Namma Infosys

These days I really wonder that if I say to people in India I am working in the UK, they might probably say - ok good international experience. But take a look at companies like Infosys. TCS, HCL and all - these companies are trying to have their presence felt in the nook and corner of the world. The cost factor maybe an advantage to Indian companies but ultimately we don't compromise on the quality and efficiency as well right. So maybe if I say to people in the UK in a few days time that I am scotuing for opportunities in companies like these, they might feel jealous that I may become an employee of the top IT companies in the world. Three cheers to Infosys and our Indian brigade of IT professionals. I Just found this interesting article on Infosys.


Infosys 9th on 'The Wired 40'

Bangalore-based Infosys Technologies is the only Indian company to make it to the Wired magazine's 'The Wired 40' list.
The Wired 40
1 Apple Computer
2 Google
3 Samsung Electronics
4 Amazon.com
5 Yahoo!
6 Electronic Arts
7 Genentech
8 Toyota
9 Infosys Technologies
10 eBay
11 SAP
12 Pixar
13 Cisco
14 IBM
15 Netflix
16 Dell
17 General Electric
18 Medtronic
19 Intel
20 Salesforce.com
21 Vodafone
22 Flextronics
23 EMC
24 Nvidia
25 Jetblue
26 FedEx
27 Monsanto
28 Microsoft
29 Nokia
30 Costco
31 Comcast
32 Pfizer
33 Pfizer
34 Taiwan Semiconductor
35 Gen-probe
36 Citigroup
37 Citigroup
38 Citigroup
39 Exelon
40 BP

Infosys made the list at number nine, behind top ranked Apple and Google, which is number two on the list. In the process Infosys has been ranked ahead of corporate behemoths like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, SAP, Cisco, Dell and GE. Toyota, which is giving Detroit majors like Ford and GM a run for its money, was ranked at number eight.The magazine had this to say about Infosys, which has moved up two ranks since the last year: "The caricature of the Indian outsourcing industry as a voracious monster bent on devouring US jobs isn't just oversimplified, it's obsolete. Case in point: Infosys. The Indian coding shop, which garnered $1.1 billion in sales last year, is hiring 500 employees for Infosys Consulting, a $20 million foray into high-end IT advice based in - guess again -- Fremont, California. Dirt-cheap outsourcing plus strategic guidance makes for a powerful combination -- and one that moves jobs back to the US."
Wired pointed out that the challenge for Infosys would come in the form of competition from Asia. "Beware, the rest of Asia. In the low-cost sweepstakes, China is to India as India is to Western economies." On the flip side the magazine pointed out that the opportunity for a company like Infosys lay in taking a leaf out of what PC maker Dell did. Infosys, Wired said, could potentially, "do to bloated US consultancies what Dell did to the PC industry