off prem India’s tech services giant HCL is getting into the AI datacenter business Starting small with $37m and maybe 50MW but reckons full-stack service plan can succeed
AI + ML ‘AI deflation’ comes to India’s tech services giants and puts downward pressure on revenue Headcounts, however, are mostly holding up
Channel Hiring at India’s Big Four outsourcers stalls, as AI seemingly makes an impact Revenue growth is sluggish, too
Applications HCL stretches support window for Domino v9/v10 despite repeated end-of-life deadlines The corpse of Lotus Notes keeps twitching
AI + ML China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more
Channel India’s services giants brace for impact as US tariffs bite their customers Wipro was forced to pause an active SAP project due to client’s jitters
On-Prem Wipro orders hybrid work as other tech giants make full-time pants-wearing mandatory India's services giants think their consultants can serve you from wherever
On-Prem HCL's back-to-office plan: Come in three days a week, or forget about holidays Indian tech workers' union calls for a strike over 14-hour day proposal
CxO The hiring frenzy is over at India's services giants Headcounts are down for the first time in ages, margins are up, and CEOs are happy
Channel Foxconn’s latest Indian foray is a chip packaging JV with HCL Group Fending off ransomware at home in Taiwan as it continues diversification into semiconductors
Channel India's big four services giants soar on demand for AI Pipelines are full, but hiring has slowed
Software HCL modernizes Notes by adding 2023's hot new item ... mail merge? Version 14 of venerable Domino groupware suite and its client debuts
Channel Sorry kids, Infosys and Wipro have cancelled graduate recruitment India's big four outsourcers scored record deals in Q2, but revenue didn't reflect those successes
AI + ML Clients turn to Indian IT outsourcers for AI faster than industry can train staff Earnings calls from the Big Four show massive reskilling in progress
Channel Bad times are just starting for India's IT outsourcers, says JP Morgan All of FY2024 is going to be a 'washout'
Software HCL proves Lotus Notes will never die by showing off beta of lucky Domino 14.0 It’s a major upgrade to venerable groupware suite that might break it a bit
Channel India's major IT outsourcers slow hiring and fret about deal pipelines Two years ago the big four hired 243,000 workers. Last year that fell to 82,000
Channel India’s top four outsourcers report rosy revenues, mild macroeconomic misgivings Attrition woes subside as workers stop shifting, producing pleasing cost savings
Off-Prem India's top services outfits still growing strong, but bracing for tough times Demand for consulting eases and that's often – gulp – the canary in the economic coalmine
On-Prem Infosys reduces employee bonuses after execs promised better profit margins Cost control measures seem to hit CFO too – he's re-used quotes about cuts
Channel India's big four services giants bemoan rising labor costs Business is good at TCS, Wipro, Infosys and HCL – but margin pressure and staff attrition are big problems
Software HCL to end all support for old versions of Notes and Domino in 2024 As if users needed any more reminders they’re stuck on a dying platform
On-Prem One in five employees at top Indian outsourcers left in the past year Customers to be served by inexperienced workers – the only ones TCS, HCL, Infosys and Wipro can find
Legal Indian government hauls Infosys in to explain non-compete clause Not hard to see why Infosys wants to keep staff – rival HCL blames price hikes on pay rises and recruitment costs
Legal HCL stands by legality of its bonus clawback scheme Indian services giant says taking back cash did not violate employment laws – union begs to differ
Off-Prem Indian IT services biz HCL sees boom in business – and staff attrition Company pauses bonus clawbacks amid controversies and drop in share price
On-Prem HCL Technologies makes partial change to its controversial bonus clawback policy Recovery of one out of two bonuses will stop, but what about those already affected?
On-Prem IT labor rights group files complaint against HCL, claiming it's clawing back bonuses NGO claims staffers who resign are forced to return advance variable pay
