Capgemini

Ashwin Yardi, who has led Capgemini in India for seven years, will retire from executive duties at the end of December.

After WNS, Capgemini to acquire Hyderabad headquartered Cloud4C

The Cloud4C acquisition will expand Capgemini’s footprint in the cloud managed services market. It would also bring immediate cross-selling opportunities for both the firms, the company said.

Capgemini's $3.3 billion acquisition to close by year-end, no immediate changes in global operations: WNS CEO Keshav Murugesh

In India, WNS had around 44,117 professionals as of March 31. The company has offices across Mumbai, Pune, Gurgaon, Nashik, Bangalore, Chennai, Vizag, Indore, Trichy, Hyderabad and Noida.

Capgemini’s WNS acquisition a precursor to more AI-fuelled consolidation: Experts

IT and BPM convergence may become the new world order as competition in the AI era intensifies, industry analysts have said after Capgemini agreed to buy IT outsourcing firm WNS Holdings.

WNS acquisition: Capgemini gains sector-specific BPO expertise, SaaS-driven client demand

Together, the merged entity is staring at a $1.5-trillion emerging market opportunity, as WNS provides the ideal incubation business to develop leading-edge Services-as-a-Software (SaaS) to Capgemini, said Phil Fersht, CEO, HFS Research.

Capgemini acquires WNS for $3.3 billion with a focus in AI capabilities

The transaction will immediately unlock cross-selling opportunities, Capgemini has said. It will also lay the foundation of capabilities to seize the Intelligent Operations strategic market opportunity

Capgemini India CEO Ashwin Yardi bats for 47.5-hour work week, no weekend e-mails

It can be noted that IT industry leader and Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy has been pitching for a 70-hour work week, while EPC major Larsen and Toubro's Chairman S N Subrahmanyan called for a 90-hour work week.

IT companies say GCCs won't hit revenues, forge more tie-ups

TCS and Capgemini have facilitated the establishment of GCCs within their own premises for clients

GCCs not 'cannibalising' IT services revenue, says Capgemini's Ananth Chandramouli

Ultimately, the GCCs need to ponder whether system integrators (SE) such as Capgimini are competitors anymore, Chandramouli said.

Working on 300 generative AI projects, says Capgemini

Yardi said generative AI is a "great opportunity" for both services industries and clients to leverage AI and drive revenues for their respective organisations.

France's Capgemini sees slower revenue growth in 2024

The firm, which offers consulting, digital, technical and engineering services, expects its revenue to grow between 0% and 3% at constant currency this year, compared with 4.4% growth it reported for 2023.

Capgemini renews lease for 2 office assets in Hyderabad for 5 years

The office spaces, spread across 3,00,000 sq ft, have been leased from GAR and Sons Builders.

Capgemini predicts 100% growth in mobility insurance market to $1.38 tn by 2030

Nominal premiums in the autonomous, connected, electric and shared mobility market to grow eightfold to half a trillion US dollars, says Capgemini report

Companies continue to spend on tech to create cost-saving solutions, says Capgemini’s Ashwin Yardi

Almost two-thirds of respondents to a Capgemini survey of CEOs and chief information officers (CIOs) want to spend on technology to drive cost-saving initiatives, Yardi said.

Capgemini results indicate soft landing for IT services

Capgemini projects revenue slowdown in 2023 but the company continues to see decent order bookings

Capgemini to hire fewer employees due to slower growth, reducing attrition

CEO Aiman Ezzat says Capgemini does not need to “over hire” and can start looking at some operational optimisation in utilisation

Colorbar, IBM and Oppo among most-loved brands in India: Report

Consumer intelligence company Talkwalker has released a list of the top 10 most-loved brands in India in collaboration with Hootsuite

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh to earn $10.2 million a year; how does his salary compare to chief executives at Accenture, Cognizant and IBM?

Infosys had said earlier that Parekh's proposed total target remuneration vis-à-vis the remuneration most recently paid to CEOs of peers would be around the median.

Capgemini acquires Chappuis Halder to boost financial services business

The acquisition will help Capgemini strengthen its capabilities to advise banking, wealth management and insurance clients in North America, Europe and South-East Asia.

Capgemini Q1 revenue rises on data and cloud demand

The firm, which offers consulting, digital, technical and engineering services, reported first-quarter revenue of 5.17 billion euros ($5.44 billion), up 17.7 percent year-on-year at constant exchange rates.

Capgemini raises 2021 targets on booming tech demand

The company now expects 2021 revenues to be up between 12 percent and 13 percent, an operating margin of 12.5 percent to 12.7 percent and an organic free cash flow above 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion).

Capgemini’s fleet to be 100 percent electric by 2030

The IT major will stop with immediate effect the purchase of petrol and diesel vehicles, and has also joined the EV100 global initiative that brings together companies making the switch to electric vehicles (EVs)

Capgemini commits Rs 50 crore to augment medical infra in India to tackle COVID crisis

In addition, the French firm is also contributing Rs 5 crore to UNICEF to provide immediate support across India for critical COVID-19 response care, by setting up three oxygen generation plants and RT-PCR testing machines.

French IT firm Capgemini to cover vaccination costs of India employees, their dependents

Between Capgemini, TCS, Infosys and Accenture more than a million employees and their families will likely have their cost covered for vaccination.

Retailers must use AR/VR technologies to bring in-store experience to online channels: Capgemini’s Nayak

In the current scenario, the fear of getting infected with the deadly virus has prompted customers to shop online