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Black Swan's Nassim Taleb warns on software bankruptcies, more volatility

While AI will generate enormous profits, he cautioned that history suggests early pioneers are often displaced

Explained: How Anthropic's Claude plug-ins rattled Indian IT stocks

New plug-ins let Claude automate legal, sales and analytics tasks, raising fears of AI-led disruption to traditional software and IT services

India will be the factory of the future, says Dassault Systemes CEO

Pascal Daloz says India's innovation, digital capabilities, and engineering talent will make it central to the global AI-driven industrial transformation

Automobiles to pharma & healthcare: India Inc earnings stay in slow lane

Corporate profits remained weak in Q1FY26, amid single-digit growth in revenues for the ninth consecutive quarter

You should write code till late in life: Wayfair India's Rohit Kaila

Rohit Kaila talks about the centre's journey, how the lifecycle of a software developer is changing, and why an engineer must not stop coding

Evolve or perish: Agentic AI set to disrupt software testing roles

The Indian IT sector currently has over 375,000 active professionals in testing and QA/QC functions across experience levels, according to data sourced from specialist staffing firm Xpheno

BSA CEO Espinel seeks rationalisation of software localisation norms

To bid for government projects in India, the government mandates that a certain percentage of the product, including software solutions, be made domestically

ServiceNow sees India as its biggest mkt in Asia-Pacific: Amit Zavery

ServiceNow is betting big on agentic AI as the next area of growth as it makes that technology a core part of its platform, which improves efficiency, predictability, and real-time decision support

Rishi Parti- An inspiration to young entrepreneurs

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Birlasoft share tanks 6%, hits 52-week low as analysts cut targets post Q3

On the bourses, Birlasoft share price plunged 6.39 per cent to hit a fresh 52-week low of Rs 472.40 per share on Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Best of BS Opinion: How much change and continuity can we expect this year?

The best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today, curated for you

Software services export grows to $205.2 bn in FY24, US major destination

India's total exports of software services, including services delivered by foreign affiliates of Indian companies, increased to USD 205.2 billion during 2023-24 from USD 200.6 billion in the previous fiscal, according to a Reserve Bank survey. India's exports of software services (excluding their sales through overseas commercial presence) increased by 2.8 per cent during 2023-24 to USD 190.7 billion, according to the data related to the 2023-24 round of RBI annual survey on computer software and information technology enabled-services (ITES) exports. The US was the major software export destination with a 54 per cent share, followed by Europe (31 per cent share), where the United Kingdom was a major destination country, according to the data. In the survey, 7,226 software export companies were contacted, of which 2,266 firms, including most of the large companies, responded. The participating companies together accounted for nearly 89 per cent of total software services ...

After 2-year delay, Infosys finally sends joining dates to 1,000 graduates

If Infosys fails to honour commitment and breaches joining date, NITES will organise a protest right in front of its office, said Harpreet Singh Saluja, president of the IT employee union

Indian SaaS sector likely to reach a market size of $50 billion by 2030

Amongst the surveyed organisations, 99 per cent of firms in India said that they plan to increase their cyber budgets, with half of them anticipating a 6-15 per cent rise

Future beyond software: How can India bring next wave of lucrative jobs?

Policymakers in New Delhi have their sight on China's factory-to-the-world crown. They are spending $24 billion over five years on production-linked incentives

New Govt to build on tech accomplishments, more plans ahead: IT secretary

As the NDA is set to form government for a third term, tech initiatives are expected to maintain pace, with IT Secretary S Krishnan on Wednesday saying that Meity will take up a slew of new initiatives as planned, while building on the legacy of past successes and outcomes. Krishnan, speaking on the sidelines of a Software Technology Park of India (STPI) event, said the ministry has a "number of initiatives which have been planned and are in the works" and those will be taken up once the new government is in place. To a question on whether the work on Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) rules and shaping Digital India legislation framework will continue at speed, he said, "the legacy in terms of what we have in the organisation in terms of...institutional memory continues." Asked in particular about the status of the proposed Digital India legislation -- which would provide guardrails and define regulatory approach on new age technologies like AI - he said, "We will see how we .

Newgen Software Q4 result: Net profit up 32% at Rs 105 cr, revenue up 23%

Tech firm Newgen Software Technologies on Tuesday posted a 31.67 per cent increase in consolidated net profit (attributable to shareholders of the company) to Rs 105.26 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2024. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 79.94 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations, driven by strong growth in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and India region, rose 23.01 per cent year-on year to Rs 375.26 crore, as against Rs 305.05 crore in Q4FY23, according to a BSE filing. The largest share of revenue was brought in by the banking vertical (73 per cent), followed by insurance (8 per cent), and Govt/PSUs (5 per cent). For the full FY24, the company's profit stood at Rs 251.60 crore, a 42.13 per cent ascent from the previous fiscal's Rs 177.01 crore. Revenue for the year was 27.70 per cent higher at Rs 1,243.82 crore. "We are delighted to close another good growth year in terms of revenue and profit with strong growth in India and EMEA .

Azim Premji's family office to invest more money in AI to prop $10 bn fund

PremjiInvest, the largest Indian family office that manages over $10 billion for software tycoon Azim Premji, will invest more money into AI companies while fine-tuning its AI investment tools

Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox employees: Report

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra and Chief Design Officer Allen Adham are also leaving the company, while a previously announced survival game by Blizzard has been canceled, the report said

Software firm Ebix files bankruptcy after short-seller attacks, debt woes

Publicly traded Ebix is the parent of Indian fintech company EbixCash, which facilitates payments, foreign exchange and prepaid gift cards.