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 Kerala aims to have at least 3,000 IT companies by 2020 under the state's new Seed Support System for early-stage investment to assist new entrepreneurs under the new IT policy of nurturing "one product startup a day", Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Sunday. Speaking via video link at the Weekend@Startup Village celebrations, he also announced the setting up of a state-of-the-art Kerala Technology Innovation Zone at the Kinfra Hi-Tech park where India's first telecom business incubator, Startup Village, is currently located. Startup Village is the first public-private partnership incubator in the telecom sector of the country located here and has already an innovation zone set up byBlackBerry. The new hub will have a built-up space of 500,000 square feet with all facilities required for a world class innovation ecosystem and will nurture startup companies across a number of sectors including IT and biotechnology. The ...

1-If you are working more than 9 hr then dont need to join Infosys. 2-If you are working on saturday and sun day dont join infosys (for IT). 3-Whatever time define in your task complete within time. Fire all people who fall in criteria 1,2,3. It’s half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on… PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing… And who’s at work? Most of them ??? Take a closer look… All or most specimens are ?? Something male species of the human race… Look closer… again all or most of them are bachelors… And why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!! Any guesses??? Let’s ask one of them… Here’s what he says… ‘What’s there 2 do after going home…Here we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee that is why I am working late…Importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!’ This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices. Bachelors ‘Passing-Time’ during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they’v...

US-headquartered Indian IT services major Cognizant has been ranked at 12th place on a Forbes list of America's 25 fastest growing tech companies, which has been topped by business networking site LinkedIn. Social networking giant Facebook is ranked second, followed by global IT major Apple at the third place. Nasdaq-listed Cognizant, which recently pipped Infosys as the second-largest IT services firm in India, is the only Indian company on the list. Despite being a US-based company, a significant portion of its employees are from India. Others on the list include 3D Systems (4th), IPG Photonics (5th), EPAM Systems (6th), Shutterstock (7th), InvenSense (8th), Shutterfly (9th), OpenTable (10th), SolarWinds (11th), athenahealth (13th), Ixia (14th) and Equinix (15th). Interestingly, Google is ranked quite low at 17th place. The list includes only those tech firms that are making profits and have a minimum revenue of $ 150 million and a ma...

Over the past couple few weeks, I have been reading & thinking about the salary hikes that the companies are doling out. This year, it has been challenging to provide “good” pay hikes to most of the employees and most of them are ending up feeling disappointed, cheated even. There were even  dharnas staged because companies could not fulfil their promises of hiring them after graduation. There was a time in the early – 2000s when the IT industry was the sunrise sector in India. 20+ % pay hikes were very common for even average performers in organizations. This behaviour carried on till 2008-09 when the global financial crisis unleashed itself. The financial crisis affected most mid to senior level employees and things changed for most of them. Even during this time, young graduates ( The last 1 year has been tough on the Indian IT sector  Most companies are reporting flat growth, squeezed margins, and record low utilization levels. A few of the companies have reported that...

Citing the significant contributions of immigrants from India, a leading US thinktank has suggested that America must roll out the welcome mat to high-skilled workers to remain competitive and innovative.  While much of the congressional immigration reform debate is focused on a 'path to citizenship' for 11 million illegal immigrants, including some 260,000 Indians, a proposal by Senate's " Gang of Eight" focusing on skilled workers "should attract broad support," it said, describing it as 'path to prosperity'.  Called the Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, it proposes increasing the number of visas for high-skilled foreign workers and granting permanent legal ('green card') status to more foreign students who earn graduate degrees from American universities in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math).  "Current US immigration practices prevent U...

