BUSINESS
Oracle layoffs: Indian IT firms may tap high-end talent pool with deep enterprise connect
Oracle's wide products and solutions portfolio- Cloud ERP such as Fusion and NetSuite, Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Applications-growing at a rapid clip, the need for specialist Oracle talent will only rise and the laid off employees will find similar roles elsewhere.
TECHNOLOGY
Oracle layoffs: Budget squeeze hits workforce; Cerner healthcare unit among worst affected
Moneycontrol spoke to several Oracle employees across the country, who said teams were asked to meet specific budget cuts rather than reduce a fixed percentage of workforce.
BUSINESS
India’s chip hiring spreads beyond Bengaluru; Hyderabad, Gujarat gain ground
The country’s semiconductor Global Capability Centres now employ over 65,000 professionals, but growth has slowed to about 3% over the past 12 months.
BUSINESS
AI pushes IT services towards outcome-based deals, AI-first delivery models, say experts
The shift comes as enterprises move from experimentation to real deployments of AI tools across software development, analytics and enterprise workflows
BUSINESS
No army of engineers needed: Snowflake targets AI complexity with managed platform
Vijayant Rai, managing director for India, says a core challenge for enterprises remains fragmented data spread across multiple systems, which limits their ability to run analytics or deploy AI at scale
BUSINESS
Citizens’ AI hub with Infosys in Bengaluru to design, deploy Agentic AI solutions
The centre will support the full lifecycle of technology delivery including solution design, build, testing and deployment.
BUSINESS
Mid-cap IT firms corner 58% of 2025 incremental revenue as enterprises widen vendor pool for large deals
Industry experts say the shift reflects a structural change in the outsourcing landscape, where large deals are no longer the exclusive territory of tier-one IT service providers.
BUSINESS
Vanguard reverse transitions part of Infosys’ largest outsourcing deal
The development comes nearly 6 years after Vanguard and Infosys announced a partnership under which the IT firm assumed day-to-day operations, while Vanguard builds a tech GCC in Hyderabad
BUSINESS
Inside IIT Madras Brain Centre: How researchers are building a Google Earth for the human mind
Unlike most frontier neuroscience projects that rely primarily on state funding, this one has been built through a rare mix of philanthropy, corporate social responsibility funding, and government backing.
BUSINESS
Iran-Israel war: Indian IT firms may stare at slowdown in discretionary spending, project delays
Middle East & North Africa is a strategic region for most IT services companies, currently accounting for 1-2% of total revenue but remains critical for the industry to diversify beyond North America.
BUSINESS
Amid Iran war, Infosys, HCLTech staff safe as executives face travel disruption; TCS suspends Middle East travel
Employees of the IT firms travelling through the Middle East en route to the Mobile World Congress have been affected by flight disruptions.
BUSINESS
IT CEOs push back against AI disruption fears, warn of tough transition phase
The IT sector expects an AI-driven investment surge from enterprises, prompting companies to revamp their positioning and business models to capture rising demand.
BUSINESS
Markets underestimating complexity of enterprise AI rollout: Cognizant AI Officer Hodjat
Babak also said that enterprises do not need perfectly organised data before deploying AI, as agent-based systems can work across fragmented environments.
BUSINESS
AI rollout far more complex than it appears, says Wipro COO Sanjeev Jain
Jain told Moneycontrol that enterprise AI requires integration across client and internal systems along with responsible-AI layers, even as automation improves productivity in select functions.
BUSINESS
AI not plug-and-play, enterprises need open-heart surgery, says Infosys’ Satish HC
Execution challenges, legacy tech stacks and data readiness — not model capability — are the biggest barriers to scaling AI in enterprises, Infosys chief delivery officer tells Moneycontrol
BUSINESS
Provocative but not accurate: Cisco's Jeetu Patel reacts to Vinod Khosla jibe about company
Patel defended Cisco after Vinod Khosla's jibe about company, saying the venture capitalist's remarks are 'provocative, but not accurate'
BUSINESS
India rolls out three sovereign AI models Sarvam AI, Gnani.ai, BharatGen to take on Big Tech
This is a first major phase of the government’s clear push to have India-first, sovereign AI models
BUSINESS
Indian IT firms well placed for AI services, says Ashwini Vaishnav amid job loss fears
The focus on AI-driven modernisation of legacy systems creates a significant opportunity for Indian IT firms even as the industry navigates workforce transitions, the minister tells Moneycontrol
BUSINESS
Why IIT-Madras Director Kamakoti believes AI disruption will be a blessing in disguise for core engineers
Kamakoti, who was recently awarded with a Padma Shri, said the type of IT jobs that attracted non-computer science graduates are increasingly vulnerable as AI automates routine and mundane work.
BUSINESS
'No longer just IT services', Wipro to pitch AI pivot at India Impact Summit
Infosys, Cognizant, and HCLTech have all affirmed a similar shift, telling investors that AI-led platforms and productivity gains are redefining their business models
BUSINESS
Infosys raises Q3FY26 bonus payout to 85% after steady quarterly improvement
Infosys’ variable pay has steadily improved over recent quarters, rising from about 65-80%, and now averaging around 85% in Q3FY26.
BUSINESS
Less a collapse, more a transition: IT sector long term outlook remains stable amid stocks rout
Growth metrics like revenue per employee and margin per employee will now increasingly depend on how effectively firms embed AI into delivery.
BUSINESS
Layoffs hit GCCs as auto tech firm AUMOVIO plans 1,000 job cuts in India
With around 6,000 employees in India, the planned reduction implies that nearly 16-17% of AUMOVIO’s local workforce will be impacted, making India one of the most affected geographies in the global exercise.
BUSINESS
Two companies planning AI server manufacturing units amid data centre push: IT minister Vaishnaw
Globally, AI server manufacturing is dominated by Taiwanese Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) such as Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron, along with branded players like Dell, HPE, and Lenovo, while platforms are largely Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
