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Top IT Service Providers by Revenue

Top IT service providers by revenue

1. Short for International Business Machines, IBM comes under the global category with a revenue of $99.9 billion. It is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, and manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology

2. Accenture, another company under the global category has a revenue of $27.4 billion. It is a multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company and is the world’s largest consulting firm by revenue. Accenture also sponsors an international event called the Accenture Match Play Championship (seen in picture), part of the World Golf Championships, every year since 1999.

3. Another American multinational company, Computer Services Corporation or CSC comes under the global category with a revenue of $16 billion. The company also licenses software systems for financial services, healthcare and other industry-specific markets and provides end-to-end business solutions that meet the needs of large commercial and government clients.

Photo: Courtesy of CSC website

4. The top four is rounded off by Capgemini which again falls under the global category with a revenue of $11.6 billion. A French multinational corporation, it is of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions. The company also recently opened a 300 seat BPO centre in Tamil Nadu.

5. CGI is the first company under the < b>regional category to be listed. It was founded in 1976 by 26-year-old entrepreneurs Serge Godin and André Imbeau. The two started the company in the basement of Serge’s home with one client and one phone. Today, the company is one of the largest IT services providers in the world operating in more than 40 countries, with a revenue of $11.6 billion.

6. First Data Corporation, which falls under the global category is a global payment processing company. First Data is a provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions. The company's STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at ATM and retail locations. It has a revenue of $10.4 billion.

7. Tata Consultancy Services is the first Indian company to feature in this list and is therefore under the offshore category with a revenue of $8.4 billion. It is one of India's most valuable companies and is the largest India-based IT services company by 2012 revenues.

8. Hitachi comes under the regional category with a revenue of $8 billion. It is a Japanese multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Tokyo. It is the parent of the Hitachi Group and forms part of the DKB Group of companies.

9. Another company from the offshore category and with a revenue of $7 billion, Wipro operates in four segments: IT products and services, consumer care and lighting, healthcare and infrastructure engineering. Its revenue is $7 billion and its chairman, Azim Premji was listed as one of the top tech billionaires in the world.

10. Rounding up the top ten is Atos, another multinational from France that comes under the regional category with revenue of $6.7 billion. The company was formed in 1997 through a merger of two French IT companies; and combined with the Dutch-based company Origin B.V. in 2000, becoming Atos Origin. After finalizing the acquisition of Siemens IT Solutions and Services last year, it consequently reverted the company name back to Atos.

11. There are three more Indian companies that feature in the list. Here’s a look at them. At number 11 is Infosys with a revenue of $6.2 billion. Infosys was co-founded in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora after they resigned from Patni Computer Systems. The company also recently featured in theForbes list of the world’s most innovative companies .

12. Cognizant comes in at number 13 with a revenue of $4.6 billion.It provides information technology, consulting and BPO services. Cognizant is among the Top 10 companies receiving H-1B visas to bring highly skilled immigrant workers to the United States and the company has been steadily increasing its U.S. work force.

13. At 17 is HCL is the last Indian company on the list with a revenue of $3.5 billion. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some activity in the global market. The company comprises two publicly listed companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems.

Courtesy : Top IT service providers by revenue  - Yahoo

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Mr John Hemanth Kumar - Sports Psychology Center in Hyderabad !

The Hindu » NATIONAL » ANDHRA PRADESH

HYDERABAD, August 10, 2012 

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3748559.ece 

Sports psychology centre to come up in Hyderabad

V.V. Subrahmanyam

For someone who played his part in the Indian Army shooter, Vijay Kumar, winning a silver medal in the London Olympics, Gadam John Hemanth Kumar of Hyderabad has decided to set up what will be certainly the first full-fledged sports psychology centre (by an individual) in the city.

“There is a big need for this and I will set it up in such a way that there will be no specific timings. It should be functional by Children’s Day this year. Anyone interested can just walk in at his or her convenience instead of me fixing visiting hours,” says the 51-year-old Hemanth Kumar, who spent two months with Vijay Kumar in 2008 and taught him the art of being focussed as part of the sports psychology programme. Interestingly, this gentleman kept a low profile till Vijay Kumar actually won a silver and started opening up only now to give an insight into his programmes aimed at sporting excellence. “Any champion needs a bit of sports psychology,” Hemanth insists.