​​ நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர்ங்கோ. .! --------------- --------------- --------------- ----- சப்பாத்திய கைல பிச்சு சாப்டுவோம் ஆனா, சாதத்த ஸ்பூன்-ல மட்டும் தான் சாப்டுவோம் ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் வெளில போனா மினரல் வாட்டர்-ல முகம் கழுவுவோம். வீட்டுக்குள்ள, உப்பு தண்ணி நாளும் ஒன்னும் சொல்லாம குடிப்போம். ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் காஸ்ட்லி சாப்பாடு ஆடார் பண்ணி காச குடுப்போம் அது கம்மிய இருந்தாலும் முழுசாதிண்ண மாட்டோம் ​​ ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் கம்பெனி காசுனா காஸ்ட்லி சரக்கடிப்போம் கை காசுனா ஓல்டு மாக்குனாலும் யோசிக்க மாட்டோம். ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் லேப்டாப் இல்லாம நாங்க இருக்க மாட்டோம் ஆனா, படம் பாக்கறத தவிர வேற எதுக்கும் பயன்படுத்த மாட்டோம் ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் டேட்டா கார்டு இல்லாம ட்ராவல் பண்ண மாட்டோம் ட்ரெயின்ல போனாலும்சீன் போட மறக்க மாட்டோம் ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் அடிக்கடி ஹைஜீனிக்கபத்தி பேசுவோம் அதேபோல சரக்கடிச்சிட்டு ­ சாக்கடையிலும் கெடப்போம் ஏனா நாங்க சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஞினியர் மூச்ச போட்டு ம...

After delivering an upbeat growth forecast for IT services in 2013 three months ago, Gartner seems to have toned down its expectations a bit. The global technology research firm on Thursday said worldwide spending on IT services is likely to grow by 4.5% in the current calendar year. While this is still far higher than the anticipated increase of 1.5% last year, its latest estimate is 70 basis points lower than what it had predicted three months ago. In January, it had guided for 5.2% growth for the current fiscal. Gartner has reduced its forecast citing continued hesitation among global clients and cost pressure on vendors. "Although the United States did avoid the fiscal cliff, the subsequent sequestration, compounded by the rise of Cyprus' debt burden, seems to have netted out any benefit, and the fragile business and consumer sentiment throughout much of the world continues," Gartner's managing vice president Richard Gordon said in a p...

Hiring activity in the IT sector is likely to be muted this year, Infosys Co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman S Gopalakrishnan has said. "Hiring position seems to be muted this year because many companies still have deep bench (strength), in other words their utilisation rate is still low," he told PTI.  The $100-billion India IT-ITeS sector faced strong headwinds in 2012-13 due to global economic slowdown and muted spending in North America and Europe, which accounts for 80 per cent of Indian IT companies revenues.  Industry-body Nasscom expects a rise in global technology spending and opportunities created through adoption of disruptive technologies to propel growth in FY 2014.  Nasscom expects export revenues of $84-87 billion in 2013-14 fiscal at a growth rate of 12-14 per cent. Exports were estimated to have grown by 10.2 per cent to $75.8 billion in FY 2013.  The Indian IT industry, which contributes about 7.5 per cent to the coun...

Indian IT bellwether Wipro has been recognised for the second year as one of the world's most ethical firms by leading business ethics think-tank Ethisphere Institute, the company said.  "The recognition is for our commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate citizenship," the global software major said in a statement issued here.  As a leading US-based international organisation dedicated to creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, governance and anti-corruption and sustainability, the institute selects global firms that embrace ethical business practice and demonstrate industry leadership, forcing peers to follow them.  ntegrity and ethics have always been a core part of how we think and act. Our endeavour is to keep raising the bar with our stakeholders, including employees, customers, suppliers and investors," Wipro chief sustainability officer Anurag Behar said in the statement.  According to Ethisphere exec...

These are just my immediate thoughts from delving into my experiences to-date,  regarding things that employees could think about, to ensure optimum performance at their jobs, both in the short-term as well as long-term, which in turn ensures happiness and satisfaction at work, both for the employee, their peers, their sub-ordinates and their boss. Love to hear comments & suggestions from all… Before You Even Join a Firm Before you join a firm, ensure that you understand your own career goals and that you research well about the company you are considering joining and specifically, about the roles that are being offering you – ensure that they fit well, with your overall career goals and interests. While salary is certainly an important factor it’s not everything, when making your decision to join a firm. Understand Yourself in Relationship with the Firm You Work With Try to understand the big picture to the extent you are able to. Try to identify your role...

