Mumbai: Accenture plans to hire about 1,00,000 people in FY16 and spend as much as $1 billion on acquisitions, as it invests in new technologies at a scale that far outstrips its Indian rivals. At its investor conference in New York on Wednesday, Accenture outlined its strategy for its financial year ending August 2016. “Last year we hired roughly 1,00,000 […]
» Read moreWASHINGTON: India’s leading global IT company Wipro has said it will provide new books to tens of thousands of children in need across five cities in North America. For this it has entered into a tie up with First Book, a non-profit social enterprise. Wipro and First Book will distribute 35,000 books to educators and programme leaders in 2015, serving […]
» Read morehe European Union’s decision to invalidate a provision called ‘safe harbour’ that enabled data flow between the EU and the United States could have an impact on the Indian information technology sector which was considering a similar mechanism as a work-around to the EU’s stringent data protection regulations. “With the court’s ruling, the requirements for any agreement to transfer data […]
» Read moreiGate CEO Ashok Vemuri has quit the US-based company, months after it was acquired by French IT major Capgemini. The $4 billion deal to acquire iGate was announced in April 2015. “Ashok Vemuri, CEO of iGate, having successfully contributed to the transition process, leaves in a mutual agreement to pursue other interests outside of Capgemini,”the French IT major said. Mr […]
» Read moreTechnology giants Google and Microsoft have agreed to drop 18 patent lawsuits between the two companies in the US and Germany, the media reported. The agreement brings an end to legal battles over the use of technology in mobile phones and Wi-Fi and of patents covering games for the Xbox video-gaming console and Windows products, Efe cited the two companies […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: Asus said it has partnered with Foxconn to begin local manufacturing of smartphones in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh, a move that will help the Taiwanese tech major bolster its presence in the burgeoning Indian handset market. The company, which will kickstart manufacturing operations with Zenfone 2 Laser followed by ZenFone Go, aims to manufacture 1.5 lakh smartphones […]
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