June 27, 2013

IT Staffing Report

Information technology is top purchase of large companies. Also in this issue: Tech Mahindra completes Satyam merger; Nashville company acquires IT staffing firm; and more.

Staffing buyers reveal most difficult skills to recruit

June 26, 2013

Java and SAP ranked among the most hard-to-find skills, according to a new survey by Staffing Industry Analysts of 187 staffing buyers at companies with more than 1,000 employees.


Tech Mahindra completes Satyam merger

June 26, 2013

Information technology services provider Tech Mahindra Ltd. announced this week it completed its merger with Mahindra Satyam. The company says it is now among the top five Indian IT services companies and that the combined companies have revenue of $2.7 billion (in U.S. dollars) and a team of 84,000... More


Nashville company acquires IT staffing firm

June 26, 2013

Nashville, Tenn.-based information technology staffing firm Zycron Inc., a provider of information technology services and solutions, acquired Computer Professionals Inc., an IT staffing and recruiting agency also based in Nashville.


Bridge Technical Talent buys IT staffing firm

June 26, 2013

Bridge Technical Talent, an information technology staffing provider based in Rhode Island, completed its first acquisition with the purchase of BPS Becker Professional Search Inc., which also serves the technology sector. 


Contract watch: iGate, Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International

June 26, 2013

IGate Corp. (NASD: IGTE) announced a five-year global infrastructure services contract with insurer MetLife Inc. valued at $100 million.


IGate faces securities suit over CEO termination

June 26, 2013

A securities lawsuit against iGate Corp. (NASD: IGTE) and its former President and CEO Phaneesh Murthy was filed June 14.


MDI Group lists board of directors

June 26, 2013

MDI Group, an Atlanta-based information technology staffing provider, formed a seven-person board of directors to assist in plans for market penetration and expansion during the next five years.


Staffing Stream: No holiday for IT staffing stress

June 26, 2013

There may be no rest for the information technology professional the summer holiday season, writes Jason Hayman in The Staffing Stream.


IT workers in short supply in Middle East

June 26, 2013

Sixty-two percent of Middle East companies intend to recruit more information technology staff during 2013, compared with the global average of 39 percent, according to research by CompTIA.


Portugal low on IT pros

June 26, 2013

Hays Portugal’s recent IT report 2013 highlighted a shortage in the number of domestic information technology professionals with 78 percent of employers surveyed reporting that there was a shortage of qualified professionals in the IT sector.