May 05, 2021, by Dominique Raviart
Coforge, the former NIIT Technologies, recently briefed NelsonHall about its Salesforce capabilities. In 2019, the company acquired Whishworks, which became the foundation of its Salesforce activities. Whishworks, one of MuleSoft’s top five strategic partners globally, services clients across sectors, with BFSI being its most significant target market.
London-headquartered W[...]
Feb 12, 2021, by NelsonHall Analyst
As the rapid rise of the pandemic demonstrated in early 2020, a company’s ability to react and respond to the changing business environment is a critical capability. Even prior to the pandemic, a NelsonHall survey of ~1k IT service buyers showed ~60% placing high importance on increasing the agility of existing core productions applications. Companies are looking for agility in[...]
Oct 10, 2019, by Andy Efstathiou
At its 2019 Engage Client Forum last week, NIIT Technologies explained how it is adapting to a continuously changing business and technology environment to deliver digital transformation for its clients.
At its 2019 Engage Client Forum, NIIT Technologies explained how it is adapting to a continuously changing business and technology environment to deliver digital transformation fo[...]
Jan 17, 2019, by Dominique Raviart
In a recent meeting with NIIT Technologies, we discussed how its Data & Analytics offering has been adapting, with a focus on developments around big data and AI. Here are the main talking points.
Overcoming tool fragmentation
One priority has been NIIT Tech’s Xpress Suite, one of Data & Analytics’ most popular offerings, which seeks to overcome the fragment[...]
Nov 05, 2018, by Andy Efstathiou
The recent NIIT Tech (NIIT Technologies Ltd.) analyst conference was an opportunity for the current administration, most of whose executives have been at the company less than 18 months, to discuss their strong business success. FY19 (ending March 31, 2019) has so far added 19 new clients. The BFS industry sector added four large clients.
NIIT Tech has accelerated its growth under CEO Sudhi[...]
May 24, 2018, by Rachael Stormonth
NelsonHall recently attended NIIT Technologies’ analyst and adviser event in London, and we were keen to get an update on developments at the company since the arrival of Sudhir Singh as CEO. We were aware that the last two quarters have seen a significant increase in the number of large deal signings (five, compared with two in H1 FY18), also that there have been a significant number of[...]
Oct 19, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
As part of NelsonHall’s series of reports focusing on the business priorities and digital initiatives of IT services buyers, we found that buyers in the transportation industry have a significant focus on improving the customer experience. Eighty-five percent of transportation companies are pursuing an operational objective of increasing average revenue per customer to a high e[...]
Mar 28, 2017, by Mike Smart
NelsonHall recently attended NIIT Technologies European Analyst & Advisor Forum in London. For those readers not familiar with the company, NIIT Technologies is a mid-sized Indian-headquartered services provider, generating annual revenues of ~$410m, of which around 48% from the U.S. and a third from EMEA. EMEA has dominated recent wins (50% of the order intake in the last quarter), and the co[...]
Dec 08, 2016, by NelsonHall Analyst
While significant effort and investment are being spent on designing digital solutions that meet customer needs, one area that has not received the same level of focus is internal systems and internal IT. For example, while airlines are leveraging new age digital technologies to improve the passenger experience, less attention is being paid to the experiences of employees when they r[...]
Oct 20, 2016, by Dominique Raviart
NIIT Technologies is undergoing significant change with its software and software product testing services, reflecting the impact of agile projects for building digital applications. We recently spoke with the head of their CoE for Agile and DevOps to find out more.
NIIT Tech Embedding Testing Work in Agile Development Activities
The iterative nature of agile requires test[...]
Jun 30, 2016, by Mike Smart
Smart Cities is one of the fastest growing segments within the burgeoning internet of things (IoT) outsourcing market. Currently worth just ~$140m, NelsonHall forecasts the global market for Smart Cities IoT outsourcing to grow by 75% CAGR over the next five years, taking it to ~$2.15bn by 2020.
IoT is being applied in commercial buildings and homes, and in urban infrastructures s[...]
Feb 24, 2016, by Mike Smart
This is the first in a series of blogs looking at various aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT) market. Here I take a look at the use of IoT in the connected vehicle space, and at the shape of market potential.
IoT can be used to build connected vehicle systems to enable:
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication so that vehicles can update each other on road conditions, allow vehicles to proper[...]
Aug 20, 2015, by Dominique Raviart
NIIT Technologies recently shared insights regarding its push into digital services. This digital push adds to existing priorities, which include growth intentions in North America and Europe and a strong focus on its IT infrastructure services. Meanwhile, the company is maintaining its established focus on clients in three core verticals: transportation, insurance and BFS (which combined acc[...]
Jan 08, 2015, by Dominique Raviart
NIIT Technologies recently briefed NelsonHall on its testing capabilities.
Headquartered in Noida, NIIT Technologies had FY 2014 revenues (ending March 31, 2014) of ~$389m, with an operating margin of 15.2%. H1 FY 2015 revenues were ~$189m. Headcount at the end of H1 FY 2015 was 8.7k.
The company is an unusual Indian Outsourcing Service Provider (IOSP) with a specialization i[...]
Sep 26, 2014, by NelsonHall Analyst
NIIT is set to launch its latest offering to the insurance market next week, in the form of an upgraded policy and claims administration system which will join its existing set of insurance tools.
NIIT has delivered IT services to its Lloyds of London clients for some 20-years, using its insurance specific tools:
Subscribe: NIIT’s existing policy administration platform, a multi-cur[...]
May 23, 2014, by Rachael Stormonth
NelsonHall recently attended a NIIT analyst and advisor event in London.
If we compare NIIT’s recent topline performance with some other IT services providers who report in Rupees, its revenue growth in FY 2014 of 14% (to Rs. 23,050m, or just below $400m) is on a par with Wipro (16%) and Hexaware (17%: of a similar size to NIIT, with Rs. 22,853m revenue in CY 2013), and far ou[...]