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  SARS outbreak impedes Infosys' China plans
Infosys last month indicated that it faced legal barriers in entering China, but was hopeful that its branch office in Shanghai would be opened soon.
The company's plan to enter China was instantly approved by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji during his visit to the Infosys campus in January 2002, but the Chinese red tape was blamed for delay in its entry into the dragon country.
Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy early this year criticised the Chinese bureaucracy and said, "In China the transparency is not very high and it was not easy for companies which were straightforward."
news.indiainfo.com /2003/05/16/16infy.html   (275 words)

  
  Infosys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infosys is one of India's largest IT companies and its headquarters at Electronics City, Bangalore, is one of the largest IT campuses in the world.
Infosys was started in 1981, in the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India.
In 1996, Infosys created the Infosys Foundation in the state of Karnataka, operating in the areas of health care, social rehabilitation and rural uplift, education, arts and culture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Infosys   (1100 words)

  
 Infosys Consulting stays in the red
The company's another subsidiary, Infosys China, also continues to be in the red posting a Rs 10-crore (Rs 100 million) loss on a topline of Rs 3.03 crore (Rs 30.3 million).
Infosys presently employs 660 employees in China and is looking at gathering steam in near future.
Infosys said that pricing is expected to be stable and the margins will move in a narrow range with an upward bias.
ia.rediff.com /money/2006/jul/13infy.htm   (307 words)

  
 FT.com / By industry / Oracle Peoplesoft - Infosys plans China recruiting campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Infosys Technologies plans to hire 6,000 software programmers in China to manage what the Indian company says will be large and sustained demand for its technology services.
Infosys’ move is the boldest recruitment drive yet by an Indian IT company in China, whose premier, Wen Jiabao, during a visit to Bangalore in April, expressed admiration for the country’s rise as a commercially successful technology power.
Infosys’ bold confidence in China is shared by other Indian companies, some of which last week laid out their ambitions in discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing and Shanghai.
www.ft.com /cms/s/7732b010-31d8-11da-9c7f-00000e2511c8.html   (592 words)

  
 Infosys to set up second outsourcing facility in China | InfoWorld | News | 2004-08-26 | By Sumner Lemon, IDG News ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Infosys is building up its operations in China to tap into demand for IT outsourcing from Japanese and South Korean companies as well as from multinational companies that are doing business in China, Suryaprakash said.
Infosys is currently considering six Chinese cities as possible locations for a second development facility and will make a decision in the coming months on where a second development facility will be located, Suryprakash said.
Infosys' Shanghai office will reach its maximum capacity of 200 people in January, even though the company currently has a staff of 50 in Shanghai and doesn't expect to employ 200 here until March next year.
www.infoworld.com /article/04/08/26/HNinfosyschina_1.html   (1049 words)

  
 India's Infosys looks to China to diversify
Given those figures, the company could expect to be generating up to $50 million in annual revenue in China within the next two to three years, with the potential to derive a tenth of its global total in China in the next decade, according to calculations by Reuters.
Infosys, which reported $1.6 billion in revenues for its last fiscal year, made its first major move out of its home market in India when it decided to open the two China centers, said Lin, a tech industry veteran who has lived in both Shanghai and Hangzhou for the last decade.
China's software market has been growing at an average rate of 39 percent per year to reach $19.7 billion in 2003, according to official data.
www.infovisiongroup.com /news/aug11-03.html   (546 words)

  
 A Glimpse of the World: India and China Take On the World and Each Other   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Infosys has not previously made an investment in China of that size and scope and, experts say, it presages similar moves by other Indian technology companies.
China produces 400,000 engineering graduates each year, many of them in computer studies, and expansion by Indian companies into China is aimed, in part, at wooing them.
Infosys, based in Bangalore, the capital of India’s computer services industry, has risen from obscurity in the last few years to become one of the world’s top computer outsourcing companies, mostly by providing software services to large corporations in the United States and elsewhere in the West.
www.howardwfrench.com /archives/2005/11/08/india_and_china_take_on_the_world_and_each_other   (1214 words)

  
 Infosys looks to China to diversify : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's second biggest software exporter, has begun a rapid build-up in China, developing a market that could someday account for up to 10 per cent of its global revenue.
Infosys, which reported $1.6 billion in revenues for its last fiscal year, made its first major move out of its home market in India when it decided to open the two China centres, said Lin, a tech industry veteran who has lived in both Shanghai and Hangzhou for the last decade.
He said Infosys expects its China operations to get 75-80 per cent of their work from the company's global operation going forward, but that the company will also try to develop its own locally-based business, mostly from major multinationals.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1458589,0003.htm   (584 words)

