Seems, Cloud, mobility and analytics are the latest buzz words of tech industry. As a result different IT companies are working on these new technologies. Latest in the list is Wipro, which is reportedly planning to put together a team of 3,000 people to develop a new line of business under these advanced technologies.
The new business unit by Wipro will create solutions around cloud, mobility and analytics. The team would be headed by Shaji Farooq, which is an executive who joined Wipro last year.
As per a latest update, Wipro will start reporting revenues of the advanced technologies including cloud, mobility and analytics from the first quarter of the next fiscal.
“We are putting teams in place now. By Q1 of FY14, it should have a size of 3,000. We already have around 1,000 people in the cloud and analytics businesses. Some of them will be aligned into the new team while some will come from outside,'' said Saurabh Govil, head of HR at Wipro.
"We have honoured all campus offers given out by us last year. This year again we have visited 100 top campuses and hiring is on schedule. Some 70% of our bench staff are freshers. We want to keep a talent pipeline ready by the time customers open up budgets and business returns. Our utilization will be better by the next quarter,'' Govil further said.
