Companies that traditionally have made most of their money selling computers, chips, servers, routers and other equipment are especially vulnerable, analysts say, as mobile applications and cloud computing become increasingly important.

Companies are increasing productivity and efficiency by transferring employee-related processes to apps.

The quarterly numbers are in from the top three software services exporters TCS, Infosys and Wipro along with some of the mid-sized players like MindTree. Cognizant will declare its numbers on 5 August. While TCS and Wipro barely met topline expectations, Infosys and MindTree disappointed. All of them also did not meet margin expectations of the market.

The initiatives include collaborations with educational technology company Coursera and web-based repository hosting service GitHub which aim to reach millions of developers globally.

Microsoft Corp agreed to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, combining the software giant's fast-growing cloud services business with the world's largest online network for professionals.

The Chennai-headquartered Freshdesk may become India's first software-as-a-service product Unicorn.

HackerRank is helping companies recruit coding champions through online tests.

It is working with Reliance Communications to provide its customers with a complete portfolio of highly secure and scalable infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offerings running on the IBM cloud, IBM said.

Accenture Plc raised its full-year net revenue forecast well above analysts' expectations and reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit, led by strong growth in its consulting business, especially in North America.

KONE would tap the \"Watson IoT Cloud Platform\" provided by IBM to connect and monitor and optimise management of escalators, doors in buildings located worldwide, the company said in a statement.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon 84 golfers teed off at Eagleton Golf Resort to participate in the Bangalore leg of the 20th edition of the LLOYD-Business Today Pro-Am of Champions event.

If 2015 was the year of innovations in the hardware space, with fancy gadgets hitting the stores every other day, 2016 promises to showcase what these innovations are capable of.

Mumbai-based start-up accelerator Zone Startups India recently raised Rs 190 crore of funding, which it plans to invest in 50-60 start-ups in the next two to three years.

The $146 billion Indian Information Technology (IT) industry, which employs 3.1 million people, is at a crossroads.

Vineet Nayyar's strategy to bulk up and diversify the offerings of Tech Mahindra through mergers and acquisitions has transformed the company, but there are big challenges ahead.

N Chandrasekaran has snatched a first mover advantage for TCS in the digital space, but has to contend with competition that is fast getting its act together.

The new, localized Delhi version of the site is designed to help stimulate innovation in Delhi while spurring growth within the entire Indian start-up economy, NASSCOM said.

IBM said in the filing that it is cooperating with the probe, which is focused on the way the commercial technology giant reported revenue for certain transactions.

PC makers like Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo are still hoping Windows 10 will boost PC sales this fall, when they'll be offering more new models for sale.

The acquisition, the year's third-largest in all sectors, highlights the frenzy of deal-making as big or mature companies take advantage of low interest rates to buy rivals as a way to spur growth.