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 Channel05 May 2023 | 14
Infosys president leaves to join rival Tech Mahindra as CEO Asia In Brief PLUS: Singapore tests AWS quantum network; Honda bulks autonomous truck; India tightens crypto laws; and more Software12 Mar 2023 | 1
India’s top four outsourcers report rosy revenues, mild macroeconomic misgivings Attrition woes subside as workers stop shifting, producing pleasing cost savings Channel17 Jan 2023 | 3
Indian government creates body with power to order social media content takedowns Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s digital currency surges; Infosys tax portals wobble again; Singapore crypto protections; and more Security30 Oct 2022 | 2
India's – and Infosys's – favorite son-in-law Rishi Sunak is next UK PM prime_minister_v3_FINAL DO_NOT_EDIT.docx Offbeat25 Oct 2022 | 216
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 Off-Prem25 Oct 2022 |
Infosys reverses opposition to staff taking side gigs Moonlighting is now now OK – if you do it the Infosys way, says CEO Salil Parekh Legal21 Oct 2022 | 11
India's IT services sector wants workers back in offices – but not all the new hires Industry insists it needs new blood, yet offers are being rescinded, pay rises delayed, and workers are furious On-Prem05 Oct 2022 | 7
Infosys must face claims it told recruiter not to hire women with kids 'at home' Attempts to dismiss suit denied as former staffer alleges she was expressly told to swerve over-50s Legal04 Oct 2022 | 19
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 On-Prem24 Aug 2022 | 16
Spyware developer charged by Australian Police after 14,500 sales Asia In Brief PLUS: India open to space tourism; China/Indonesia infosec pact; Paytm denies breach; Infosys dodges government again; and more Security01 Aug 2022 | 2
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 Channel25 Jul 2022 | 24
Infosys celebrates first birthday of glitchy Indian tax portal by fixing another bug Search fail added to list of embarrassing issues since debut Software09 Jun 2022 | 4
Infosys board asks boss Salil Parekh to stay another 5 years As staff churn at 27% a year, senior execs offered lots of shares to keep growth coming SaaS23 May 2022 | 3
Infosys skips government meeting – and collecting government taxes You call this a glitch? Software18 May 2022 | 7
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 On-Prem03 May 2022 | 22
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 Legal28 Apr 2022 | 8
Infosys noncompete clause sparks complaint from labor rights org Policy in place since 2007, but increased employee attrition might have made it more visible Off-Prem19 Apr 2022 | 17
Infosys quits Russia, ending UK political and tax scandal … maybe Founder's daughter is married to top UK politician, holds billion dollar stake that was maxed for tax efficiency Legal14 Apr 2022 | 55
Infosys, Wipro silent on their Russian operations IT giants reportedly contemplating relocation of Eastern European ops Security11 Mar 2022 | 16
Indian services giants target emerging technologies with PaaS plays Infosys and Wipro bet that makers of metaverses and cloudy cars want ready-to-roll platforms AI + ML03 Mar 2022 | 9
Wipro, Infosys and TCS feel pain of staff attrition as the Great Resignation continues Indian IT consultancies say biz is booming as more customers consider cloud Off-Prem13 Jan 2022 | 7
Regulator: Wipro and Infosys execs not off the hook for insider trading Trader said he was just betting on COVID-induced digitalization, but investigation suggests otherwise Legal14 Dec 2021 | 3
Infosys awarded contract to replace East Sussex County Council's ageing ERP system Indian service provider tasked with getting authority from SAP R/3 to Oracle Fusion Databases02 Nov 2021 | 3
Infosys and Wipro employees charged with insider trading Undisclosed information allegedly shared earns one $350k, but he doesn't get to keep it Legal05 Oct 2021 | 15
Infosys admits it still hasn't fully fixed Indian tax portal Deadline came and went, but over 750 'resources' are still hard at work Software23 Sep 2021 | 14
Infosys CEO hauled in to tell minister why India's tax portal is still a glitchy mess Services giant given three weeks to fix it after emergency maintenance led to outage Software24 Aug 2021 | 20
Booming balance sheets for India's big four outsourcers after horrible quarter at home Hiring sprees planned to keep up with demand across many sectors and around the world On-Prem20 Jul 2021 | 5
Indian tax authorities summon Infosys to explain glitchy tax portal’s obvious shortcomings Services giant given a week’s notice of interrogation as e-tax service continues to splutter Software16 Jun 2021 | 6
