Infosys |
Infosys Technologies Limited is a global information technology (IT) services, solutions and consulting major headquartered in Bangalore, India.
With 43,000 employees and revenues of over US $1.5 billion, Infosys is one of India s major IT companies.
Infosys was founded in 1981 by N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N.S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S.D. Shibulal and K. Dinesh. Nandan Nilekani is the Managing Director, President and Chief executive officer. Narayana Murthy is the Chief Mentor .
In 1997 Infosys attained CMM. In 2001 and again in 2002, it was rated Best Employer in India and India s Most Respected Company by the business periodicals Business Today and Business World respectively.
Currently, Infosys employs approximately 43,000 software professionals in about 30 offices worldwide as of 2005, working on varied areas mainly in consulting, software and product development. The main office and development center is located at Electronics City, Bangalore which is one of the largest IT campuses in the world.
Most of the revenue is generated through consulting and IT services. Infosys expects to cross US $ 2 billion in revenues for the fiscal year to end March 2006.
=Offices and facilities=
Infosys has offices in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Switzerland, UAE, UK, USA
Infosys has offices in the following cities in India: Bangalore, Hyderabad, India, Mangalore, Mysore, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Mohali.
More than 13,000 professionals work at the Electronics City campus in Bangalore. The campus provides amenities like food courts, ATMs and bank extension counters, one of the largest gymnasiums in Asia and a mini golf course among others. It is usual for foreign dignitaries visiting Bangalore to make a visit to the campus.
Around 10 software professionals work in the Delhi development centre (Phase 1). The second phase of the Pune development center covers an area of 110 acres (450,000 m²) and, once fully built up, will have a total capacity of 25,000 professionals.
=Timeline=
=Key industries=
The key industries covered currently under this practice are: *Engineering Enterprises *Financial Services *Healthcare *Life Sciences *Manufacturing *Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods *Banking and Capital Markets *Travel and Leisure *Media and Entertainment *Technology *Telecom *Transportation¨ *Aviation *Utilities & Energy *Enterprise Solutions *Business process outsourcing (BPO) through Progeon *Consulting
Finacle , a banking software product, is the universal banking solution from Infosys. As of November 2004, it has been deployed in various banking institutions in 39 countries around the world.
=Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award=
[http://www.wibta.com/ Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award] is a technology award started by The Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania and Infosys in 2002. This award recognizes enterprises and individuals who have transformed their businesses and the society leveraging information technology. Some of the past winners have been Samsung, Amazon.com, RBS and ING Direct.
Any company or individual can apply directly or nominate others. The winners are decided by an independent jury comprising some of the best known thought leaders in IT.
WIBTA is one of the only global business awards combining the education and research strengths of a world class academic institution with the business acumen of a world leader in information technology services.
=InStep=
[http://www.infosys.com/InStepWeb/ InStep] is Infosys internship program offered to university students who are from many parts of the world. The bulk of the interns work in the main campus at Electronics City, Bangalore, though a few are available globally. The interns are offered a stipend, free airfare, accommodation, food, and city transportation. Although they officially mention deadlines for applications, they recruit all year round. Each intern is usually assigned to one mentor. They are able to work in many areas of the company including Corporate Planning with top management. The premise of the internship is to promote the corporate brand globally while interns gain business or technical work experience.
=Infosys Foundation=
In 1996, Infosys created the Infosys Foundation in the state of Karnataka, operating in the areas of health care, social rehabilitation and rural upliftment, education, arts and culture. Since then, this foundation (charity) has spread to the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Punjab.
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