Among IT firms, market leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has added around 30,000 fresh graduates in this financial year
Discretionary spend by the clients take a hit during slowdowns or uncertain business environment, as such spends are largely under the discretion of the clients
However, the IT services firm is better-placed to handle the slowdown arising from COVID-19.
Founders had requested for the reclassification in July last year after L&T took over the Bengaluru-based firm
Both TCS and Infosys are likely to expand operating margins in Q3
Bengaluru had topped the list in 2017 and 2018 Salary Trends report as well
According to the IDC's report, the IT and Business Services market is further expected to grow annually by 6.8% to be valued at $14.2 billion by December 2020
IT stocks currently trade at a 7 per cent discount to Nifty
India's stood addition at 10,000-12,000, as opposed to a 67% growth last year; however, agency says no cause of immediate alarm in job market though economy is muted
Revival of spending by BFS & retail clients may take some more time
According to the IT firm, the engineering services segment spreads across communication, manufacturing, retail & CPG and life sciences verticals
TCS has been VIL's technology partner in this journey, managing all of its customer-facing applications
Analysts are still cautious about the outlook for the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) vertical
Adoption of digital technologies has reached inflexion point and is triggering large scale re-architecture programs
The firm has undergone a rebranding exercise with a tag line 'making digital happen'
The move will have consequences for service providers in back-end services and post-sales support, among others
They feel this move will help them scale up at a faster pace
For decades, Indian IT services firms have been seen as not so strong in the consulting space as compared to Accenture, IBM and Capgemini
Security services continued to gain ground in first half of 2018 due to a rise in the nature and complexity of cyber threats
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