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Broad based growth seen across Verticals driven by Financial Services at 9.3%, Manufacturing at 18.2%, Lifesciences & Healthcare at 11.8%, Public Services at 22.5%, Retail & CPG at 16.0%, and Telecommunications, Media, Publishing & Entertainment at 3.4%, in constant currency. Strong client addition continues (on YoY basis): $5+ Mn clients up by 12, $10+ Mn clients up by 8, $20+ Mn clients up by 6, $40+ Mn clients up by 3, $50+ Mn clients up by 5 and $100+ Mn clients up by 1. This quarter, HCL extended its IP–partnership agreement with IBM, marking its expansion into business solutions in the marketing automation area, which complements HCL’s Digital and Analytics offerings. HCL has invested ~$140 million in the extended partnership during this quarter. Operating Cash Flow / Net Income conversion at 104%. Successfully concluded Buy Back programme within the quarter. The buy back entailed 3.5 Cr

Fujitsu today reported the profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent, including the discontinued operations of FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, as 2.1 billion yen, representing an improvement of 16.2 billion yen compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2016. Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 was 922.6 billion yen, up 22.6 billion yen from the first quarter of fiscal 2016. Revenue in Japan rose by 5.4%. Apart from the impact of an approximately 13.0 billion yen decrease in revenue due to the exclusion of Nifty's consumer ISP business in Fujitsu's consolidated results, revenue in Japan from the Services sub-segment increased. Revenue from network products, PCs, mobile phones, and LSI devices also all increased. Excluding the impact of the Nifty reorganization, revenue from all three of Fujitsu's reportable segments rose. Outside of Japan, revenue fell by 2.0%. In addition to a decrease in revenue from

The Board of Directors of Capgemini SE chaired by Paul Hermelin, convened in Paris on July 26, 2017 to review and authorize the issue of the accounts of Capgemini Group for the 1st half of 2017. For Paul Hermelin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini Group: "After starting the year on a solid footing, the momentum accelerated in the second quarter. First-half results are robust, confirming our ability to support our clients' digital transformation and process industrialization. Our portfolio's transition towards Digital and Cloud continues and these activities account for 37% of Q2 revenues. Our automation offerings are also expanding, with 4,000 experts in Robotic Process Automation, cognitive technologies and artificial intelligence. These results reflect the good alignment between our innovative offerings and growing client demand across all sectors and geographies. Continental Europe is particularly dynamic with double-digit growth in Germany and Italy and solid momentum in France. Growth in North America

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been named a Gold winner in the ‘App of the Year Category’ in the Best in Biz Awards 2017 International, the only independent global business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications from around the world. Almost 300 public and private companies, hailing from all sectors of the global economy from more than 30 countries, competed in Best in Biz Awards’ fifth annual International program. TCS won for its new and innovative marathon app features, including live, on-map tracking of up to 20 runners in real-time, an interactive map to guide users through the TCS New York City Marathon Health and Wellness Expo, ‘connected’ maps of the race course and subway, a vibration alert when tracked runners crossed the finish line, and more. As a result of its features that bolstered the spectator and runner experiences, the app was

SAP SE today announced the opening of a state-of-the-art office at a new tech park built on the 58-acre-large Grand at Papago Park Center in Tempe, Arizona, in the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area. The presence of SAP, who is a massive, global enterprise software provider in Tempe, further establishes the region as a rapidly developing technology hub, akin to a young Silicon Valley. This new growth isn’t just good for big tech companies, however. As a result of the boom, Phoenix is seeing an influx of new start-ups moving to the region, taking advantage of the welcome combination of a unique local culture, supportive community leaders, comparatively affordable rents and the proximity to other impactful technology brands, both big and small. “The expansion of SAP is yet another step in the right direction for Tempe’s technology industry and our community as a whole,” said Mark Mitchell, mayor of Tempe

Infosys today announced it participated in six of the 32 Catalysts at TM Forum Live - winning three of the seven Catalyst Awards at the annual flagship communications industry event, held in Nice, France. The Awards recognized Infosys' open innovation to co-create commercially viable prototypes of new digital services and business models. The three winning Catalysts:  A platform for IoT and Anything as a Service: This Catalyst focused on how operators can attract ecosystem partners to co-create new digital services beyond connectivity through the platform business model. Infosys worked with Vodafone and was recognized for its outstanding performance. The focus was on delivering agility, experience and efficiency to communication service providers and exposing TM Forum Open APIs to third party developers to create new revenue streams enabled by network slicing, edge computing and a service marketplace. "This Catalyst has brought several leading industry players together to show how platform business models together with orchestration

Similar to the way iTunes disrupted and personalized the way we all consume music – 3D printed garments will revolutionize the way consumers buy clothes. Through the use of AccuMark 3D and YuniquePLM, Danit Peleg has brought a new limited edition bomber style jacket to market, available for purchase on her website danitpeleg.com. Each garment will be personalized with individual choices for color, lining and even a word embedded into the back of the jacket. "We are excited to help Danit bring 3D printed garments to the market and be a part of this incredible journey," said Elizabeth King, vice president of digital solutions, community and eco-system at Gerber Technology. "Our creative partnership has helped define a workflow in AccuMark 3D for the benefit of our customers who will transform the industry in the coming years." Gerber and Danit have been partnering on the future of 3D garments beginning with her senior project

Fujitsu Limited has yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. regarding a two-year strategic partnership, in which they will pursue the co-creation of digital businesses that leverage advanced network infrastructure in Indonesia. Based on the MoU, the two companies will move forward to apply cutting-edge technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), to various fields, including smart cities, healthcare, manufacturing and logistics. Their joint initiatives will start from market research, planning and review of digital solutions that utilize the companies' respective strengths, and based on this groundwork, the development, verification, and co-creation of digital businesses. The prevalence of smartphones and broadband networking that enables high-capacity communications have in recent years led to an enormous expansion in Internet usage in Indonesia. Being a country with a population of over 250 million, even further growth in the digitalization of society as a whole is

OpenText™ announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Guidance Software, the makers of EnCase® for forensic security, that includes digital discovery solutions and endpoint information security. The acquisition of Guidance is expected to complement the OpenText Discovery portfolio of software and services that provide search, extraction, classification, review and analysis of information, and to broaden OpenText Information Security capabilities through the addition of digital investigation, forensic security, and endpoint solutions. Terms of the Agreement Under the terms of the agreement, a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenText will commence a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Guidance Software for $7.10 per share in cash, for a total equity value of approximately $240 million, less Guidance Software's cash, for an enterprise value of approximately $222 million.  OpenText intends to fund the transaction with cash on hand plus existing short term debt facilities.(1)   OpenText intends to commence the tender offer for

OpenText™ announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Guidance Software, the makers of EnCase® for forensic security, that includes digital discovery solutions and endpoint information security. The acquisition of Guidance is expected to complement the OpenText Discovery portfolio of software and services that provide search, extraction, classification, review and analysis of information, and to broaden OpenText Information Security capabilities through the addition of digital investigation, forensic security, and endpoint solutions. Terms of the Agreement Under the terms of the agreement, a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenText will commence a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Guidance Software for $7.10 per share in cash, for a total equity value of approximately $240 million, less Guidance Software's cash, for an enterprise value of approximately $222 million.  OpenText intends to fund the transaction with cash on hand plus existing short term debt facilities.(1)   OpenText intends to commence the tender offer for