Infosys Technologies Limited (BSE: 500209, NASDAQ: INFY) is a multinational information technology companies with headquarters in Bangalore, India. It is one of the largest Indian IT companies, with more than 88,601 professionals (Updated: 31 December 2007), nine development centres in India and more than 30 offices around the world. Its annual revenues for the 2007-2008 fiscal year exceeded 4 billion U.S. dollars with a market capitalization of over U.S. $ 30 billion.
History of Infosys
“Infosys Technologies Limited was signed on July 2, 1981, Pune NR Narayana Murthy and six others of: Nandan Nilekani, NS Raghavan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, SD Shibulal, Ashok and Dinesh K. Arora, [2] Raghavan officially as the first employee of the company. Murthy, the company began by borrowing 10000 INR his wife Sudha Murthy. The company has been regarded as “Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd”, Raghavan house in Matunga, North Middle Mumbai that Headquartered.
During the year 2001 was the assessment of “Best Employer of India” Business Today,. Infosys won the Global Brand (most admired Knowledge Enterprises) allocated for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, where only Indian company to win and this distinction is inducted to the world stage in the Hall of Fame for the same thing.
Time Line
1981: creation.
1983: Moved headquarters in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka
1987: First International Bureau to the USA, Fremont, CA, USA now its headquarters.
1987: Got his first foreign customers from databases Corporation in the USA
1993: a public company with limited liability in India with an IPO size. 13 crores.
1996: First branch in Europe, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
1997: Toronto, Canada
1999: Companies listed on the NASDAQ.
1999: achieve a SEI-CMM Level 5 and the ranking was the first Indian company are listed on the NASDAQ
2000: Opening offices in France and Hong Kong
2001: Opening offices in the United Arab Emirates and Argentina
2002: Inauguration of new offices in the Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland.
2002: Infosys World Business-called “India is the leading company in the world.” [6]
2002: Started Progeon, its BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) a subsidiary of [7]
2003: acquired 100% equity of the expert Information Services Pty Limited, Australia (expert) and changed the name Infosys Australia Pty Limited.
2004: Installation of Infosys Consulting Inc, U.S.-Consulting, a subsidiary in California, USA
2006: was the first Indian company to ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
2006: August 20, NR Narayana Murthy to retire from his post as chairman of the executive [8]
2006: acquisition of the participation of 23% of Citibank had in its spin-off BPO Progeon, so that is a subsidiary of the company Infosys and changed the name in Infosys BPO Ltd 2006: December, was the first Indian company to the Nasdaq-100
2007: April 13 Nandan Nilekani has done as CEO and Kris Gopalakrishnan way to occupy his throne effective June 2007
2007: July 25 Infosys pockets multi-million dollar outsourcing contracts with Royal Philips Electronics in Finance & Accounting Services strengthen their European activities.
2007: September, Infosys is a subsidiary one hundred per cent in Latin America, Infosys Technologies, S. RL de CV, and opens its first software development centre in Latin America in the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
2007: April, annual revenues exceed $ 3 billion for the first time.
2008: April, annual revenues exceed $ 4 billion.
For 14 years, from 1993 to 2007, editing a share price of Infosys has increased three miles. With the exception of dividends that the company has paid about this time.
Key Industries
Infosys different sectors by their Industrial Business Units (IBU), for example:
Banking & Capital Markets (BCM)
Media Communication and Entertainment (CME)
Aerospace Avionics &
The energy supply and provision of services (EUS)
Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences (IHL)
Manufacturing (MFG)
Retail, Consumer Product Goods and Logistics (RETL)
The new engines of growth (NGE)
The Business Unit India (IND)
In addition to these horizontal ago Business Units (HBUs)
Consulting
Enterprise Solutions (ES) published (ESAP and ESX)
Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)
Validation and Product Engineering Services (PEVS)
Systems Integration (SI)
Initiatives
In 1996, Infosys Infosys has created the Foundation in Karnataka State in the fields of health, rehabilitation and social rehabilitation of rural life, education, arts and culture. Since then, the foundation has agreed on the Indian states Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Punjab. Infosys The foundation is headed by Mrs Sudha Murthy, wife of the chairman of Narayana Murthy.
Since 2004, Infosys has taken a number of initiatives to strengthen and formalize its relations with the academic world, under the auspices of a program called ACE - Academic Agreement. The case study written, participation in scientific and academic conferences, events, research cooperation, accommodation for study tours to Infosys Development Center and the functioning of the Rist Global Internship Program, the company communicates with the main actors of science.
Infosys’ Global Internship Program, known as Rist, is one of the main components of the Entente academic initiative. He proposed live on projects interns from universities throughout the world. Rist recruits Undergraduate, Graduate and doctoral students of economics, technology, liberal arts and universities to participate in an 8 to 24 weeks of training in a Infosys’ Global offices. Rist trainees are also career opportunities with Infosys.
In 1997, Infosys has launched the “Catch them Young programme” of urban youth in the world of information technology through a programme of summer holidays. The programme aims to develop an interest and understanding of computing and information technologies. This program is offered to students in grades IX.
During the year 2002 was the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania and launched the Wharton Infosys Infosys Business Transformation Award. The Technology Award recognizes individuals and businesses, their companies and society leverage of information technology. The previous winners are Samsung, Amazon.com, Capital One, RBS and ING Direct.
Research
One of the most important initiatives of Infosys in the field of research was to develop an R & D wing called Corporate Software Engineering and Technology Labs (SETLabs). SETLabs was founded in 2000 for the implementation of applied research for the development of processes, structures and methods to effectively collect the needs of customers and iron critical issues in a project life cycle .
Infosys publishes a peer-reviewed quarterly magazine called SETLabs briefings, texts written by researchers in SETLabs at various current and future, Business Transformation management technology themes. Infosys has RFID and Pervasive Computing Technology practice is the provision of RFID and wireless services for customers. Infosys jointly developed with Motorola a mirror for RFID with Paxar.
SETLabs has about five to six professionals in the fields of modeling business, technology and product innovation.
Global Offices
India: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Mangalore, New Delhi, Mysore, Mohali, Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, Kolkata (proposed and now confirmed), Vishakapatnam (proposed)
Australia: Melbourne, Sydney
China: Beijing, Shanghai
For more information: Infosys China
Hong Kong: Hong Kong
Japan: Tokyo
Mauritius: Mauritius
UAE: Sharjah
Philippines: Taguig City
North America
Canada: Toronto
USA: Atlanta (GA), Bellevue (Washington), Bridgewater (NJ), Charlotte (NC), Southfield (MI), Fremont (California), Houston (TX), Glastonbury (CT), Lake Forest (CA) Lisle (IL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Plano (TX), Quincy (Massachusetts), Reston (VA)
Mexico: Monterrey
Europe
Belgium: Brussels
Denmark: Copenhagen
Finland: Helsinki
France: Paris
Germany: Frankfurt, Stuttgart
Italy: Milan
Norway: Oslo
Poland: Lodz
The Netherlands: Utrecht
Spain: Madrid, Burgos
Sweden: Stockholm
Switzerland: Zurich
UK: Canary Wharf, London