In this issue

The Roller-Coaster Ride Continues
We are now in the post-pandemic era with its own sets of problems and promises.

HOW WE MADE THE LIST

The DQTop 20 ranking process involved a comprehensive two-phase approach, combining primary and secondary research to identify and evaluate the top IT companies in the ICT industry in India.

3 mins

BFG AKA TCS: BIG DEALS, BIG IMPERATIVES

High-value contracts with multi-year calendars can mean both risks and safety for a player like TCS.

4 mins

PICKING UP SPEED DESPITE SETBACKS

The era of optionality is upon us. Optionality can take various forms... it is all about having a digital-first and AI-first business architecture, which can be constantly configured,” says Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani.

4 mins

THE US BANKING SECTOR HAS SNEEZED, TIME TO PREP FOR A COLD

How well it will fight the ripples of what happened in the US, will determine its own health and near-future fitness.

3 mins

ONE STACK, ONE WIPRO, ONE QUESTION MARK

Wipro may not have shown any fireworks but its subtle, perseverant change of GBL model has manifested some good news this year.

3 mins

NOT JUST APPLE, BUT NEW HIGH-HANGING FRUITS

It’s doing a pivot from a distributor to aggregator and specialist, from devices and phones to enterprise-level tech. We might soon associate Redington Limited more with Cloud than with Apple.

5 mins

REVOLUTIONIZING THE IT LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS AND WITH CUTTING-EDGE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

Their collaborations enabled them to stay at the forefront of tech advancements.

2 mins

CONCERNS OVER REVISED GUIDANCE

Accenture is making efforts to streamline operations and its presence in various business segments. It remains to be seen how the company and the broader IT industry will adapt to evolving market dynamics.

2 mins

'COGNIZANT' OF COSTS, REAL ESTATE SHUFFLES AND NEW GEN FORCES

Digital and product segments are turning out to be eat your greens’ for this player while it’s working-out rigorously to fight cost-fat.

4 mins

SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AS AI ADOPTION RISES AND STRATEGIC FOCUS STRENGTHENED

IBM's hybrid cloud architecture has gained significant adoption among enterprises.

3 mins

DRIVING TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

India contributes significantly to its workforce as it did many projects in India including a collaboration with Ericsson to establish a 5G Lab in Mumbai along with a 6G research lab in Gurugram.

1 min

EMPOWERING INNOVATION AND GROWTH IN INDIA AND BEYOND

Dell Technologies is strategically focused on six key technologies—Multicloud, Edge, 5G, AI/ML, Data Management, and Cybersecurity—aiming to empower modern IT systems for the future.

2 mins

THE PRINT PREVIEW OF NEW BUSINESS FONTS

It was not exactly a great year for desktop and laptop businesses. Notebooks declined by 40.8 per cent YoY, the consumer segment dipped by 36.1 per cent YoY and the commercial segment declined by 25.1 per cent YoY (As per IDC).

4 mins

TRANSFORMATION HAPPENING HERE?

We are living in an age, and in a business year, where not the whole pie but the slices of the pie define a strong company. The sizes of these slices decide who is a long-runner in the ever-toughening race of IT deals and margins. Thankfully, for Genpact, the slices of tech AI and digital operations are pulling the weight of a difficult business year pretty well.

3 mins

DON'T RUN FOR THE CHERRY, WALK UP THROUGH THE CAKE

Indian IT Services players are facing new heat in the form of ripples of some global turbulence, delays in multi-year deals and margin pressures. But they are also betting on exotic fruits like quantum computing, AI and complex IT modernization projects. Will they make some new dough?

5 mins

SEGMENTIT HARDWARE: EXPLORING INDIA'S THRIVING IT HARDWARE INDUSTRY AND MARKET TRENDS

Demand for IT hardware is driven by rising disposable incomes, a growing middle-class Govt initiatives like Digital India.

5 mins

No More A Pancake, But A Waffle

Meet the New-and-Improved Enterprise Software with more pockets like customer insight, clear segmentation and sharper verticalisation. Many new syrups that matter are also pouring in here. Let’s take a whiff...

6 mins

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CLOUD STRATEGY

In Gartner's 2023 CEO survey, environmental sustainability remains among the top 10 business priorities. As cloud computing accounts for a significant portion of organisations' carbon emissions, driving efficiency in datacentres and cloud infrastructure can be an effective way to reduce their environmental impact.

2 mins

ONLY WITH R&D CAN YOU ESCAPE THE TRAP AND GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL

The world has got into the twin problem of debt and demographics. We have 20 years of a runway, but we have to capitalize on it for India2047 to succeed. For that R&D will play a key role. On the sidelines of a ManageEngine CIO meet in Chennai, we caught up with Zoho Co-founder & CEO Sridhar Vembu and got him to gaze into the future to check out India's chances.

3 mins

Data Resiliency: Protecting Data In A Difficult World!

Today's data landscape is a hybrid, multi-cloud world, and it's everything, everywhere, all at once, making data protection a big task for businesses and governments.

5 mins

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