“Yes, any human being can be weighed down by the huge expectations or the prospects of winning or the fear of losing. To stay focussed, you need different kind of training unlike the regular sport-related regimen,” he explains at his residence in the by-lanes of Yousufguda here. “Essentially, we also emphasise on different forms of meditation for different sportspersons. I am happy that the Vipassana meditation worked well with shooter Vijay Kumar,” says the former student of Nizam College and consultant psychologist to Navodaya Schools in South. For this double post-graduate from Tamil Nadu University of Sports, the stint with Vijay Kumar was apparently one of his high-points. “In fact, the ambience at the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow is unique as it happens to be the only second such unit in the world besides the one in the United States,” Hemanth Kumar points out.

For Students - Reforming evaluation method to test their intellect !

Reforming evaluation method to test their intellect !

Proposal of open-book examination system in Standards X and XII in Central Board of Secondary Examination Schools by the Ministry of Human Resource Development recently.Though the committee to reform school examination headed by CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi is yet to finalise the proposal being planned to be implemented in 2013, many aspects of it had met with mixed response from educationists. Though termed as open-book examination, according to the committee, the students would not be allowed to carry books to the exam hall instead would be informed of the portions based on which analytical and application-oriented questions would be asked. 

Read full details at http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/article3669361.ece

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10 Programming Languages That Can Redefine IT

1. Go
2. Dart
3. Ceylon
4. F#
5. Opa
6. Fantom
7. Zimbu
8. X10
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10. Chapel

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Mr John Hemanth Kumar, Psychologist - Helped Mr Vijay Kumar winning a Silver Medal in Olympics !

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What India Can Learn From China's Health System?

Bangalore: China is experiencing a gigantic disease burden transition, with an extraordinary social and environmental change, reported the medical journal Lancet. The transition will not only affect the country's future but also shape the pattern of global health. Lancet wishes to act as a bridge in order to have a scientific exchange between the rapidly expanding arena of medical science in China and the rest of the world.

China's health services used to be described as too difficult to access, too expensive, and extremely variable in quality. But shockingly China has accomplished near universal coverage in a very short time. As per data from Chinese National Health Services Survey, the medical insurance coverage in China has increased from 29·7 percent in 2003, to 95·7 percent in 2011. But, the increased insurance coverage has not yet been effective in reducing patients' financial risks. Iin India, the number is very low and the health insurance market is very limited, covering only about 10 percent of the total population. It is seen that in India the total health expenditure is around 5 percent of GDP.

As a nation whose culture and society have long been formed by its farming traditions, China has just passed a landmark, with its urban population of more than 680 million people outnumbering its rural residents for the first time in January, 2012. This serves as a double-edged sword for public health in China as it not only offers great opportunities in the improvements of health-care access and basic health infrastructure, but also poses substantial risks, including changing diets and lifestyle, air and water pollution, and occupational and traffic hazards.

Growing urbanization is one of the socioeconomic risks for non-communicable disease (NCDs), which has already become China's number one health threat. Chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are often closely associated, sharing common risk factors and treatments, and hence they would benefit from a coordinated approach to prevention and control.

Whereas, as per leading public health experts concerted and coordinated efforts are necessary to address the growing social and economic burden of chronic, non-communicable disease in India. NCDs are the main cause of morbidity and mortality and are responsible for more than 63 percent of deaths in the world and make up more than two thirds of the total disease burden in India.

Also, knowledge exchange is not a one-way street. While China is learning from other countries in health-care delivery and research, it has much to share for reciprocal benefit. It is important that health-care reform is not exclusive to one country. The improvement of universal coverage, reduction in costs, and to deal with the mounting challenge of NCDs are truly global problems. China's health-reform process and solutions will provide evidence to inform debate and, ultimately, enhance global health-care outcomes

It is noted that reform of public hospitals is essential to control health expenditure because such institutes deliver more than 90 percent of the country's health services. There are pilot programmes for public hospital reforms in China.

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Supporting Jana Lokpal and Shri Anna Hazare - News by Pragathi Welfare Society !

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Full text of Anna Hazare's letter to the PM !

Veteran social activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare has written an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In the letter dated April 6, 2011, Hazare has raised many questions and sought the Prime Minister's reply.

The 72-year-old social activist, supported by eminent persons including Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, has been demanding that the drafting committee for the Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption should include members of civil society.

He started his fast-unto-death at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Tuesday to demand a stricter anti-corruption law that that is being proposed by the Government.

Below is the full text of Hazare's letter to the Prime Minister:

India Against Corruption

A-119, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad . 201010. UP Ph: 09868069953

www.indiaagainstcorruption.org

Date: April 6, 2011

To,

Dr. Manmohan Singh,

Hon'ble Prime Minister of India

New Delhi Dear

Dr. Singh,

I have started my indefinite fast at Jantar mantar. I had invited you also to fast and pray for a corruption free India on 5th April. Though I did not receive any reply from you, I am hopeful that you must have done that.

