES sector is going through challenging times especially with a large number of companies facing margin pressures. The double whammy is that IT/ITES sector which has built cost-reduction as its value proposition may not be a real…

Great people make great companies. There has been no bigger proponent of the same then the author of Good To Great – Jim Collins. A line from his book says “leaders of companies that go from good to great start not with “where” but with…

Mathematics is not everyone's cup of tea, we reckon. If you think that you are good at mathematics and enjoy the subject, why not use this skill in carving a niche career path for yourself? Here are top 5 careers that you can pursue if you…

In the recent past, all major IT service providers have embarked on new strategies to drive future growth as well as streamline operational costs. Infosys has had a major restructuring and new senior management have been inducted, Wipro…

Enterprise Mobility space is getting really interesting with the sudden explosion in the smartphone and tablet choices in the market. We earlier wrote about tablet usage in enterprises and now we have some interesting trends on enterprise…

The Ministry of Information Technology have come out with Fresh Guidelines and Amendments for Cyber Cafe’s in India – And it seems that Govt. is getting quite severe with what and how the data is consumed in Cyber Cafe’s. In last couple…

Nasscom, the IT/ITES industry association has said that, Of the general pool of graduates across all streams only 25 per cent have employable skills. When we look specifically at tech graduates then only 35-40 per cent are readily…

Internet is usually perceived as a virtual world, but sometimes its output is more than real. Internet has not only broken the shackles of geographical boundaries, but also revolutionized the speed of information and data sharing…

These days I’m in Mumbai, and as I entered here while coming from Delhi I found almost every slum house on the way fitted with Airtel DTH. That’s some awesome thing, isn’t? DTH subscribers are over 20 Million now and guess what? It added 10…

Recently I was reading an article regarding individuals who went to study in US years ago finally returning to India to transform the startup ecosystem in this country. I couldn’t help but smile and wonder at the number of such articles I…

Every year, Springboard research releases IT market predictions for many countries including India – we have been covering it for last couple of years and this year is no different. But, before we look at 2011 IT predictions, lets look at…

It is a common knowledge that India is one of the leading country when it comes to software piracy. According to a survey released few months back, over 65% software’s used in India are pirated amounting to loss of over USD 2 Billion. When…

Internet Penetration in India is one of the lowest in the world – more so of the broadband. It is ironical that even though India is one of the biggest Software services hub in the world, yet we rank so lowly when it comes to ICT…

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is an industry that people relate with the operation of outsourcing business mostly based in Tier I and II cities of the country. However, this thought has been rendered as a mythical view in the recent…

On a global scale Apple recently left behind Microsoft to become the most Valuable Technology company in the world with a market capitalization of over $234 billion. However, what about the most valuable technology companies in India?…

IT Services Outsourcing Industry witnessed a rather dull year in 2009 majorly due to the slowdown of the global economy which led to organizations freezing their IT budgets. Banking and Manufacturing, which are the biggest customers for the…

The business process outsourcing (BPO) market in India is estimated to grow 25% in 2010 and a bit lower at 19% in 2013, according to the Research firm Gartner. The research further provides insight that the domestic BPO services market…