This document provides a summary of recent news and updates from the IT/tech industry. Some of the key highlights include: 1) Several major tech companies like Cognizant, Cisco, ZTE, Infosys, and BT are planning to hire thousands of new employees in locations around the world. 2) Some companies like Tech Mahindra, Deutsche Telekom, and HP are also cutting several thousand jobs. 3) In the industry, there were many new launches and innovations from companies like Wipro, SAP, Infosys, Snapdeal, and HP. 4) Several acquisitions and expansions were announced, with companies like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, W

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Industry Updates (IT-ITES)
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Cognizant to hire 10,000 people in the US in next three years (Economic
Times) http://goo.gl/G16dR5
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Cisco to hire 1,700 in Canada (Times of India) http://goo.gl/lS4qTn
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ZTE to hire 300 people, expects to double India revenues (Times of
India) http://goo.gl/ft6uql
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Infosys to hire 85 people in New South Wales (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/GnjLmb
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BT to hire 400 in Asia-Pacific (Times of India) http://goo.gl/yTNYxy
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Instagram introduces Instagram Direct for private sharing with up to 15 people
(NDTV) http://goo.gl/fGlkGH
Tech Mahindra reduces 5,000 BPO jobs in one year (The Hindu)
http://goo.gl/J0Luoy
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Dell launches next-generation EqualLogic storage solutions (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/OI7SKM
Deutsche Telekom to cut up to 6,000 jobs at IT service unit: Reports
(Economic Times) http://goo.gl/CykD85
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HP to cut 1,124 jobs in UK: Trade union (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/eJr92e
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5 Biggest Social Media Lessons of 2013 (Mashable) http://goo.gl/e0m3Y1
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Rough placement ride for new IITs this year (Times of India) http://goo.gl/2s6Bnb
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Indian startups catching eyes of global IT giants (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1hKQviv
Launches & Innovation
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Wipro launches online skill enhancement program for Finance and Accounting
students (Information Week) http://goo.gl/eAkSSi
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SAP launches supply chain product Ganges in India (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1kodjo2
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Infosys launches sales platform, TradeEdge (Times of India) http://goo.gl/xn2GZ5
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Snapdeal to launch own payment gateway (Times of India) http://goo.gl/dtTsbp
HP India launches converged systems, storage solutions (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1cfMwsd
Deals & Expansions
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Microsoft inks deal with TCS, Wipro for smart city solutions (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/sO34pE
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Apple enters social media by buying analytics firm Topsy Labs (Economic Times)
Other updates
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Tech Mahindra launches Global Center of Excellence with HP (Times of
India) http://goo.gl/28NJ4P
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Sify opens fifth data centre in Noida (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/fC3j1n
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Qualcomm elevates COO to CEO, nixes Microsoft talks (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/XaEBpI
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MphasiS appoints Rajeev Sawhney to head strategic business (Times of
India) http://goo.gl/TgTy3O
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Instagram business head Emily White to join Snapchat as COO (Times of
India) http://goo.gl/C0ylBN
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Wipro’s ex-joint CEO Paranjpe joins Advent (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/VHt7NO
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Accenture makes two senior level appointments (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/xuwTIV
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Mindtree taps senior executives from HCL, Cognizant (NDTV)
http://goo.gl/uOFJgh
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Google designing its own server processors: Report (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/TcA2tt
http://goo.gl/hZ6kfu
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Facebook in talks with Bangalore startup Little Eye Labs for acquisition (Economic
Times) http://goo.gl/XpqdGX
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Wipro set to acquire Opus CMC for Rs 465 crore; move to boost mortgage BPO
business in America (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/PjTwGM
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TCS bags banking deal from Hungary's Keler (Times of India) http://goo.gl/rj6s9c,
outsourcing contract from Npower (Times of India) http://goo.gl/EJxHFK and
deploys banking solution for Australia's group (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/Wi4wMk
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Infosys wins $150m Westpac contract (Times of India) http://goo.gl/XOj5ze
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iGate bags $80 million contract from Orange Communications (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/zg93pr
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Genpact inks 5 year deal with US company (Times of India) http://goo.gl/w8EImG
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Amazon Reportedly Buys Mobile Payments Startup Gopago, Working On An
‘Ambitious’ New Project (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/eJlkrq
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IBM Buys Aspera, A File Transfer Company That Counts Apple And Netflix As
Customers (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/1c4W2wA
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