Lenovo India bags order from Tamil Nadu for 1.5 mn laptops

This entire order is expected to be completed over the next few months, Lenovo India Director (Commercial Named Account Business) Stephen Sequeira said.

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Top brands like Samsung, Oppo take the phone battle offline

Having entered the offline market less than two years ago, Xiaomi claims that it has cornered over 20% of the offline market across India.

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Targets constant but sharper focus for Rishad Premji

Premji Jr needs to match Wipro’s growth to the industry’s with high-margin digital businesses.

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IT firms likely to face volatility in banking, financial services space: Report

BFS is a staple for Indian IT services companies serving global clients, and it accounts for major chunk of overall tech services basket.

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Microsoft wipes huge facial-recognition database

Microsoft released MS-Celeb-1M, a dataset of roughly 10 million photos from 100,000 individuals collected from the Internet in 2016.

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Mobile number portability now easier with eSIM

Telecom providers will be able to raise their game to retain users, say company executives and experts.

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Rishad Premji has very big shoes to fill at Wipro

In a transition that was on expected lines and set in motion over a decade ago, Rishad Premji, Azim Premji’s first born, will take over as Wipro chairman in July.

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