I am pained to read and hear about government's reaction to my fast. I consider it my duty to clarify the points raised on behalf of Congress party and the government by their spokespersons, as they appear in media:

1. It is being alleged that I am being instigated by some people to sit on this fast. Dear Manmohan Singh ji, this is an insult to my sense of wisdom and intelligence. I am not a kid that I could be "instigated" into going on an indefinite fast. I am a fiercely independent person. I take advice from many friends and critics, but do what my conscience directs me to do. It is my experience that when cornered, governments resort to such malicious slandering. I am pained that the government, rather than addressing the issue of corruption, is trying to allege conspiracies, when there are none.

2. It is being said that I have shown impatience. Dear Prime Minister, so far, every government has shown complete insensitivity and lack of political commitment to tackling corruption. 62 years after independence, we still do not have independent and effective anti-corruption systems. Very weak versions of Lokpal Bill were presented in Parliament eight times in last 42 years. Even these weak versions were not passed by Parliament. This means, left to themselves, the politicians and bureaucrats will never pass any law which subjects them to any kind of objective scrutiny. At a time, when the country has witnessed scams of unprecedented scale, the impatience of the entire country is justified. And we call upon you, not to look for precedents, but show courage to take unprecedented steps.

3. It is being said that I have shown impatience when the government has "initiated" the process. I would urge you to tell me - exactly what processes are underway?

a. You say that your Group of Ministers are drafting the anti-corruption law. Many of the members of this Group of Ministers have such a shady past that if effective anticorruption systems had been in place, some of them would have been behind bars. Do you want us to have faith in a process in which some of the most corrupt people of this country should draft the anti-corruption law?

b. NAC sub-committee has discussed Jan Lokpal Bill. But what does that actually mean? Will the government accept the recommendations of NAC sub-committee? So far, UPA II has shown complete contempt for even the most innocuous issues raised by NAC.

c. I and many other friends from India Against Corruption movement wrote several letters to you after 1st December. I also sent you a copy of Jan Lokpal Bill on 1st December. We did not get any response. It is only when I wrote to you that I will sit on an indefinite fast, we were promptly invited for discussions on 7th March. I wonder whether the government responds only to threats of indefinite fast. Before that, representatives of India Against Corruption had been meeting various Ministers seeking their support for the Jan Lokpal Bill. They met Mr Moily also and personally handed over copy of Jan Lokpal to him. A few hours before our meeting with you, we received a phone call from Mr Moily's office that the copy of Jan Lokpal Bill had been misplaced by his office and they wanted another copy. This is the seriousness with which the government has dealt with Jan Lokpal Bill.

d. Dear Dr Manmohan Singh ji, if you were in my place, would you have any faith in the aforesaid processes? Kindly let me know if there are any other processes underway. If you still feel that I am impatient, I am happy that I am because the whole nation is feeling impatient at the lack of credible efforts from your government against corruption.

4. What are we asking for? We are not saying that you should accept the Bill drafted by us. But kindly create a credible platform for discussions . a joint committee with at least half members from civil society suggested by us. Your spokespersons are misleading the nation when they say that there is no precedent for setting up a joint committee. At least seven laws in Maharashtra were drafted by similar joint committees and presented in Maharashtra Assembly. Maharashtra RTI Act, one of the best laws of those times, was drafted by a joint committee. Even at the centre, when 25,000 tribals came to Delhi two years ago, your government set up a joint committee on land issues within 48 hours. You yourself are the Chairperson of that committee. This means that the government is willing to set up joint committees on all other issues, but not on corruption. Why?

5. It is being said that the government wants to talk to us and we are not talking to them. This is utterly false. Tell me a single meeting when you called us and we did not come. We strongly believe in dialogue and engagement. Kindly do not mislead the country by saying that we are shunning dialogue. We request you to take some credible steps at stemming corruption. Kindly stop finding faults and suspecting conspiracies in our movement. There are none. Even if there were, it does not absolve you of your responsibilities to stop corruption.

With warm regards,

(K B Hazare)

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5 Must Read Business Books of the year 2011

By SiliconIndia, Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 14:42 IST

Bangalore: Are you planning to launch your first stepping stone in business world? And you want to be acquainted with the know how of the business strategies, its pros and cons. Then here we present you the most effective tools towards your success. We are bringing the top five must read business books which will not only make you aware of what's ahead in your business scenario, but also gets you prepared for the big bad competitive world.

