The first and worst hit by the downturn, the financial services sector has started to grow and hire. Healthcare, IT and ITES also get into the hiring mode.

The only one with the coveted family name to be heading a group business, Noel N. Tata is seen as one of the more likely candidates to step into Ratan Tata's shoes. But has he done enough?

Once the world's third-largest software company, Computer Associates is betting big on India to get its mojo back.

Small investors sometimes unwittingly fall into it. But while the uniform face value debate rages on, it’s best for you to do your homework.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy,  the newly appointed CEO-in-Residence, Accel Partners, laughs when queried on how she would adjust from working in a maverick organisation like Google to a perceptibly more sober VC firm like Accel Partners.

Cognizant looks set to post bigger incremental revenues than the four giants of the Indian IT industry.

With the Indian IT market expected to grow at an estimated CAGR of 18 per cent over the next five years, foreign IT giants aren't just dominating the market, they're opening up new segments and setting the agenda for some categories. Rahul Sachitanand and Kushan Mitra tell you about the twists and turns.

With the financial services sector in a tailspin and the slowdown in the US market spreading to Europe, India's booming IT industry finds itself directly in the firing line. In fact, it is facing its toughest challenge in years. How will the industry cope? Rahul Sachitanand goes into the details.

HCL sees a potential acquisition of Axon as transformational, but its finances may be stretched if a bidding war breaks out. For HCL it’s an attempt to further leverage its Blue Ocean strategy of focusing on untapped or uncluttered markets.

Andy Green, CEO, Logica, speaks to BT on the road ahead and his plans for Logica at a time the market is in turmoil.

After years of rapid hiring, the IT industry is finally being hit by the slowdown blues. With its main market, the US, grappling with a slowdown, and its focus market, financial services, in turmoil, companies across the board are going slow on recruitments.

Despite the joint CEO experiment not coming off in several high profile cases globally, Chairman Azim Premji is betting on the model to unify Wipro’s IT businesses and spur growth. He is rather confident that the teams are ready and the timing is right. BT's Rahul Sachitanand finds out whether the new arrangement will work.

The subprime crisis and the slowdown in the US will hit the Indian IT industry hard. According to top industry executives, the IT industry, which was growing at over 30 per cent till last year, may now have to be satisfied with a 15-20 per cent annual growth. BT's Rahul Sachitanand reports.

The statutory body, which is supposed to regulate higher education in the country, is a sclerotic, bureaucratic organisation that is, instead, vitiating the atmosphere of technical education in India. In the past, it has been often accused of approving institutions with questionable credentials even as some of India's premier institutes have found it difficult to gain recognition. Rishi Joshi reports.

The most innovative companies don't do different things, they just do things differently. And that seems to make all the difference.

Barriers to innovation remain, but the most innovative companies have realised that \"innovation\" is not just about developing new products and services but, more fundamentally, about discovering new ways to create value. A Business Today-Monitor Group study profiles the most innovative Indian firms.

It’s an honour that seems to have come a little late in the day. Among the innumerable feathers in his cap, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Group Chairman and CEO, Bharti Enterprises, has added another— the GSM Association Chairman’s Award 2008.

iGate has come a long way since Phaneesh Murthy took over the reins from Gerard Watzinger, a German, in July 2003. Murthy has drawn up ambitious plans for taking iGate into the big league of IT services companies. But will his gambit pay off? Rahul Sachitanand finds out.

There are some great technologies available today but businesses need to choose the ones that best suit their requirements.

Events that rocked the business world—or just made head honchos sit up and take notice.