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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by po on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @07:03AM (#1759250)
In a recent interview, a top Infosys official told Business Line that the company would hire more laterals in the US, and expects no cutbacks on tech spending there even as stimulus funding tapers off.

I've worked with Indian oursourcing companies before but I wasn't aware the term "laterals" is common vocabulary. Does this mean hiring more US citizens/perm residents to work laterally with the offshore workers? I thought that meant they would place more Indian workers in lateral positions on H1b visas to work with offshore teams.

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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by uast23 on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @07:22AM (#1759286)
When they say "laterals", they mean non-freshers
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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by ido on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @08:36AM (#1759407)
And when they say "freshers" they mean novices.
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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by known on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @03:11AM (#1758870)
Infosys make only 2% money from selling software. 98% money they made by selling consulting viz bribing clients, exploiting engineers and manipulating stock prices.
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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by niyazpk on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @03:18AM (#1758911)
[Citation needed]

I wonder why they don't make all of the money this way.

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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by known on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @10:12AM (#1759762)
Revenue from selling software aka Finacle = $200 million http://goo.gl/WBl7

Revenue from selling consulting = $4.67 billion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosys

Indians (not just Infosys) among most corrupt while doing business abroad http://goo.gl/QaDI

Infosys is a chop shop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosys#Controversy

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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by kaze on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @03:22AM (#1758918)
Any credible sources to back that?
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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by known on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @12:22PM (#1760313)
I've replied in the above thread.
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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by saurabh on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @04:19AM (#1759005)
>> Infosys make only 2% money from selling software. 98% money they made by selling consulting viz bribing clients, exploiting engineers and manipulating stock prices.

Please provide your sources. And if you don't provide them, I will assume you are just one of the many stupid fellow Indians who like to make shit up and bitch about it for no reason. And don't forget this isn't one of your regular comment and forget websites and forums you visit regularly. I did see your comments and I must say that are not enlightening.

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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by known on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @10:14AM (#1759771)
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." --Oscar Wilde
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Re:Infosys may hire more in US or buy local firm by gruseom on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @10:18AM (#1759796)
That's a good one, but I bet Wilde didn't say it. It sounds too post-Lenny-Bruce.

  If, with the literate, I am
  Impelled to try an epigram,
  I never seek to take the credit;
  We all assume that Oscar said it.
(Dorothy Parker)
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