Here the top 5 must read business book for our readers which are culmination of the struggles and lesson from our big business giants and gurus, and we guarantee you surely will not like to miss out on any one of them.1. I'm Feeling LuckyThe Confessions of Google Employee Number 59By Doug Edwards

There have been many fine books written about Google and its impact on the world, but all have been told from an outsider's perspective. I'm Feeling Lucky is a personal accounting of what the author felt like to be part of the company as it grew from sixty people to tens of thousands. In the book, personal anecdotes are interspersed with an explanation of the key events in Google's technical development, largely told in the words of those who actually built the systems that made Google work as fast and well as it does. Many of these individuals have remained anonymous until now.I'm Feeling Lucky is really aimed at those who are interested both in what Google did to ensure success during its formative years and how it felt to be an ill-prepared participant dropped into the heart of an exploding startup.It gives insight as to what is the Google workplace like compared to other companies and how Google dealt with user privacy issues, what were the most significant problems, what was it really like behind the scenes of the Google-AOL deal and things that people should know about Google that they do not already know. Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. I'm Feeling Lucky captures for the first time the unique, self-invented, yet profoundly important culture of the world's most transformative corporation.

2. Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl

And Why You Should, TooBy Louann Lofton

Warren Buffett Invests like a Girl offers a new perspective to Warren buffets investment success. Women and Warren Buffett have something in common: They are both better investors than the average man. Women are thorough researchers, more committed to the long-term plan and better at managing their emotions, say LouAnn Lofton, author of Warren Buffett Invests like a Girl: and Why You Should Too.

The first step in investing is to recognize that investing is not that hard and great success can come from investing in companies you understand. Look at the products you know and trust the ones you use and tell friends about. These can be great investment opportunities.And if you want to learn directly from Mr. Buffett, Ms. Lofton suggests reading his letters to shareholders. Though geared toward women, Ms. Lofton's book can benefit men as well if they are willing to tap into their feminine side. A debut author impugns Warren Buffett's masculinity in a good way and asserts that feminine thinking like his is what leads to investment riches.

3. Beyond Performance

How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive AdvantageBy Scott Keller and Colin Price

This book reveals the secret of achieving and sustaining organizational excellence. In an ever-changing world where only a third of excellent organizations stay that way over the long term, and where even fewer are able to implement successful change programs, leaders are in need of big ideas and new tools to thrive. In Beyond Performance, McKinsey & Company's Scott Keller and Colin Price give you everything you need to build an organization that can execute in the short run and has the vitality to prosper over the long term.

Drawing on the most exhaustive research effort of its kind on organizational effectiveness and change management, Keller and Price put hard science behind their big idea: that the health of an organization is equally as important as its performance. This book is written for those who intend to beat these odds. Based on one of the most extensive research efforts ever undertaken in the field of management, Beyond Performance shows how leaders can deliver performance today while also ensuring that their organizations stay fit for the future.

4. Solving Employee Performance Problems

How to Spot Problems Early, Take Appropriate Action, and Bring Out the Best in EveryoneBy Anne Bruce

Solving Employee Performance Problems provides the tools you need to handle the most difficult employees from the chronically late or distractingly dramatic to the disruptive, dishonest, or downright insubordinate.

Taking a heavy-handed approach to such behaviors might make you feel good for a little while but using the measured, proactive techniques outlined in this book will be better for you, your staff, and your business. With Solving Employee Performance Problems, you will learn how to take ownership of your employees' behaviors, master conversations about poor performance, conduct productive follow-ups, and ultimately generate greater engagement and ownership of work, Higher levels of collaboration and productivity, Increased loyalty and retention rates , Gainful ROI from everyone who works for you.There is a direct link between growth of individual employees and organizational growth. Use Solving Employee Performance Problems to be someone who manages proactively. It is the only way to make a positive difference in the life of your employee and make a positive impact on the future of your company.

5. School for Startups

The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or LessBy Jim Beach, Chris Hanks, David Beasley

It is a Beginner's Guide to Low-Risk Entrepreneurship. If you want to start your own business, but "risk" isn't your middle name. You're not alone. Many successful entrepreneurs are averse to risk--but they have learned the tricks to working around it. And now you can too, with School for Startups.

This practical guide shows you how to build a business the smart way--without risking major assets such as your house, savings account, or health insurance.You will learn how to increase your chance of success by funding your venture without investors, Entering international markets , Taking full advantage of tools on the Web , Marketing your product or service for little or no cost , Deploying a third party to package and ship products and Taking control of an existing business or franchise.The authors present hundreds of the best ideas for new businesses, along with case studies proving the effectiveness of their approach.

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