June 13, 2013

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US has higher percentage of MSP spend on IT; Pulse shows "widespread improvement" for IT staffing; Infosys founder returns to chairman role; Luxoft IPO could raise $70 million.

US has higher percentage of MSP spend on IT

June 12, 2013

Managed service providers in the U.S. handle a greater percentage of information technology spend than MSPs outside the U.S., according to the 2013 VMS and MSP Supplier Competitive Landscape report released by Staffing Industry Analysts.


Pulse shows ‘very widespread improvement’ for IT staffing

June 12, 2013

Information technology staffing firms reported very widespread improvement in month-over-month revenue trends for the third straight month in April, according to the most recent Pulse Survey report by Staffing Industry Analysts.


Infosys founder returns to chairman role

June 12, 2013

Infosys Ltd. (NYSE: INFY) founder N.R. Narayana Murthy is returning to the board as chairman and additional director, the company announced June 1.


Luxoft IPO could raise $70 million

June 12, 2013

IT solutions firm Luxoft Holding Inc. priced the shares of its initial public offering at $16 to $18, according to a filing on June 12 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The IPO could raise approximately $70 million. 


Wipro to hire 1,000 in Germany

June 12, 2013

Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) plans to triple German workforce by hiring more than 1,000 professionals over the next three years, the company announced June 12.


M&A deals include two UK-based IT firms

June 12, 2013

Recent acquisitions of information technology services firms include a York, England-based firm that was acquired in a private equity-funded management buyout and the acquisition by an Ohio-based IT services firm of a U.K. company.


IT jobs rise by 5% over year

June 12, 2013

The number of U.S. information technology jobs rose by more than 5.4 percent over the last 12 months ending in May, according to the TechServe Alliance’s IT employment index.


IT worker confidence slips; still 46% likely to seek new jobs

June 12, 2013

Overall confidence among U.S. technology workers fell in the first quarter, according to Randstad Technologies’ IT employee confidence index, which fell to a reading of 48.6 in the first quarter from 55.8 in the fourth quarter.


Blog: Finding and losing the perfect IT candidate

June 12, 2013

Why do information technology professionals leave their positions? Michael Barefoot, senior account executive at IT staffing firm Red Zone Resources, discusses some of the reasons in a new post in The Staffing Stream.


Web: Spy program relies on IT contractors

June 12, 2013

InformationWeek reports the National Security Agency relies heavily on information technology contractors.