Cognizant makes the biggest bet ever by an Indian services provider. Has the services game changed forever?
Cognizant has upped the ante; now it’s time for the ambitious providers to open their war-chests
Six market disruptions coming to challenge the Indian services majors
Today’s services winners do not have to become tomorrow’s also-rans if they are smart enough to make discreet investments in the disruptive business models of the future
Frankly, Malcolm Frank… Part 2
When vendors, particularly hardware and software vendors, were running around and talking about ‘Cloud this and Cloud that’, and ‘Big Data this and Big Data that’, we felt they were missing the point, because they weren’t driving conversion. Whereas the SMAC Stack, when it is integrated, it does start to drive business solutions. – Malcolm Frank, Cognizant, […]
News Analysis: Mr. N R Narayana Murthy Returns To Infosys As Executive Chairman of the Board
Will There Be A Come Back For NRN and Infosys? Infosys announced on June 1st, 2013, that Mr. N R Narayana Murthy (NRN), the legendary co-founder of Infosys who retired in August 2011 as Chairman Emeritus, has been appointed by the board as Executive Chairman and a director. From the press release: Mr. N R […]
Who’s rising above the W-I-T-C-H hunt?
Have you been observing the fascinating scramble going on over in India for supremacy in the IT services space? By the time this year is out, it’s highly likely that Cognizant will have leapfrogged both Infosys to take the number two spot behind TCS: So what’s driving this shifting landscape? Let’s take a look at the key […]
Can BPO really function in the Cloud? Join us for a Webcast on March 14
Business Platforms are supposed to represent the “fusion of the benefits provided by standard business processes, Cloud computing and SaaS in a singular managed service delivery model”. Well… you’ve heard all the hype about “Business Platforms”, now it’s time for the real talk, so please join us for our webcast on March 14th at 10:00 AM ET,
Cognizant: The Future of Work or the Present Forever?
Cognizant is at present the darling of the IT offshore services and outsourcing industry for its consistent and impressive growth and positive levels of customer satisfaction, so we thought we’d share some impressions with our readers.
Are BPO newcomers running out of gas?
We’ve been wallowing in white papers, plied with PowerPoint and overwhelmed with oratory, but despite all the chest-pumping, the very latest market picture of F&A BPO sends us one very clear message: the market remains dominated by a small handful of established service providers, while the market entrants of recent years have struggled to make a […]
Cog and Gen getting it on? Naaaahhhhh
Lots of frantic noise this week that Cog has been making romantic overtones to Genpact – with India’s press jumping on speculation. Like any other industry observer, you can certainly see lots of romantic potential here – Wall Street’s darlings of BPO…
The Outsourcing Famine
IBM sent me a press release announcing their $ 362 million data center in Research Triangle Park. Too bad they did not showcase it a month ago as I could have worked it into my upcoming book. In contrast, I have a nice interview with Mike Manos on Microsoft’s next-gen data centers. And they did […]
