Underlining the huge potential of the digital business, Infosys CEO and MD Salil Parekh today said it is a critical element of the market. Addressing journalists while announcing the third quarter results, Parekh said, “We are very clear in any case that the market has evolved and digital is a critical element of that market. […]
Salil Parekh taking over as CEO is hugely positive for Infosys as he is a team builder who understands the business and changing market environment, says the company’s former chief financial officer T V Mohandas Pai. Parekh being based in Bengaluru, the NASDAQ-listed companys headquarters, would also make a huge difference as most clients visit […]
Infosys, India’s No.2 IT services company, named Salil S Parekh as chief executive on Saturday, picking an outsider for the job a second time and handing him the twin challenges of reviving growth and making peace between its founders and board. Parekh, who will join from consultancy firm Capgemini where he is currently an executive, […]
New Delhi: Unfazed by the recent upheavals at the board, Infosys will continue to hire about 6,000 engineers annually over next 1-2 years, same as last fiscal, according to a top company official. The country’s second largest software services firm has also ramped up its hiring process in the US and European markets as it looks […]
IT major Infosys today said the feedback from its clients and stakeholders, despite weeks of acrimony between the founders and former board members, has been “positive and reassuring” and it is now focusing on executing its strategy. The Bengaluru-based firm has been in the eye of a storm over the past few months, with the […]
Infosys founders are likely to sell some of their stake in the company’s under Rs 13,000-crore share buyback programme, the company said today. The promoters keenness to participate in the buyback comes within days of a silent coup by founders led by N R Narayana Murthy to seize control of Indias second-biggest software services firm. […]
Managing Director and CEO of Infosys, Vishal Sikka has resigned from his post this Friday morning and the Board has accepted his resignation with immediate effect. This move of Vishal was under the growing acrimony between the board and its founders led by NR Narayana Murthy. UB Pravin Rao, the Chief Operating Officer will be […]
IT major Infosys has reached a settlement for USD 1 million with the state of New York in a visa-related case, even though the company maintained it committed no wrongdoings and the probe was centred on alleged paperwork errors. In a statement, New York Attorney General Eric T Schneiderman today said a USD 1-million settlement […]
IT major Infosys today denied media reports suggesting that its co-founders, including N R Narayana Murthy, were planning to sell their entire stake in the company. “We would like to clarify reports in media speculating on plans of stake sale by the promoters. This speculation has already been denied categorically by the promoters,” the company […]
IT services major Infosys today said it will hire 20,000 people this year as against only 400 people being asked to leave on performance grounds and termed reports of large-scale job losses as “overstated”. Infosys COO UB Pravin Rao said the technology-driven transformation presents new opportunities for companies like Infosys. “With respect to all the […]
Infosys could hand out pink slips to hundreds of mid and senior-level employees as it carries out bi-annual performance review amid a challenging business environment. The development comes at a time when its peers Wipro and Cognizant are taking similar measures to control costs. Interestingly, Infosys has said it will hire 10,000 Americans in the […]
Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, today announced that it plans to hire 10,000 American workers over the next two years. As part of this initiative, Infosys will open four new Technology and Innovation Hubs across the country focusing on cutting-edge technology areas, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, user experience, emerging […]