Proposed US immigration changes, including higher fees, tougher H-1B lotteries and stricter work-permit terms, could favour Indian IT and outsourcing firms that deliver work offshore. A Simply Wall St screen picked three such stocks. Firstsource Solutions, a Mumbai-based outsourcing firm with a market value of about ₹202.7b, has signed at least four large contracts in each of the past six quarters. Its deal pipeline exceeds $1 billion. Persistent Systems, based in Pune and valued near ₹959.7b, plans to buy Nagarro. The combined group would have about $2.9b in revenue. Happiest Minds Technologies, a Bengaluru firm valued at about ₹44.73b, gets 5.5% to 6% of revenue from generative AI services, which are growing faster than the company average.

Hexaware Named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens(R) Agentic AI Services 2026 Global Quadrant Report. Information Services Group (ISG), a technology research and advisory firm, has recognized Hexaware as a Leader in Agentic AI Development and Deployment Services - Midsize in the ISG Provider Lens(R) Agentic AI Services 2026 - Global Quadrant report. ISG placed 16 providers in the Leader position in this quadrant, among them Persistent Systems, Virtusa, EXL, Sutherland, Ascendion, Apexon, Brillio, and Softtek. ISG describes Hexaware's agentic AI portfolio as being built around Agentverse(TM), a customer-deployed foundation and lifecycle environment spanning agent development, testing, and operations. It combines reusable agent libraries, workflow construction, enterprise integration and model choice, with a strategic direction that favors governed, customer-owned agent environments operating across heterogeneous cloud and model estates. Report highlights * Enterprise integration fabric: agent workflows combine APIs, tools, credentials and external application agents within a common orchestration model, across multiple clouds, model families and agent frameworks. * Governed agent lifecycle: delivery runs through development, review, testing, deployment, and runtime operations, with Agentverse(TM) connecting workflow design to registries, probabilistic evaluation, tracing, and monitoring. * Operational agent control: runtime observability covers workflow status, traces, model usage, infrastructure consumption, health and cost, shared according to enterprise roles. Hexaware Named a Leader in Agentic AI Development and Deployment Services - Midsize in the ISG Provider Lens(R) Agentic AI Services 2026 Global Quadrant Report "Hexaware approaches agentic AI as a governed engineering discipline, combining observability and multi-platform integration to move agent-based systems from experimentation into controlled production." - Gowtham Kumar Sampath, ISG

Finalists announced in Persistent's AI Waymakers Awards at the 2026 Stevie(R) Awards for Technology Excellence. Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Oct 22, 2026 @ 01:01 PM Persistent and the Stevie Awards recognize leaders advancing AI, cloud, data, and software engineering innovation Finalists in five categories sponsored by Persistent, a leading global technology company, have been announced in the 2026 Stevie(R) Awards for Technology Excellence. Persistent's AI Waymakers Awards recognize technology leaders whose work is helping shape the future of AI, cloud and data, software engineering, and business transformation. The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence are an international competition recognizing outstanding achievements across the technology industry. Through its sponsorship, Persistent shines a spotlight on the individuals driving technological innovation and helping organizations translate emerging technologies into business impact. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements among the finalists will be revealed during the awards ceremony on October 28, 2026, in Paris, France. Meet the Finalists in Persistent's AI Waymakers Awards The finalists in the five categories sponsored by Persistent are: AI Automation Leader of the Year * Tom Birnie, Transformation Director, BT Business * Prem Lakshminarayanan, Director, Global Identity & Access Management Operations, Ahold Delhaize * Raj Jampa, CTO, Myriad Genetics AI Strategy Vanguard Award * Alice Guehennec, CIO, Sodexo * Vikash Singh, Director of Engineering, IAM, Ahold Delhaize * Nayaki Nayyar, CEO, Siteimprove * Andrew Henderson, CTO, OneAdvanced Cloud and Data Visionary of the Year * Graham McMillan, CTO, Redgate * Pankaj Mistry, CIO & CISO, Enlivio Health * Antonio Abisaad, Group Chief Data Officer, Sodexo * Maria Garcia de la Hera, Chief Data Officer, Atradius Software Engineering Trailblazer of the Year * Keshav Santi, Group VP Identity Access Management Products, Ahold Delhaize * Michael Carlberg Lax, Head of Engineering and MD Sweden, Infovista * Jon Hayman, VP, Engineering Manager, Redgate Trusted AI Transformation Advisor * Brian Farrelly, Director - GM Ireland, Peru Consulting * Marcus Luebcke, Strategic IT & Digital Sourcing, Inverto, a BCG Company * Melanie Humphries, CEO, Horizon Seven Consulting Ltd * Ant Drake, Partner and President, EMEA, Information Services Group Celebrating the People Shaping the Future of Technology Persistent's sponsorship of the AI Waymakers Awards reflects the importance of recognizing the people behind technological progress. From advancing AI strategy and automation to building cloud and data capabilities and leading software engineering initiatives, these finalists represent a range of expertise helping organizations navigate an increasingly technology-driven world. Winners to Be Revealed in Paris The technology community will learn which finalists earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements at the October 28 ceremony in Paris. The event will bring together honorees from several Stevie Awards programs to celebrate achievements in business, technology, and the workplace. Congratulations to all the finalists in Persistent's AI Waymakers Awards. Their recognition highlights the talent, vision, and leadership driving innovation across today's technology landscape. Learn more: Explore Persistent's AI Waymakers Awards finalists.