Nasscom veterans know it only too well that the IT industry lobby group has to re-fashion itself to suit a $100-billion industry, up from $10 million in 1988 when it was set up. That's one reason for Nasscom's recent move to have a panel headed by Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy to make recommendations to "restructure" the organisation and stay relevant in a fast-evolving IT environment.  Murthy did make some suggestions, including Nasscom expanding its focus areas to more segments within the industry. One of his key suggestions was to add 3,000 new companies as its members over the next five years. And at least three members of Nasscom's governing body, the executive council (EC), whom ET Magazine spoke to, say that is easier said than done.  The concern Murthy seems to have had — a static membership base — stems from the realisation that over the past five years Nasscom's membership has remained stagnant at just under 1,200 ...

A bad day in the office once in a while is fine, but long periods of being disheartened about the job or frequent lapses at work are an indication that the job may no longer interest you. But before you decide to look for an alternative, there are a few questions you should ask yourself. What are you unhappy about -- your job or your career? Is your dissatisfaction directly linked to a colleague or your boss? Do you see your long-term goals being met? NDTV spoke to two HR managers, one at an event management firm, and another at a consumer goods company. Here's what they have to say: 1. Underperformance: Constant failure to adhere to deadlines, negligence at work and lack of new ideas are a sure shot indicator that you might be on your way out. If you have reached a phase when you find it tough to match your usual performance levels, whether due to huge targets, competitive colleagues or lack of expertise, you should start looking for another job. Of course, you should not be jumpi...

Warning to investors: major UStechnology companies could miss estimates for fourth-quarter earnings as "fiscal cliff" worries likely led some corporate clients to tighten their belts last month and refrain from spending all of their 2012 IT budgets. Tech companies usually enjoy a spike in orders in December as corporations use money left over in their budgets to buy goods on their wish lists - information technology products that are nice to have, rather than essential. But the so-called year-end budget flush was not as deep in 2012 as in typical years, according to tech analysts and other experts citing conversations with corporate technology buyers and sales sources. They said companies held back onIT purchases in December in part because of Washington's protracted negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff, which is a package of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that could have pushed the already soft US economy into recession. It took until ...

Faced with continuing uncertainty in their largest markets, US and Europe, mid-sized technology outsourcing companies will give out tepid pay hikes and cut down on their campus hiring in 2013. Coming out of a slow year when the IT industrysaw slowing revenue growth thanks to clients being more cautious about technology spending, software services exporters such as Infinite Technologies, Mastek, Mahindra Satyam andInfotech Enterprises said the pay hikes could be as low as 5% this year. Compared to double-digit pay hikes till a few years ago, salary increments in India's $100-billion (Rs 5.5 lakh crore) IT industry has been consistently declining since the financial crisis of 2008, from which US and Europe is yet to completely recover. "Wage hikes for IT employees will be lower than last year due to slowdown in the US and European markets and pricing pressure from clients there," said BVR Mohan Reddy, chairman and managing director o...

''எடுத்த காரியத்தை முடிக்கவேண்டும் என்ற தூண்டுதல் தேவைதான். ஆனால், அதுவே அளவுக்கு அதிகமாகும்போதுதான் மன அழுத்தம் என்கிற 'ஸ்ட்ரெஸ்' நம்மை இறுக்கிப் பிடிக்கத் தொடங்குகிறது. உதாரணத்திற்கு... இன்றைக்கு நாம் 10 வேலைகளை முடித்திருக்கிறோம் என்றால், நாளைக்கு அதை 12 அல்லது 13 என்பதுபோல் அதிகரித்துக் கொள்ளலாம். அதுவே, ஒரே நாளில் 20 வேலைகள் என இலக்கு நிர்ணயிப்பது மன அழுத்தத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும். தொடர்ச்சியான வேலையால், பெரும்பாலானோர், காலை உணவை தியாகம் செய்துவிடுவதுண்டு. இது தவறு! இரவு உணவுக்கும் காலை உணவுக்கும், உள்ள இடைவெளி அதிகம். காலை உணவை தவிர்க்கும்போது உடலில் போதிய சக்தி இல்லாமல் போய்விடும். இதனால், சிறிய மன அழுத்தம் ஏற்பட்டாலும், அது அதிகமாகி விடும். தலைவலி, தலைசுற்றல், கவனக் குறைவு போன்ற கூடுதல் பிரச்னைகள் தலைதூக்கும். மன அழுத்தத்தைக் குறைப்பதில், நார்ச்சத்து நிறைந்த தானியங்களுக்கு முக்கிய பங்கு உண்டு. அவை 'செரடோனின்' என்கிற ஹார்மோனை சுரக்க வைக்கிறது. இது மூளையை அமைதியாக வைத்திருக்க உதவும். ஆரஞ்சுப் பழத்தில் விட்டமின் சி அதிகமாக இருப்பதால், அது ந...

