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Almost 60% of GCCs investing in Agentic AI; build incubators to globalise ideas: EY

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Almost 60% of GCCs investing in Agentic AI; build incubators to globalise ideas: EY

GCCs are also institutionalising innovation, with 67 percent creating dedicated innovation teams and incubation programs aimed at global problem statements.

Accenture explores Agentic AI for high-volume enterprise workflows, says India head

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Accenture explores Agentic AI for high-volume enterprise workflows, says India head

Accenture is already applying Agentic AI in finance workflows for a large Indian retail company, where 5 agents are expected to deliver around 35% cost savings in payment operations.

Cognizant seeks dismissal of Infosys counterclaims in TriZetto fight

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Cognizant seeks dismissal of Infosys counterclaims in TriZetto fight

The Teaneck-headquartered company has also asked the court to pause all antitrust-related discovery by Infosys until its dismissal plea is decided.

Indian IT firms deem DPDP compliance timelines workable, warn smaller firms could be left scrambling

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Indian IT firms deem DPDP compliance timelines workable, warn smaller firms could be left scrambling

The DPDP Rules also puts legal obligation on businesses on data handling practices

Deepwatch opens GCC in Bengaluru with 50 employees, plans to hire 100 more

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Deepwatch opens GCC in Bengaluru with 50 employees, plans to hire 100 more

The new GCC will focus on building agentic AI systems, or autonomous AI agents that streamline cybersecurity workflows by automating repetitive tasks such as threat detection, investigation, and response.

Doing more with less: AI rewrites the operating model of Indian IT

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Doing more with less: AI rewrites the operating model of Indian IT

Strategy has shifted to AI factories, agentic systems, and platform-infused engineering. And executives speak of productivity gains rather than fresher hiring now.

India needs to take bigger bets in deep tech, says Infosys cofounder K. Dinesh

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India needs to take bigger bets in deep tech, says Infosys cofounder K. Dinesh

Patient capital, early investment, and strong university networks helped many nations become leaders in advanced technologies.

H-1B shift shows Trump moving from ideology to pragmatism, analysts say

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H-1B shift shows Trump moving from ideology to pragmatism, analysts say

Industry watchers say India’s IT sector remains largely unfazed as US visa restrictions tighten, with firms already localising hiring and reducing dependence on H-1Bs.

Back office renaissance: Genpact, EXL, Firstsource surge as BPMs ride the AI wave, outpacing IT peers

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Back office renaissance: Genpact, EXL, Firstsource surge as BPMs ride the AI wave, outpacing IT peers

Integrated technology operations, once the stronghold of IT firms, are now being executed meaningfully by companies that began as BPMs or BPOs.

Persistent Systems, Mphasis outperform Tier-I IT peers in billable revenue per employee

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Persistent Systems, Mphasis outperform Tier-I IT peers in billable revenue per employee

Among Tier-I IT firms, HCLTech had the highest billable revenue per employee at $17,822 in Q2, growing 5.2 per cent YoY, according to estimates by UnearthInsight.

H-1B visa curbs lift subcontracting costs for Indian IT firms; Infosys sees steepest rise

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H-1B visa curbs lift subcontracting costs for Indian IT firms; Infosys sees steepest rise

Beyond tightening H-1B visa rules, demand uncertainties are also driving IT firms to focus on short-term contractors rather than hiring full-time employees.

GCCs, ER&D drive hiring with 30-40% salary hikes, says TeamLease even as IT stays flat

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GCCs, ER&D drive hiring with 30-40% salary hikes, says TeamLease even as IT stays flat

Mid-tier IT services and ER&D firms are seeing healthy demand for niche skills such as Python, cloud security, and AI and prompt engineering

Inside Maya Research: How two 23-year-olds beat Google in speech AI and are building a 10 to 15x larger Indic version by June 2026

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Inside Maya Research: How two 23-year-olds beat Google in speech AI and are building a 10 to 15x larger Indic version by June 2026

The Bengaluru-based startup climbed the global charts by training the English model from scratch and tuning it through relentless listening tests, improving voice quality until it consistently outperformed many in blind evaluations.

Startup boom in 2000s killed open-source momentum in India: Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh

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Startup boom in 2000s killed open-source momentum in India: Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh

Nadh also said that open-source capability is central to national technology resilience.

No country can build tech capacity without open source, says Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh

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No country can build tech capacity without open source, says Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh

He added that modern digital systems, including those used by governments and large enterprises, are built on open-source software layers that cannot be replaced or rebuilt independently.

Quess sees ‘green shoots’ in IT staffing during September quarter as select hiring mandates open

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Quess sees ‘green shoots’ in IT staffing during September quarter as select hiring mandates open

The demand is primarily in AI, cloud transformation, cybersecurity, enterprise platforms and SAP HANA upgrades, tied to ongoing technology modernisation in global enterprises.

Inside Oracle’s push to end single-vendor GPU dependence

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Inside Oracle’s push to end single-vendor GPU dependence

As demand for foundation model training continues to accelerate, cloud providers have been forced to rethink how they secure compute and how much control they cede to the vendor that dominates it.

India’s rapidly growing developer community a key investment area with huge potential, says Microsoft’s Jay Parikh

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India’s rapidly growing developer community a key investment area with huge potential, says Microsoft’s Jay Parikh

Microsoft-owned GitHub is pursuing a broad strategy to drive adoption of its developer platform in India, targeting students, universities, and companies, COO Kyle Daigle told Moneycontrol.

Cognizant calls time on the IT era, bets future on AI built delivery

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Cognizant calls time on the IT era, bets future on AI built delivery

The firm continues to lean heavily on fresher hiring, targeting 20,000 campus recruits this year, while moving delivery towards AI-assisted development workflows.

Cognizant posts strongest sequential growth since 2022, raises full-year guidance to 6-6.3%

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Cognizant posts strongest sequential growth since 2022, raises full-year guidance to 6-6.3%

CEO Ravi Kumar S said that over 30% of the company’s code is now being generated by AI, improving developer productivity and enabling larger fixed-price deals.

Coforge leans on proprietary AI platforms as automation reaches 8% of revenue

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Coforge leans on proprietary AI platforms as automation reaches 8% of revenue

Coforge’s strategy is to scale AI-led engineering, expand large accounts and maintain asset-light delivery.

Quantum will break encryption, and AI might hand it the key

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Quantum will break encryption, and AI might hand it the key

Wipro’s latest cybersecurity report found that 75% of enterprises lack expertise to defend against AI-led attacks, and 86% of recent breaches involve nation-state actors, a sign of how quickly digital espionage is escalating.

Why $800-billion Oracle wants to build AI-powered ambulances?

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Why $800-billion Oracle wants to build AI-powered ambulances?

The Texas-headquartered tech giant is building AI-powered ambulances as part of its broader push to create a fully connected healthcare ecosystem

Infosys, Cognizant, Accenture, LTIMindtree invest in Oracle’s $1.5 bn AI Data Platform

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Infosys, Cognizant, Accenture, LTIMindtree invest in Oracle’s $1.5 bn AI Data Platform

Oracle said the investment will include training over 8,000 practitioners and developing more than 100 industry-specific AI use cases across sectors such as manufacturing and utilities.

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