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India’s GCC framework in Budget 2025: Industry lauds but urges deeper collaboration
The announcements are being seen in light of Tier II, III cities struggling to gain market share despite efforts by individual states.
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Quess Corp enters GCC space with new centre for US healthcare wearables firm
The Bengaluru-based staffing firm is in discussions with multiple companies for setting up more GCCs.
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Harnessing power from thin air: Infosys Prize 2024 winner Shyam Gollakota’s vision for battery-free computing
Professor Gollakota's team has created battery-free devices that mimic dandelion seed sensors, that can float in the wind for distances up to 100 meters.
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DeepSeek's LLM success triggers big debate: Is India's hesitation a strategic mistake?
The success of DeepSeek’s latest R1 LLM has sparked a debate of whether India is late in setting out to build its own foundational AI models, what the nation needs to do next, to remains self-reliant in computing systems.
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Not waiting for discretionary spend to return, overall tech spend has surged: Coforge CEO Sudhir Singh
While larger IT peers have had a mixed run in Europe, Coforge has identified pockets of opportunity, particularly in the government vertical
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Budget 2025: IT industry asks SEZ tax holidays, related benefits to be continued for maintaining global competitiveness
Experts say export incentives and skill development programs are key to solidifying the country’s position as a premier destination for ER&D services, too.
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Davos 2025: India is a super strategic market, says SAP’s Saueressig
India is SAP's largest research and development hub outside its headquarters in Germany, executive board member Thomas Saueressig has said
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Top 5 Indian IT companies have less than 50% dependency on H-1B visas
Indian-origin companies like Infosys and TCS were major players for the H-1B visa sponsorship, securing nearly 20 percent of the total approved visas in 2024, according to USCIS data.
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Davos 2025: 'Incredibly energised about his leadership,’ says Rishad Premji on Wipro CEO Srini Pallia
Premji also expressed optimism on how demand is shaping up in 2025, highlighting an anticipated rebound in discretionary spending.
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Davos 2025: Huge believer in work-life balance, says Wipro chairman Rishad Premji on 70/90-hour work week debate
Chairman of India’s fourth-largest IT company believes that the need to recharge and show up well for work should not be underestimated.
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Davos 2025: Big firms expect more investment in tech, will drive large digital programmes, says Salil Parekh
Europe is focused on improving competitiveness, with Nordic countries, Spain and others already performing well, the Infosys CEO has said
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Trump's birthright citizenship order likely to face legal hurdles, say experts
The executive order signed on January 20, calls for children born in the US to acquire citizenship only if at least one parent is a US citizen, a legal permanent resident, or a member of the US military.
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Davos 2025: IT firms must reinvent with Agentic AI; rethink traditional labour arbitrage, says Francisco D'Souza
D'Souza said that the earlier double-digit growth rates were driven by the offshoring shift, however, that advantage has equalised now across the industry.
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Davos 2025: About 10,000 more ex-employees want to rejoin Cognizant, says CEO Ravi Kumar S
On the counterclaim filed by Infosys in the TriZetto trade secrets case, Kumar says he is protecting the intellectual property of the firm
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IT companies see healthiest recovery in the last 1.5 years in Q3 FY25 earnings
Constant currency revenue and deal wins improved for most while operating margins improved for all in a seasonally weak quarter marked by furloughs.
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Davos 2025: We are very focused on India, says Zoom’s COO Aparna Bawa
Bawa said Zoom will continue to market and expand its product base, bringing them to India as soon as possible.
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Davos 2025: India best lift-off country in Asia for anything on tech, says Zoom COO
Bawa said Zoom operates development centres in Bangalore and Chennai. Additionally, the company has a go-to-market team in Mumbai, and data centres in Hyderabad and Mumbai
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Davos 2025: Embedding AI capability into our platforms and services, says Zoom
Bawa said that the focus is on making individuals and enterprises more efficient.
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Top 5 IT firms shed 2,500 jobs in Q3FY25 after a quarter of additions
On a positive note, these firms added 10,412 employees in 9MFY25, marking a cautious revival after losing over 57,608 employees during the same period in FY24.
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Have good inventory of H1-B visas, US workforce comprises 80% locals, says Wipro
Wipro said supply side will not be a constraint if demand rises in the US market.
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We will hire 10,000-12,000 from campuses in FY26, says Wipro
On concerns about revoking fresher offers issued to 2022 batch engineering graduates, Govil said the move was necessitated by the time gap between extending offers and onboarding candidates.
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Wipro client numbers drop due to weak discretionary spending, Q3 furloughs
In Q3, the company’s customer base from the over $100 million through over $1 million bracket stood at 1,806, down from 1,837 a quarter ago. In Q3FY24, this metric stood at 1,908.
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Wipro revises revenue guidance to range between -1% and 1% for Q4FY25
Total bookings stood at $3.51 billion, with large deal bookings of $961 million, lower than $3.56 billion and $1.49 billion in the last quarter, respectively.
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Wipro’s headcount down 1,157 in Q3, ends quarter with 232,732 employees
Sequentially, Wipro's attrition rate increased to 15.3 percent in the last-twelve-month (LTM) basis.
