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Infosys, Smart Europe ink 5-year pact to redefine e-mobility experience

Infosys said it will leverage its technical expertise and design thinking-led consulting approach to enable Smart Europe GmbH to derive "exceptional value" from software, data, and cloud investments

AI backlash may anger thousands of employees in UK, says Infosys Partner

The remarks ahead of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's AI Summit next week underscore the stakes for policymakers facing a rapid shift in the nature of work

US businesses plan to invest 67% more in GenAI in 2024: Infosys Research

Companies are speedily ramping up investments in generative AI and realising rapid returns, according to research from Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI), which forecast that companies will hike GenAI investments by 67 per cent in 2024. This translates to a conservative estimate of USD 6 billion to be invested by the US and Canadian companies in the next year, the findings of the research by IKI said. Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI) is the research arm of Indian IT services company Infosys. "North American businesses plan to invest 67 per cent more in Generative AI in 2024 to drive efficiency, experience and growth," said the release citing Infosys Research. Enterprise leaders are taking a pragmatic view of GenAI, which may mitigate the reality check the broader GenAI market will likely face in the coming year, it added. The report found that Generative AI (GenAI) is not constrained by traditional innovation barriers, and that companies expect GenAI to deliver operational ...

TCS to revise rates for staffing cos to enhance transparency, better talent

The changes in rate cards are for contract staffing employees and not for permanent employees. TCS is revamping its hiring mechanism

RIL, HUL, ITC: Top 50 APAC firms lose over $185 billion in m-cap in Q3

Reliance Industries (8 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (7.9 per cent) and ITC (1.3 per cent) were the Indian companies that saw a drop in m-cap during the recently concluded quarter

Infosys to train 20,000 employees on Google Cloud's GenAI, aims expertise

The company is enhancing a wide range of its existing platforms and solutions with Infosys Topaz and Google Cloud GenAI features

IT sector job woes may pull down overall consumer demand in India

Historically, there is a strong positive correlation between the growth of compensation (salary, wages, etc) in the IT sector and the growth of PFCE in the economy

Weak outlook

Growth in the IT sector will remain muted

Infosys opens new development centre in Vizag to upskill employees with AI

Spanning 83,750 square feet, the facility is designed to accommodate approximately 1,000 employees and provide greater flexibility for hybrid working arrangements

Andhra CM to inaugurate Infosys, Pharma units in Visakhapatnam on Monday

He will also inaugurate the newly constructed Unit-2 Formulation Block at Laurus Labs, LSPL Unit-2. Reddy will also lay the foundation stone for Lawrence Lab Unit-11 and LSPL Unit-3

Weekend Bites: Another war, trouble in IT paradise, carmakers, 'those guys'

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

Sensex down 342 pts, banking shares weigh on indices; Infosys down over 2%

Key Asian indices were in the red and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped more than 2 per cent

Q2 impact: Infosys, TCS can fall up to 9%; HCLTech may rise 5%, show charts

IT majors - TCS, Infosys and HCL Technologies flagged concerns of slower growth going ahead after announcing the Q2 results in the last two days.

Infosys slips 4%, hits 6-week low on surprise revenue guidance cut in Q2

Infosys's revenue guidance is a negative surprise and likely factor in impact from these ramp downs as well as backend ended and delayed ramp up in mega deal, according to analysts.

Stocks to Watch: Infosys, HCLTech, Maruti, IDBI Bank, Tata Motors, Religare

Stocks to watch on October 13, 2023: Infosys has lowered its FY24 constant currency revenue growth guidance for a second time to 1.0-2.5 per cent from 1-3.5 per cent earlier

Infosys announces five-year extension of its JV pact with Temasek

India's second largest IT services company Infosys on Thursday announced a five-year extension of its joint venture collaboration with Temasek, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore. The extension underlines the shared objective of creating impactful digital transformation and investing in digital talent in Singapore, a statement said, announcing that Infosys and Temasek have extended the digital services joint venture for a period of five years. Infosys Compaz -- Infosys-Temasek joint venture (JV) company -- has collaborated with large corporations in Southeast Asia on their digital transformation journeys, leveraging deep technology expertise across cloud, data and analytics, cybersecurity, digital, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, among others. Meanwhile, Infosys in a filing said that based on the recommendation of the nomination and remuneration committee, its Board approved the appointment of Nitin Paranjpe as an additional and independent director ...

Q2 results: Infosys cuts FY24 guidance to 1-2.5%, net profit up 3.2%

For the second quarter of FY24, the company reported net profit of Rs 6,212 crore up 3.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY). Sequentially, it was up 4.5 per cent

Not going to campus for recruitment at the moment, says Infosys CFO

Infosys, which hired over 50,000 freshers last year, is not going to campus for recruitment for the time being, Chief Financial Officer Nilanjan Roy said, adding that the IT major will honour offers that have been made. On the return-to-office approach, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said the number of employees coming back to workspace is on the rise but asserted, in the same breath, that the company intends to maintain flexibility in its approach. Infosys' position on return to work is in variance to that of larger rival TCS, which has asked its 6.14 lakh-plus employees to work from offices, ending the practice of remote working that was necessitated by the pandemic. During the Q2 briefing, Infosys CFO Nilanjan Roy said the Bengaluru-headquartered company has a significant fresher bench and headroom for increasing utilisation, and hence it "is not going to campuses as yet". "Last year, we hired 50,000 freshers and hired ahead of demand...we still have a significant fresher bench... we

IT stocks drag markets lower; Sensex ends 65 pts lower, Nifty falls 17 pts

Infosys, TCS, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra were the biggest drag on the market performance

Infosys Q2FY24 result: Net profit rises to Rs 6,212 crore; revenue up 6.7%

Infosys Q2FY24 result: The company also declared an interim dividend of Rs 18 per equity share