Avik Das

1 week ago | rediff.com | Avik Das

Mid-tier information-technology (IT) companies last financial year reported better growth numbers than their larger counterparts, highlighting their ability to navigate the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives Most of these companies — such as Persistent Systems, Coforge, KPIT, and Mphasis — focus on niche businesses and industries that allow them to go deeper in terms of client mining and expanding wallet share from existing customers.

2 weeks ago | rediff.com | Shivani Shinde |Avik Das

Sector analysts in India feel that the new convention may not lead to a significant increase in the number of Indian employees being sent to the UK. Image used for representational purpose only. After the free trade agreement (FTA) was signed between India and the UK, the double contribution convention that exempts employees posted in either country from national social security deductions, has emerged as a contentious issue in the UK, spurring worries about job losses.

3 weeks ago | business-standard.com | Avik Das

Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re, which has been in India since the start of the century, is focusing on insourcing technology over the last few years. It has led to higher demand for data and analytics engineers, who help in preparing better risk models. This helps underwriters price the products better.

1 month ago | rediff.com | Avik Das

This innovation has made mainframes the fastest-growing segment within IBM's Infrastructure business, demonstrating that even legacy technologies can continue to deliver value. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. India plays a crucial role in modernising IBM's mainframes, which form the backbone of some of the most critical applications in industries such as banking, airlines, retail, and government.

1 month ago | rediff.com | Avik Das

'We do not want a situation where we onboard people and have challenges of deployment.'Wipro added just 612 employees in the fourth quarter, as companies continue to tread cautiously on large-scale hiring. With ongoing uncertainties expected to persist in the near term, the IT services major's net headcount addition for the full financial year stood at 1,032. Voluntary attrition inched up 15 per cent, up from 14.2 per cent in the previous year.