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Employee engagement in tech sector hit the most by Covid, says report

Employee engagement and retention has emerged as the worst-hit aspect of organisations in the technology sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report. The other four aspects impacted the most by the pandemic were revenue, client engagement, new clients & projects, and employee productivity, the report by PeopleAsset, an executive search & talent advisory firm, said. The report said that in a survey of senior leaders across functions and industries, 88.9 per cent of leaders agreed that COVID-19 has had a profound impact on their organizations, with the same number observing that employee engagement and retention were the hardest hit. When it comes to employee engagement, the organisations are facing the challenges of lack of sense of association with the organization, reduced interconnectedness, communication, team collaboration, and work-life balance, the report said. A record number of people around the world, especially in the tech industry, have begun to quit ...

Firms can improve product affordability through tech intensity: Nadella

Nadella noted that organisations globally are undergoing digital transformation amid the Covid pandemic

Atal Innovation Mission releases compendium of innovations on agri, tech

Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission released a compendium on the innovations on technology.

Spread of digital economy leads to demand surge in tech space: Study

The top-five digital skill domains in demand in September-November 2021 are Testing, Platform Technologies, Java, Cloud Infra, and Data Analytics

UK minister Truss to announce new strategic forum, tech tie-ups in India

India is the world's largest democracy, a tech and economic powerhouse and a vital strategic partner for the UK.

Didi, JD.com workers get unions in watershed moment for China's tech sector

Regulators in China have come down hard on its biggest technology firms this year

China spells out how excessive '996' work culture is illegal

China's increasingly profitable tech giants are grappling with public outrage over their grueling schedules, a backlash fueled by a growing chorus of complaints on social media and even deaths.

China govt targets mobile pop-ups in latest crackdown on tech sector

Pop-ups, often used for advertising, are just the latest targets in a series of government crackdowns that have ranged from antitrust to data security

InMobi group's Glance all set to enter consumer tech sector in the US

The service is expected to be rolled out some time in September and Glance has alr­eady set up a la­rge team in San Francisco to oversee the project

NetConnect Global to expand operations in India by hiring 5,000 techies

NetConnect Global (NCG) on Monday said the company is planning to hire 5,000 technology professionals pan-India by the end of this calendar year to facilitate its expansion operations in India.

Joe Biden to amend Trump's China blacklist, target key industries

Order takes aim at China's defence, surveillance tech sectors

Near term headwinds for REITs on FY22 lease expiry, weak demand

Strong base of technology sector tenants and valuations may provide support

Signs of the times: Digital document verifications accelerate amid Covid-19

The use of digital signatures and online verification of documents has touched a new high after the onset of the pandemic

Power of tech tools: Andhra using AI to control electricity purchase costs

Day-ahead predictions are critical, as they have implications for how much electricity should be generated in coal plants and how much should be purchased through the open market

Indian tech services can touch revenues of $300-350 bn in next 5 years

According to a report by McKinsey & Company for Nasscom titled 'Future of Technology Services-Winning in this decade', tech spending is only going to be intensified in the next decade

FMCG's premium valuation over IT sector likely to shrink, say analysts

Strong growth for the tech sector, margin headwinds for FMCG firms to tilt the scale in favour of the former, say analysts

Banks face tech resilience test as Covid-19 boosts digital services

Between April 2020 and January 2021, mobile banking transaction volumes doubled to 39 million, while internet banking transaction volumes grew 60 per cent to 7 million

Learning to code in the mother tongue

If millions can learn to code in their own languages, they will be able to create livelihood options for themselves in the same way that affordable mobiles and data did

Deregulation of geospatial data sector opens a new world for private sector

The domestic availability of locally relevant maps and geospatial data is expected to bring about improved management of resources

Tech security reimagined: How password-less authentication works

Firms are adopting zero-trust and password-less authentication to combat the enhanced threat landscape in remote work