Siddharth Pai
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India's top IT firms have much more strategic space than their quarterly numbers suggest | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. I have written before about the rough quarters ahead for India’s large IT players like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Cognizant: from outcome-based pricing and shrinking fees to a thinning fresher pipeline. And the fact that smaller players are upstaging them on artificial intelligence (AI)-based business. Persistent Systems grew over 16% in the last quarter while Coforge grew revenue by over a third,
AI adoption: Forward deployed engineers may have an understanding but what about judgement? | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In my last piece, I wrote about the forward deployed engineer (FDE). TCS’s recent announcement that it intends to create up to 8,900 FDEs is one of the more revealing developments in enterprise AI this year. The number matters less than what it represents. Across consulting firms, hyperscalers and technology services companies, a race is on to create professionals capable of mediation between increasingly sophistica
Tech engineers who grasp how businesses can make the best use of AI are in high demand | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A forward deployed engineer (FDE), a term that comes from Palantir, which made the role its entire go-to-market strategy, is neither a consultant, nor a developer in the traditional sense. The FDE sits with the client, understands what the business really needs, identifies what an AI tool can actually do, and then builds a bridge between the two. It is a role that requires the ability to write production code, diagn
IT companies have logged some revenue growth but do their results mask hidden vulnerabilities? | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Some months ago, a senior manager at one of India’s large IT service firms described a conversation he had with a client who wanted to expand the engagement. More features, faster delivery, broader scope. The manager said ‘yes’ to all of it. Then he went back to his desk and realized he was not going to hire anyone to help do it. He did not think this was remarkable. That was the most interesting part. The latest re
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