India’s prominent IT companies or software exporters enter into partnerships with startups, so outsourcing contracts in the hottest technology areas, such as cloud computing, enterprise mobility and data analytics, can be won.

As per the chief technology officer of Wipro, the company wants to tie up with the startups because the employees cannot do every task, and startups provide you with excellent and fast speed. A Bangalore-based company has evaluated around 80 startups worldwide in the last 18 months, signed 30 technology services contracts with clients, and leveraged products and solutions from a few startups. Wipro also ties up with other startups such as Splunk, Pingar, Opera, Axeda, Solix and Cloudmunch. HCL Technologies, India’s fourth-largest technology firm, partnered with two dozen technology partners as startups. The midsized technology outsourcing firm Zensar Technologies has identified various plans and startups by which a joint go-to-market strategy can be developed.

As new technologies such as cloud computing, social media, enterprise mobile applications, and data analytics emerge regularly, there is a great need to partner with these startups, as a company cannot do everything independently.

Due to this partnership, the market scope is expanding, especially higher-margin business for these companies, with minimal investment.

Few organizations claim to represent the interests of the IT professionals from the Telangana region. The newly formed Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) states that techies from the Telangana region have been facing discrimination for a long time.

TITA has done studies on 150 IT projects of the top 50 IT companies and found that of the techies who work on these projects, 60% belong to the Seemandhra region, 16% are from Telangana, and the rest are from other states. These top IT companies include IBM, Infosys, Wipro, HSBC, Tata Consultancy Services, Microsoft, Deloitte and Accenture.

It was observed that the promotions and increments of IT professionals get stopped or delayed just because they belong to the Telangana region.

To reduce this gap, TITA will conduct mentorship programs so that Telangana techies’ skills can be improved. This program will provide training in new technologies and areas, which will help the techies to rise in their organizations.