Cognizant is one of the great success stories in India.  Cognizant has 61 thousand employees and 40 global delivery centers supporting many of the Fortune 100 companies. BusinessWeek listed it as a Hot Growth and Top 50 Performer.  Fortune magazine says it is one of the ‘Most Admired’ companies.  Cognizant is also guilty of underpaying many employees sent to work in USA. More...

The peace and tranquility of the Technopark campus in Trivandrum, Kerala was rocked on Thursday when the employees of an animation company staged demonstrations against the management’s decision to send some of them on leave as part of cost cutting measures. Employees at the Toonz Animation studio in Technopark allege that this forced leave is a prelude to sacking them. More...

Like many India women, I spend a lot of time mulling the serious questions in life.  Is there a God? And does she hear my prayers?  What is the meaning of my life?  How do most Indian women manage to juggle family and careers so well? Sometimes the questions are just silly.  Like, why does my partner love me more than my affection for him?  Or is it the other way around? More...

Ajit Lahiri, a senior consultant with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Delhi ended his life by hanging himself fearing that he would loose his job in the backdrop of the ongoing recessionary trend that has forced a number of tech companies to retrench staff in recent months. Archana, the wife of the consultant, feels that the fear of losing his job drove him to suicide. More...

Indian tech major Infosys is widely regarded as a role model for professionalism and financial transparency. But is seems that even Infosys is more than happy to use any opportunity to  exaggerate and spin any piece of ‘positive’ news to build up the Infy brand and strengthen share prices. The collateral damage is to shock and awe competitors like TCS and HCL. More...

Many Americans dislike unions, and they have had very little traction in tech companies. With a global recession looming, Microsoft, like other heavyweights, announced that it would reduce its head count by 5000 over 18 months. Quite separately, Microsoft said that it would cut the wages of all temporary workers by 10 percent. A protest against the pay cut has fizzled out. More...

Today, the most dreaded word in the IT Industry is ‘Pink Slip’. Every time there is a new Meeting Request or a phone call from the HR, you wonder if it’s your turn? That seems to be the scenario in many IT Companies, especially ones that aren’t doing well. And once you get a pink slip, your entire world crashes and there is no clue as to what to do next, how to proceed? More...

Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia is one of India’s tech heroes.  Born in Chandigarh to a middle class armed forces family, Sabeer was a brilliant student and made his way to Caltech and Stanford University.  After a short stint at Apple, he thought up the brilliant idea of Hotmail which launched in 1996. Microsoft bought Hotmail for $400 million and the rest is history. More...

Stephen Johnson, a Test Lead with Polaris Software Labs Limited, Gurgaon was robbed by five armed miscreants when he was on his way to see his friend after office hours at 9.30 in the evening. The robbers snatched American and Indian currency, his wrist watch, mobile phone and ATM cards before fleeing in a Toyota Innova.  The booming tech hub is a magnet for criminals. More...

Hewlett Packard, like most tech companies, is feeling the chill winds of a global recession.  The first quarter (ending Jan 31) net income has dropped by 13 percent and revenue targets have been not been achieved. America was the only place which saw a revenue increase of 11 percent.  Revenue from emerging economies like India, China, Brazil and Russia fell by 22 percent. More...