The proportion of new deal wins into revenues is "intact", a senior official at largest IT services company TCS has said, attributing the sluggish revenue growth to the adverse impact on discretionary demand because of economic headwinds. Stating that discretionary demand can contribute as much as 30 per cent of incremental revenues in a quarter, the company's chief operating officer N Ganapathy Subramniam told PTI that the September quarter results were impacted due to this aspect. Clients are choosing to conserve cash given the economic climate and choosing to defer spends where they do not see immediate returns on investments, which has impacted the discretionary demand, he said. He, however, said that the proportion of revenue it bags from new deals has not been affected. The company has reported signings of over USD 10 billion for three consecutive quarters. "TCV (total contract value) to revenue conversion rate is intact," Subramaniam said, explaining that there are a slew of
India's largest IT services company TCS on Sunday said it has fired 16 employees and barred six vendors in connection with a recruitment scam. Our investigation found 19 employees to be involved16 employees have been separated from the company for code of conduct violations, and three employees have been removed from the resource management function, the company said in a late evening statement. It also added that six vendors, their owners and affiliates have been debarred from doing any business with TCS. In late June, reports had surfaced of a recruitment scam at the largest software exporter, wherein vendors tasked with some functions were alleged to have indulged in malpractices in collusion with TCS staffers. The allegation came to light within weeks of K Krithivasan taking charge as the company's chief executive and was the first major challenge faced by him. The issue relates to breach of the company's code of conduct by certain employees and vendors supplying contractors,
Shares of IRM Energy, a gas distributor, were commanding a grey market premium of close to 13 per cent ahead of its Rs 544 crore initial public offering (IPO)
TCS Q2 results: There is limited visibility on demand recovery for the second half of FY24; Rs 17,000 crore buyback quantum is also below Street expectations, said analysts
Closing Bell on Thursday, October 12, 2023:Infosys and Tech M were the worst hit on the 50-share index, dropping nearly 3 per cent each, followed by Apollo Hospitals, TCS, HCL Tech, LTIMindtree, Wipro
The management maintained that near term demand challenges remain and refrained from giving recovery timelines, implying a slow and gradual recovery ahead.
Stock market highlights on Wednesday, October 11: The BSE Sensex closed 394 points higher at 66,473 after easing from the day's high of 66,592. The NSE Nifty ended at 19,811, up 120 points
Sharekhan believes, despite the challenging environment, TCS is well placed to grab cost takeout as well as digital transformation programs along with opportunities from vendor consolidation
TCS continues to witness robust demand for cloud migration, digital engineering, product innovation, and enterprise application solutions, according to analysts
CLOSING BELL ON SEPTEMBER 07, 2023: The S&P BSE benchmark index has now gained 1,434 points, and the Nifty 473 points in the last five straight trading sessions.
Stocks to Watch on September 7, 2023: Tata Consumer Products has refuted reports that said it is in talks to acquire a majority 51 per cent stake in Haldiram's
IT major Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday said it has bagged a contract from the government to redesign and build a new version of public procurement platform Government e-Marketplace (GeM). The GeM platform provides an end-to-end online marketplace for the central and state government bodies, including public sector undertakings, for procurement of common-use goods and services in a transparent and efficient manner. GeM CEO P K Singh said in its next avatar, GeM is envisioned to be an all-inclusive platform for government procurement, offering improved ease of doing business and transparency. "With TCS as our system integration partner, we are assured of architecting the new GeM with unmatched experience, rigour, and passion to develop a world-class solution," Singh said. The Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of GeM is over Rs 2 lakh crore purchased by 70,000 buyer organisations from more than 65 lakh sellers and service providers, including over 8 lakh medium and small enterprise
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday said it has bagged a deal from British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) to change their finance, procurement and HR applications management. The company will leverage AI-driven human-machine collaboration suite, TCS Cognix in the multi-year partnership, the company said in a BSE filing. "TCS will also provide application management and change delivery services for the broadcaster's application estate supporting the finance, procurement and HR functions," the statement read. Amit Kapur, Country Head, UK and Ireland at TCS, said that the partnership will "strengthen TCS' position as a leader in delivering transformative business services to the media and entertainment industry". The Indian IT services giant has been operating in the UK for 45 years and tops software and IT services supply in the region in revenue terms. It employs 21,000 people in the UK and Ireland, making it among the region's biggest IT employers.
Nifty IT index jumps 4.5%; Bellwether TCS leads the gain
The gains by IT majors also contributed to the index's gains
The positive from TCS' point of view, which reported flat sales growth QoQ, was the strong order book which topped the $10.2-billion mark
Stocks to watch on July 13, 2023: Shares of TCS and HCL Technologies will react to Q1 earnings on Thursday.
So far this year, Persistent Systems is the top contender surging close to 30 per cent, while Infosys remains as the top loser, plunging 14 per cent.
Around 75% of the deal will go to TCS, say sources; consortium is expected to develop 4G core and RAN technology for BSNL's telecom services
Six of the 10 most valued firms faced a combined erosion of Rs 70,486.95 crore in their market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) taking the biggest hit following a weak trend in equities. While Reliance Industries, TCS, HDFC Bank, ITC, State Bank of India and HDFC were the laggards from the top 10 pack, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys and Bharti Airtel were the gainers. Last week, the BSE Sensex declined 298.22 points or 0.48 per cent. "Markets took a breather last week and shed half a per cent amid mixed cues. The beginning was upbeat, however, profit-taking in heavyweights across sectors pushed the index lower in the following sessions," Ajit Mishra, VP - Technical Research at Religare Broking Ltd, said. Among major losers, the market valuation of Reliance Industries fell by Rs 27,941.49 crore to Rs 16,52,702.63 crore and that of TCS eroded by Rs 19,027.06 crore to Rs 11,78,854.88 crore. HDFC Bank's valuation declined by Rs