Indian Finance Minister throws Infosys under the bus as new e-tax portal fails on first day Minister moved from celebrating new facility to complaining about it in a handful of hours SaaS09 Jun 2021 | 11
Infosys senior staff fingered for insider trading by Indian regulators Pair had access to financial results before release and slipped those details to traders, says watchdog Off-Prem02 Jun 2021 | 1
Infosys says staff are leaving it again – a sign COVID crunch is receding Full year impact of the compensation hike of Q4 will be felt into FY 22, says Infosys On-Prem15 Apr 2021 | 6
Infosys follows flag-waving US hiring spree with quieter Canadian and Mexican hiring spree Record low onshore work as pandemic teaches clients they need not fear off-site workers On-Prem15 Jan 2021 | 7
Four women seek release from forced arbitration to sue Infosys for widespread gender discrimination IT consultancy favors male and Indian workers, watchdog told in complaint On-Prem14 Jan 2021 | 51
Infosys declares local service delivery is great – for customers and avoiding regulatory hassles No H-1Bs? No worries! Especially with 99 percent of staff working from home to help costs fall and Q2 results soar On-Prem15 Oct 2020 |
Infosys to hire 12,000 more Americans – especially the cheapest ones it can find No degree? No H-1B? No worries! Indian giant tickles Trump’s tummy On-Prem02 Sep 2020 | 31
HCL hardly noticed COVID – revenue and profit rose and further growth predicted Helped by product business growing well and staff not being keen on new jobs right now On-Prem17 Jul 2020 | 3
Infosys reports better-than-expected results thanks in part to lower visa costs Pipeline looks good as C-level crystal balls predict need for more tech On-Prem16 Jul 2020 | 1
Infosys denies former head of diversity recruitment's accusations of racial bias and visa fraud Rejects allegations it favours Indian workers in the USA On-Prem15 Jun 2020 | 17
Infosys turns pandemic experience into ‘Return to workplace solutions’ Cloud-and-AI powered video surveillance, maybe even GPS and wearables, to detect close-standers and mask-avoiders AI + ML12 Jun 2020 | 1
Infosys, Accenture take leadership positions at India’s tech lobby NASSCOM... as on-premises call centers wither Over 90 percent of nation’s IT services sector now works from home On-Prem07 Apr 2020 | 3
Infosys fires employee who Facebooked 'let's hold hands and share coronavirus' This is clearly not the time to test your firm's social media policy, because that's what was used to let him go On-Prem29 Mar 2020 | 103
Infosys tells Indian stock exchange: We haven't seen any evidence yet for whistleblower claims So there On-Prem04 Nov 2019 | 3
Infosys confirms SEC probe, says India's SEBI also wants a word Plus a class action sueball – it's been a busy 24 hours for Indian outsourcer On-Prem24 Oct 2019 | 1
Infosys shares dive 15% as regulators investigate false accounting claims Whistleblowers claim to have email and audio evidence On-Prem22 Oct 2019 | 4
Infosys names a new CEO: welcome to the hot-seat Salil S. Parekh Former CapGemini man steps in after last CEO bailed after nasty sniping Security05 Dec 2017 | 3
Infosys CEO quits, citing 'untenable atmosphere' created by critics Former SAP man Vishal Sikka bails but will be interim CEO's boss On-Prem18 Aug 2017 | 6
Big Ben belittled by Infosys' plans for enormous erection Outsourcer plans world's biggest clock tower on campus of corporate university Bootnotes03 Feb 2016 | 22
Infosys tires of boring ERP maintenance business US$200m cheque written to slurp automated software-fixing outfit Panaya Channel18 Feb 2015 |
Shrek-as-a-service: DreamWorks and Infosys team up Outsourcer to build on animator's software On-Prem17 Nov 2014 | 6
Finacle manacled as Infosys spins out products and platforms The marketroids have outdone themselves this time: new outfit is “Edgeverve Systems” On-Prem13 May 2014 |
India says HP and Infosys used window dressing to shrink tax bills And we do mean window dressing: Infosys allegedly claimed the cost of curtains Legal23 Jan 2014 | 4
Infosys set for $35m fine over US visa naughtiness Report says company undercut rivals by using cheap B-1 visas instead of pricier H1-B Legal30 Oct 2013 | 19
Lawsuit: Infosys abuses visas to discriminate against US staff Claims 90% of US staff is made up of Asian immigrants Legal06 Aug 2013 | 34
Indian outsourcers Infosys outsource to WISCONSIN Apple partner also builds giant software hub in Bangalore Software25 Jul 2012 | 13
Apple's secret outsource: 'Even more software to be made in India' Is Cupertino getting internal software from Bangalore? Software13 Feb 2012 | 63