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Small-tier IT punches above their weight as AI levels the field
Smaller IT and digital engineering firms are winning larger contracts as AI helps them compete for transformation projects once dominated by industry giants. Companies such as Cyient, Sonata Software, R Systems and Ascendion are securing deals worth up to $100 million, aided by improved productivity, competitive pricing and growing large-deal capabilities.
If AI can write the code, what is left for senior engineers? Meesho’s Kiran Katreddi answers
AI and automation are compressing engineering career timelines significantly. Junior developers now tackle complex tasks much earlier in their careers. Senior engineers are increasingly focusing on systems design and architecture. Meesho reports doubled productivity and AI-generated code for development tasks.
Rs 8,350 crore crash in Persistent shares explained: Why investors are worried about Nagarro deal
Persistent Systems' shares plunged nearly 11% following its announcement to acquire Germany-based Nagarro for €1.27 billion. While the deal aims to boost European presence and revenue, brokerages expressed caution over pricey valuations and execution risks.
Hexaware Technologies shares jump 8% after securing Anthropic authorised reseller status for Amazon Bedrock
Hexaware Technologies shares rose sharply on Monday after the IT services company became an Anthropic Authorised Reseller for Amazon Bedrock. The designation allows Hexaware to sell, integrate and support Claude AI models for enterprises, strengthening its AI offerings and expanding its enterprise-focused generative AI capabilities across multiple industries.
India’s tech workforce is at a turning point. Reskilling will define what comes next
The Indian software engineer's career path is rapidly evolving due to generative AI and intelligent automation. A significant talent gap exists, with demand for AI skills far outstripping supply. Developers must now focus on working with AI tools, systems design, and building AI-driven solutions to remain relevant in a market that is already prioritizing AI expertise.
Ticketless future with AI: Atlassian’s Shamik Sharma on the next era of frictionless service and secure workflows
For teams gathering at Atlassian Team on Tour Bengaluru, Shamik Sharma’s message was both pragmatic and ambitious. AI is already delivering “way over 50% resolution rates” on some service workloads, yet the true prize lies in redesigning work so that “a ticket never needs to get created,” security becomes a “productivity tool,” and agents are orchestrated as thoughtfully as people. Here are the key takeaways.
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ET AI Conclave & Awards 2025: “We’re rushing to production without the right scaffolding”
At the ET AI Conclave & Awards 2025, PhonePe Founder and CTO Rahul Chari made the case for AI-first engineering without sacrificing architecture, governance, and recovery.
From attendance to analytics: Why institutes are shifting to intelligent management systems
Indian educational institutions are adopting intelligent management systems to streamline complex operations like admissions, attendance, and finances. These integrated platforms, often powered by AI and automation, are replacing fragmented manual methods. The shift aims to provide real-time insights, reduce administrative load, and enhance student engagement, mirroring a global trend towards data-driven operational efficiency.
TCS, HCL Tech kick off IT earnings today: Why AI matters more than numbers
As TCS and HCL Tech report Q3 results, investor focus shifts from numbers to AI's impact. While traditional IT services face headwinds, AI adoption is expected to drive significant growth and business-accretive deals, potentially revitalizing the sector's trajectory through 2026 and beyond.
The engineering leadership perspective on AI coding: Speed, quality and scale
As AI tools accelerate how engineering teams write and deploy code, review and quality processes are struggling to keep pace. Swiggy CTO Madhusudhan Rao and other senior technology and engineering leaders will explore these gaps in Bengaluru on 22 January 2026. The core question: If AI has already transformed how your teams commit and ship code, why has your review pipeline not evolved at the same pace?
What is autonomous voice AI, and how is it different from IVR?
Businesses are moving beyond traditional IVR systems to autonomous voice AI, which handles entire conversations and resolves customer issues in real-time. This technology understands natural speech, accesses backend systems, and completes tasks, transforming voice calls from mere routing to transactional resolutions for improved efficiency and customer satisfaction.
What is Intelligent Document Processing, and why document AI could become the next big enterprise software category
Organisations across various sectors are grappling with overwhelming document volumes and limited processing time. Intelligent document processing (IDP) is emerging as a crucial automation layer, leveraging AI to transform messy documents into machine-readable data. This technology is poised for significant growth, with the UK leading adoption and India's software industry capitalising on its data engineering expertise.
EQT Partners lines up $1 billion CitiusTech exit
EQT Partners is gearing up to divest its substantial 40% interest in CitiusTech, aiming to secure close to $1 billion. The Swedish investment firm is collaborating with advisors to identify interested private equity firms willing to step in.
AI Won't Replace IT Engineers, It'll Empower Them, Says Zoho CEO
CEO of Zoho, Sridhar Vembu, is turning the AI narrative on its head, dispelling the armageddon scenario of job loss due to automation. For him, AI is not something that threatens the IT engineer but a big productivity enabler.
Very unfair criticism to call TCS one-trick pony: CEO K Krithivasan
TCS CEO K Krithivasan attributes recent revenue dips to global economic uncertainties impacting client spending. Despite challenges in sectors like airlines and auto, TCS remains confident, dismissing reliance on the BSNL deal as a mischaracterization. Strategic moves, including service line alignment and AI integration, aim to drive future growth and adapt to evolving IT service models.
EPAM and GCCs in India: Driving Mutual Growth and Development through Modern Engineering
The growth of global capability centers (GCCs) in India is reshaping the technology ecosystem. IT services from GCCs are expanding due to demand for application modernization, cloud migration, and cybersecurity. This trend is boosting India's Engineering Research & Development capabilities, with IT firms like EPAM playing a crucial role in supporting this evolution.
Tech firms TCS, Accenture, Cognizant lead LinkedIn's top large companies list
LinkedIn's 2024 Top Companies list in India features Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture, Cognizant, and others. Insights include in-demand skills like investor relations, capital markets, and job opportunities in diverse industries across locations like Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
Infosys partners with Microsoft to accelerate industry-wide adoption of generative AI
Through the partnership, Infosys Topaz is using Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Cognitive Services to augment its capabilities, to help enterprise customers transition from digital to AI solutions.
How to build a career in software quality assurance. Here are three tips
Every organization, big or small, offers IT QA opportunities based on the available roles and candidate fit. Aspirants must conduct their own research on the roles that would match their techno-functional skill combination and their personalities. This can help them craft their CV to move closer to their target role.
Bain & Able: PE edges past rivals for CitiusTech stake
If successful, this would be the second investment by the Boston-headquartered PE group in as many months in India, after having bought into IIFL Wealth end-March. In the last fiscal year, it missed out on as many as five transactions, coming in a close second.
SPAC scrapped, Baring puts CitiusTech on the block for $2.2 bln
Less than a year after calling off plans for a SPAC listing in the US, Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) is all set to sell its controlling stake in healthcare analytics firm CitiusTech.
Healthtech firm CitiusTech acquires SDLC Partners in payer market push
The CitiusTech-SLDC deal is another step towards helping payers accelerate their transformation to value-based, member-centric operating models, CitiusTech CEO Bhaskar Sambasivan says.
How Edsel Pereira revitalised Glenmark with a booster dose of IT innovations
IT is critical to the competitive health of Glenmark, says Edsel Pereira, Group Vice President-IT at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
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