Videogames often get criticized as a waste of time, but tech companies are using them to solve complex business problems. So-called “serious” games can help businesses understand what their customers need, spark ideas and make key product decisions.
It’s a rough morning for the Indian IT outsourcing sector, which has been hit hard by a highly negative report from Wachovia analyst Edward Caso.
Caso says the group is likely to take another leg down, forecasting that April conference call season will see most of the companies issue guidance below Street expectations. He writes that “demand remains lackluster and decision-making slow.”
Shares of Satyam, the Indian outsourcing firm that has been rocked by scandal after a botched acquisition and reports that it was banned from business with The World Bank, are jumping this morning amid speculation of a management shakeup. Indian daily paper The Economic Times reports that “a clutch of global IT services firms” are potential bidders to acquire the company.
I’m not sure it’s a new phenomenon, but Accenture reckons it is: Employees are more tech savvy than the companies they work for and are demanding their workplace catches up. A new study by Accenture to be released next week will say that until recently all the most advanced networks and communication devices were at the office. Now they’re at home. The company calls it “user-determined computing.”
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