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Top Indian IT firms, that handle a sizeable amount of work for overseas clients, are facing much higher rates of staff attrition as demand for tech staff grows, the website Nikkei Asia claims.

Indian outsourcing company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has partnered with the Centre of Digital Enterprise (CODE) at the University of Auckland Business School to develop a claimed “world-first” APAC Digital Sustainability Index.

Indian IT services outsourcing company Tata Consultancy Services is partnering with Australian energy company AGL to deliver an organisation-wide cloud transformation program for AGL.

The top 20 Asia-Pacific technology companies may face a rough time this year due to the volatile global situation and the the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the data and analytics firm GlobalData says.

Indian outsourcing firms may be on a good wicket at the moment but could soon end up literally being caught in the slips due to the fact that their staff are unable to keep up with the changing technologies that companies that could become their clients have begun using.

An American executive order on H-1B visas will only hit US firms badly, as it will prevent intra-company transfers by Indians who are working for American banks, automobile companies and pharmaceutical firms, the head of Tata Consultancy Services, India's biggest outsourcing company, has warned.

Four men of Indian origin, three of whom ran two IT staffing companies in the US, have been charged with committing H-1B visa fraud by bringing job-seekers in on false claims that they had secured positions with companies in the country.

The security credentials of IT services supplier Hewlett Packard Enterprise have taken a severe battering with the revelation that it served as the gateway for alleged Chinese hackers to gain access to about eight major technology firms.

The United States has told India it may place curbs on the number of H-1B visas which can be issued to people from countries that insist overseas firms must store data locally.

A strategic partnership between Intel and Google Cloud is intended to assist the adoption of hybrid cloud by enterprises.

American plans to strip the spouses of holders of H-1B visas of the right to work have reached the final stage, with the Department of Homeland Security inching towards approving the change.

More H-1B visas are now going to American technology companies and fewer visas are being used by India-based companies, a study of government data for 2017-18 by the research organisation National Foundation for American Policy, has found.

Companies in the US that hire foreign workers on H-1B visas may be blocked from renewing the same, a common occurrence which is undertaken to help the worker stay in the country long enough to obtain a green card.

The University of Melbourne and Indian outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services have signed an agreement for the exchange of knowledge.

Australia plans to set up an industry-led cyber security co-operative research centre, with the government announcing an investment of $50 million.

Major IT outsourcers in the United States obtain the lion's share of H-1B visas but pay wages that are below average, according to figures released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

An Indian outsourcing company has finally come out with a definitive statement on US President Donald Trump's visa policies, criticising them and saying they will damage the IT industry.

Large-scale professional services offshorer Cognizant Technology Solutions has announced a 10.7% rise in revenue for the first quarter of the financial year to US$3.55 billion.

In what appears to be a bid to gain favour in the US, Indian outsourcing giant Infosys has announced that it will be hiring 10,000 American workers over the next two years.

Indian outsourcing firms operating in Australia are making no comment about the Australian government's move to abolish 457 visas and introduce another category known as Temporary Skill Shortage visas.