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Cautious outlook

Growth in the IT sector will be slow

Online content creators and directors flag issues hurting business

Though the experts and industry stakeholders appreciated the government's aim to preserve the rule of law on the content streamed by OTT platforms

Tata Elxsi Q1 Results: Profit up 2% YoY to Rs 189 cr, revenue jumps 17%

Large Indian IT services companies have flagged discretionary spending cuts by clients and an uncertain demand environment

Wage bill of listed pvt. companies up 17% at Rs 11.5 trn in FY23: Report

The rising trajectory of private corporate wage bill appears structural, having grown from around 9 per cent of GDP in FY12 to around 13 per cent in FY22

Govt offers firms more time to seek IT hardware production incentives

The window to apply for the scheme - PLI 2.0 for IT Hardware - was previously supposed to close on July 15

IBM to buy software firm Apptio for $4.6 bn to bolster cloud offering

IBM said it will finance the transaction with cash on hand and expects the deal to close in the latter half of 2023

Bribes-for-jobs scam uncovered at TCS, miscreants may have made Rs 100 cr

The bribes-for-job scandal has led to TCS sacking four officials from its resource management group and banning three staffing firms

Accenture forecasts fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates

Shares of the company were down 2% in trading before the bell

Domestic-focused sectors push market up; IT, commodities pull it down

Domestic and private consumption oriented business sectors are driving up the Indian stock markets, which are nearing their high points, experts said.

As work-from-office resumes, TCS employees get less time to upgrade skills

Average learning hours fell from 121 in Financial Year 2021-22 (FY22) to 82 in FY23, according to TCS' annual report

Around 92% of developers using AI coding tools at work: Github Report

About 92 per cent of developers are already using AI coding tools at work, while 70 per cent reported that AI coding tools will offer them an advantage at work, a new report showed on Wednesday

Led by IT sector, 84% Indian firms want to hire people with green skills

A new survey, however, showed that the net employment outlook in the upcoming quarter is lower than the same quarter in FY23

Cracking the investment strategy: FPIs are bullish on finance, auto stocks

Load up on financials, automotive stocks in May

Generative AI race creates new commercial models for IT services firms

Last month, leading IT firms including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Cognizant, Wipro, Mphasis, and Infosys were on a spree to launch their generative AI platforms

Vinsys IT Services files draft IPO papers with NSE Emerge to get listed

Vinsys IT Services India on Monday said it has filed preliminary papers with NSE Emerge to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The Pune-headquartered company plans to offer 38.9 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each through the book-building process. The firm will be listed on NSE Emerge, a platform for small and medium enterprises, it said in a statement. Proceeds from the public issue will be utilised to meet working capital requirements, repayment of loan to subsidiary and for other general corporate purposes. The company has appointed Beeline Capital Advisors as merchant bankers to the issue. Marquee investors led by overseas funds, including NAV Capital Emerging Star Fund and xMultiplied, and domestic players, such as Nova Global Opportunities Fund, Aegis Investment Fund and Sambhavnath Investments, have invested in the company's pre-IPO funding. Vinsys provides a full suite of software service offerings, including ERP solutions, architectural consulting, ...

T'gana posts 31% growth in IT exports, adds 127,000 jobs during 2022-23

Telangana registered 31.44 per cent growth in information technology exports and added nearly 1.27 lakh new jobs during 2022-23, surpassing the expectations

Metaverse, Web3 market to grow 40% annually to reach $200 bn by 2035

The Metaverse and Web3 market opportunity in India is expected to grow at an annual growth rate of nearly 40 per cent, with the potential to become a $200 billion industry by 2035, a new report said

White collar hiring activity flat in May, IT sector's woes continue: Report

The hiring activity in India's white-collar professional segment, remained steady in May and witnessed multi-sectoral growth across sectors such as real estate, banking, oil and gas and pharma, a report said on Thursday. According to the Naukri JobSpeak Index, the job postings for white collar hiring in May 2023 was at 2,849, as against 2,863 in May 2022. The relatively flat growth in index masks strong divergence in hiring trends across different sectors and geographies, said the report. The Naukri JobSpeak Index is a monthly Index representing the state of the Indian job market and hiring activity based on new job listings and job-related searches by recruiters on the resume database of Naukri.com. It said that while the oil and gas sector clearly emerged as a hiring hotspot with a remarkable 31 per cent increase in the new jobs compared to last year, the hiring activity in the IT sector stayed at 23 per cent below its level in May 2022. "The multi-sectoral growth in white-colla

IT sector growth to slow down further in FY24, hiring to be low: Icra

Indian IT companies revenue growth will slow down further to mid-single digits amid intensifying headwinds for the nearly USD 250 billion dollar sector, domestic rating agency Icra said on Wednesday. The continuing uncertainties are set to take their toll on hiring, and companies are expected to keep employee addition at "low levels" in the near term, the rating agency said, adding that the net addition is negative in the last two-quarters of FY23. As per industry lobby grouping Nasscom's report published in March, the sector's growth slowed down to 8.4 per cent in FY23 from over 15 per cent in the previous fiscal. "Despite a strong order book and deal pipelines of Indian IT services companies, Icra expects the revenue growth to remain subdued in mid-single digits in USD terms in FY2024," the agency said. It has maintained its stable outlook for companies in the sector, which is generally known to have the best quality on leverage positions. The agency said the growth momentum ...

IT hardware players to lose on PLI incentives for failing to meet targets

Under revised scheme, 5% penalty to be deducted from amount due if actual PLI figure for a year is 25-50% lower; if shortfall exceeds 50%, then penalty is 10%