The slowdown in India's IT sector will continue to impact campus hiring of fresh engineering graduates in 2013, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The $100 billion IT industry is expected to meet the lower end of 11-14 per cent growth projection in 2012-13, according to software companies association Nasscom. Campus hiring in 2013 is likely to be lower than in 2012 just as 2012 trailed 2011 recruitments. The news should not come as a surprise because big companies such as Infosys have been deferring joining dates of new hires in the past confirming that all is not well in India's much admired IT sector. TCS, India's biggest IT software services exporter, plans to hire 25,000 freshers in 2013-14 against 60,000 freshers in 2012-13.  That's a drop of nearly 60 per cent in a year's time. Unfortunately, the trend is likely to be similar across big IT firms. Cognizant's headcount planning for 2012 was too high, according to S...

Mindlogicx, a tech product development company in the higher educationspace, announced it will be hiring 1,000 people over the next 6-12 months as part of its expansion plans that will see the company establish a national presence. The company, which has 10 Indian Universities as its customers and a student base of one million, is targeting to double to two million students over the next 12 months, it said in a statement. The city-headquartered company currently has employee strength of over 400 people working out of the company's 1.5 lakh square feet facility here. The hiring will be both from campuses and outside and will include software programmers, technology and network support engineers and semi-skilled people, it was stated. The company has thus far invested Rs 20 crore in R&D of its exam automation suite of products called IntelliEXAMS which, it said, has helped automate the examination process across 1,000 examination centres...

Research firm Gartner p redicts that by 2014, IT hiring in major western markets will come predominantly from Asian-headquartered companies enjoying double-digit growth. "An increasing number of successful Asian companies - particularly from China and India - are enjoying double-digit growth rates and will substantially grow their geographic footprints, making investments in major western markets through 2015. Consequently, these organizations will be responsible for major hiring of IT professionals to support their growth at a time when western companies will still be coping with the impact of the economic crisis," Peter Sondergaard, Gartner senior vice president and global head of research said. By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support big data. Of these, 960,000 will be in the Asia Pacific region. Every big data-related role in Asia Pacific will create employment for three people outside of IT, so a tot...

Wonder what are the IT skills that will help IT professionals sail through the current tough job market? Skills that will help IT pros stay relevant as the business needs of their organization change. Computerworld recently released a list of 10 IT skills that companies will seek in 2013. The skills that companies see helping them compete in the dynamic business environment. So, here's over to 10 hottest IT skills as per the survey. Programming and Application Development:- According to the survey, 60% of the respondents wanted to hire employees with programming and application development skills by next year. Those who have experience in Java, J2EE and .Net are at an advantage as these skills will be heavily demanded by companies in the coming time. Project Management:- Project management will be in huge demand next year as 40% of the companies questioned in the survey said that they will recruit project managers in the next 12 months. The rising demand for candidates with this pr...

Cloud computing, regarded as a boon for enterprises, could rain on the party of distributors and resellers who are now an integral part of the technology sales ecosystem. In developed economies, the community of resellers is already shrinking as software and hardware companies engage directly with enterprises. In India, where cloud adoption is just about gaining pace, the drizzle has begun. "Given the nature of the cloud business, we see that it could be a threat. But the adoption rate is very slow and, therefore, we have a few years before we see signs of trouble," said Ratnesh Rathi, secretary at Computer & Media Dealers Association, whose 350-odd members do business in and around Pune. Across India, some Rs 61,500 crore worth of hardware and Rs 18,000 crore worth of software products are sold every year, according to industry body Nasscom. And about 23,000 distributors, resellers and retailers - often called channel partners - are responsi...