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A typical day at Happiest Minds, a global IT services firm, begins with its employees expressing their gratitude for something or someone they are thankful for having in their lives. Going by the truth that happy employees make for happy customers, the fledgling IT firm has created the role of a Happiness Evangelist
Thursday, August 14, 2014 | Source: Business Line
New tech, venture capital feed ‘gold-rush’ among India’s IT startups
In India’s IT services outsourcing sector, local start-ups, often backed by U.S. venture capital funds, are nipping at the heels of industry heavyweights such as Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys.
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 | Source: Firstpost
Happiest Minds developing platform for ‘Internet of Things’
Ashok Soota-founded Happiest Minds is creating a platform that will help the company bag deals in the Internet of Things (IoT) or machine-to-machine solutions.
Friday, May 02, 2014 | Source: Business Line
Happiest Minds revenue rises 123% in 2013-14
IT company Happiest Minds Technologies had revenue of $28.1 million in 2013-14, a 123% growth over the $12.6 million it had in the year before. In the last quarter ended March 31, the Bangalore-based company co-founded by Ashok Soota who had previously co-founded IT firm Mindtree, had revenue of $8.5 million.
Thursday, May 01, 2014 | Source: Times of India
Desi startups doling out generous, creative perks to employees
Silicon Valley, home to some of the most storied startups, has been traditionally doling out evermore generous and creative perks to employees. Twitter recently bought 19th century log cabins to serve as dining areas at its San Francisco headquarters while Google’s New York office brings in beauticians to shape eyebrows.
Sunday, April 20, 2014 | Source: Times of India
Niche players like IPsoft & LiquidHub eating into outsourcing pie of companies like HCL & Accenture
About two years ago, Sears wanted to exhibit a mobility application at an Apple show. But the US retailer was queasy to outsource the contract to the large services-led technology firms, including those in India, as it wanted to get the project up and running in less than six weeks.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | Source: Economic Times
IT bigwigs betting big on Nilekani and Bala driving change
Captains of $100 billion IT industry are placing their bets on former Infoscians Nandan Nilekani and V Balakrishnan in this Lok Sabha polls, expecting them to lead a change in political landscape and work towards job creation and economic growth.
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 | Source: Firstpost
Integrated approach to data security
The increase in data breaches off late is resulting in much needed dialogue around security. Take the recent data breach at Target, as an example which is also considered as one of the biggest data breaches of all time. It was initially estimated that 40mn customers’ data was compromised, but the number has increased to 70mn to date.
Friday, March 14, 2014 | Source: CIOL
With brick and mortar retail chains setting foot in the online space as well, the boundaries between e-tailers and retailers are getting intertwined. Can technology solve the retail puzzle? By Pupul Dutta
Friday, March 07, 2014 | Source: FinancialExpress
Technologies make new biz prosper
Ashok Soota set up Happiest Minds in 2011, a week after quitting Mindtree. An IT industry veteran, Soota (then 69) was well past the retirement age, and the industry was then going through a rough patch. Two years later, Happiest Minds is a growing company with focus on “new and disruptive technologies” such as cloud, mobility, big data and analytics.
Friday, February 21, 2014 | Source: BusinessLine
