Bad times are just starting for India’s IT outsourcers, says JP Morgan

All of FY2024 is going to be a ‘washout’ JP Morgan has predicted tough times are around the corner for India’s big IT services outfits.…

 

Dell pulls storage, PCs, and compute into Apex ITaaS platform – a little late

Continues feeding the hybrid cloud monster Dell World  It took a little over a year, but Dell has followed through (to an extent) on promises it made in 2022 with the introduction of Project Alpine – an effort to make its block, file, and object storage software available in top hyperscale cloud environments.…

 

India’s major IT outsourcers slow hiring and fret about deal pipelines

Two years ago the big four hired 243,000 workers. Last year that fell to 82,000 Having spent 2022 struggling to retain workers in the face of high staff attrition rates, India’s top four IT outsourcers have since slowed hiring and are worried their workers may not have enough to do.…

 

Microsoft coughs up some change after allegedly selling software to no-no companies

Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah? Microsoft will pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations it busted US sanctions by selling software and services to blacklisted companies and individuals in Russia, Iran, and other countries.…

 

Microsoft pauses delayed partner ecosystem security update to count its money

Active Directory privilege de-escalation will run for nine days in May before taking June off Microsoft’s delayed effort to ensure its partners don’t enjoy unduly privileged access to their clients’ systems will run for just nine days before pausing for a month.…

 

Everything as a service – with a smile

How Lenovo 360 helps its partners diversify their revenue streams Sponsored Post  Today’s enterprises want their IT served up to them on a platter. The growing clamour is being answered by Lenovo 360, a new kind of global channel partner framework which aims to help resellers drive additional revenue streams by tapping into the real needs of their customers.…

 

Can you outpace the competition?

Lenovo’s top channel partners can win a trip to Bahrain to see the F1 Grand Prix Sponsored Post  How do you fancy a trip to Bahrain next March to watch the F1 Grand Prix? The chance to win this experience of a lifetime is being offered by Lenovo to those of its partners that sell the most Lenovo 360 solutions.…

 

Microsoft extends deadline for partners to improve their clients’ security with unauthorised AD tweaks

Partners may be dragging the chain a little – perhaps you’d like to hurry them up? Microsoft’s campaign to improve the security of its customers and partners – by letting the latter set roles in clients’ Active Directory implementations without asking permission – has been extended by four months.…

 

Alibaba Cloud reveals billion dollar ‘ecosystem upgrade’

It’s mostly a channel program with a fancy name, plus more outposts Alibaba Cloud last week staged its annual gabfest and revealed some tasty new cloud services, as well as a billion dollar “ecosystem upgrade” aimed at finding more customers outside China.…

 

Philippines decides outsourcers need incentives to stick around, after all

Just three months ago senior bureaucrat said ‘Tax perks are not that important to investors.’ Contortions now in place to keep cash flowing The Philippines last week decided to extend incentives offered to foreign outsourcers that offer working from home to local employees.…