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Coronavirus scare: IT services firms draw business exigency plans

With uncertainties around growth outlook, most companies are likely to go slow on their payback plans to shareholders

Coronavirus outbreak may disrupt Indian IT firms' China operations

Industry employs over 22,000 people in the country, has been expanding operations over past few years

$80-bn IT sector contracts up for rebid in 2020; TCS, HCL may clinch deals

Large Indian information technology firms may steal a march over global peers to clinch deals

Budget 2020: IT firms want 15% corporate tax for services companies in SEZs

The sunset clause for SEZ nearing - March 31, 2020 - and the IT industry has been a big beneficiary of the policy

Why job losses are inevitable in IT

Firms have to move from just scale to building a smaller, more specialised talent pool

Infosys plans to broaden hiring on campus through technology platform

Bengaluru, 11 November After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) introduced a 'National Qualifier Test' for recruiting engineering graduates, Infosys has launched a learning platform, 'InfyTQ', which it is planning to use for campus hiring."Earlier, due to absence of technology, our presence was limited to a certain number of colleges," says UB Pravin Rao, chief operating officer. "The platform was launched around nine months back and the idea is to use the data to hire fresh graduates."According to the information technology services major, all graduates from various engineering colleges are encouraged to register on this platform, where a lot of training material is shared with the students by Infosys. Certifications in various new-age technologies are also available on it, which students will get after clearing the examinations. "Anyone who has cleared our certification will be a strong candidate for us to recruit," Rao said.TCS launched its National Qualifier Test last year and says ..

Slowdown blues: Demand worries likely to dim IT firms' growth outlook

Besides slow growth in BFSI and retail verticals, deal conversion is taking time and may impact revenues and stock valuations

IT firms may shed 5-10% mid-level workforce, focus on digital: Infy ex-CFO

On the prospects of IT services companies in 2020, he said all the global economies seem to be stable and there are no fears of recession.

H1-B visa denial rate spikes under Trump; Indian IT firms worst-hit

In the first three quarters of fiscal 2019, US Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudicators denied 24 per cent of H-1B petitions for "initial" employment

Domestic IT services companies increasingly absorbing staff of clients

Experts say the recent deals by TCS and Wipro will have impact on operating margin, but it will only reflect in the third quarter of this financial year

Amid talent battle, global uncertainty, top 5 IT firms hire 57% more in Q1

Analysts say that the challenging phase for the IT sector might now be over; companies could grow on a quarter-on-quarter basis

Client-specific risks a trip factor for IT companies, says analyst

Among Indian companies, Everest, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Technologies have significant exposure to Deutsche Bank

IT majors meet Piyush Goyal, flag barriers in accessing in China market

The meeting was attended by senior managers of TCS, Satyam Venture Engineering, HCL, NIIT Tech, Infosys, Invento Robotics, Tech Mahindra and Wipro

No country caps on Green Cards: US House passes bill; India to benefit

Indian IT professionals are worst sufferers of current immigration system which imposes a 7% per country quota on allotment of Green Card

IT firms may log muted growth in Q1, see 50-160 bps decline in margins

Margin growth in the absence of benefits from rupee depreciation will be a concern, say experts

From Wipro to Infosys, IT firms to realign client base on digital push

Despite higher gross additions, growth in overall customer base has been tepid

Fallout of weak rupee: Contract price revision looms over domestic IT firms

Domestic companies may pass on benefits of falling rupee to clients

IT firms likely to incentivise top executives based on digital revenue

Digital revenue of Infosys grew 27 per cent to $803 million in the first quarter ended June 30, 2018

Falling rupee could be a boon for Indian IT companies. Here's how

Hedging policy, an offshore-onshore business mix of domestic IT firms to be key determinants of the forex gain they accrue in Q1 of FY19

Share of digital services in Indian IT export revenue to double by 2020

According to CRISIL, the digital services portfolio of Indian IT export have been growing at a healthy annual 30-35%