  
 Infosys China centre starts functioning
Infosys Technologies Ltd's office and development centre in China have started functioning, according to Infosys CEO and Managing Director Nandan M Nilekani.
Infosys chief N R Narayana Murthy had talked of entering the Chinese market two years ago, but the company's plans ran into rough weather.
Infosys had said in March that plans to open a development centre in Shanghai were wrapped in red tape despite a personal invitation by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in 2002.
www.rediff.com /money/2003/aug/27infy.htm   (285 words)

  
 Asia Times
China has vigorously created IT clusters in terms of special economic zones that are located in 14 major coastal cities, including Shenzhen, Shanton, Zhuhai, Liamen and Haimen.
Experts say that the China software market can be divided into two parts: One is the high-end market, which is primarily dominated by multinational consulting firms such as IBM Global Services, and the other is a low-end market of systems integration and small software applications, catered to by local Chinese companies.
China’s software services market remains small as most customers believe that the services are part of the hardware, and that software should not be priced separately.
www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/DI20Df06.html   (1870 words)

  
 Exilant
During his career with Infosys, Vasu was seconded to KSA/Infosys, a joint venture between Infosys and Kurt Salmon Associates, USA for a period of 3 years.
During his career at Infosys, Ramesh worked on one of the first offshore maintenace projects, when the concept of offshore maintenance was still in its inception and successfully created methods for maintenance request workflow and delivery.
He is a recipient of the Infosys Management Excellence Award for leadership provided to the team that implemented SAP R/3 at Infosys.
www.exilant.com /founders.htm   (1276 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Infosys' new centers in the region are proof of the IT-friendly policies rolled out by the government in attracting world-class organizations.
Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Company Ltd (ITSCo), is the China subsidiary company of Infosys Technologies Ltd, a global provider of consulting and information technology services.
With Infosys, they are assured of a transparent business partner, business-IT alignment with flexibility, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=30710469   (890 words)

  
 CIOL : News : Infosys looks to China to diversify
Given those figures, the company could expect to be generating up to $50 million in annual revenue in China within the next two to three years, with the potential to derive a tenth of its global total in China in the next decade, according to calculations by Reuters.
Infosys, which reported $1.6 billion in revenues for its last fiscal year, made its first major move out of its home market in India when it decided to open the two China centres, said Lin, a tech industry veteran who has lived in both Shanghai and Hangzhou for the last decade.
He said Infosys expects its China operations to get 75-80 percent of their work from the company's global operation going forward, but that the company will also try to develop its own locally-based business, mostly from major multinationals.
www.ciol.com /content/news/2005/105081113.asp   (607 words)

  
 Infosys to hire techies from US, British varsities
Global IT software major Infosys Technologies plans to hire about 300 graduates from US universities and 25 graduates from Britain to create a diversified, global workforce.
Infosys began hiring for entry-level software engineer positions at top universities in the US following a successful pilot programme that brought 10 young Americans to work in Bangalore.
Infosys Consulting, which primarily recruits in the US, will have 500 employees in the next two years, while Infosys China hopes to reach 6,000 employees by 2010, the statement added.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Business/20060516/334786.html   (291 words)

  
 How Infosys is growing BIG in China
Infosys Hangzhou campus is the first large investment project by a global software company in the Hangzhou Hi-Tech Zone.
It looks the bullish pace at which Infosys is going ahead with its China plans, the Infosys campuses in China will be cent per cent localised in some years with the Asia Pacific delivery hub completely managed by Chinese software engineers.
Infosys is digging its own Grave by training the competitor country and its people.
inhome.rediff.com /money/2006/feb/07spec1.htm   (606 words)

  
 CIOL : News : Infosys China ramps up operations
Infosys has invested around $5 million into the center, and will plough in an additional $5 million into the setting up of a campus in China.
TV Mohandas Pai, CFO, Infosys, said that the company plans to have 6000 engineers in China in five years' time.
On the salary levels in China, Lim said that pay scales varied across China, being higher in larger cities like Shanghai and Beijing and smaller in smaller cities.
www.ciol.com /content/news/2005/105101304.asp   (350 words)

  
 China no threat to desi IT model: Infy - IT Services - Enterprise - Indiatimes Infotech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
China, Infosys officials say, also lacks much of project management skills which are critical in execution.Infosys, which like many of its peers, has set up operations in China and expects business rampup.
Infosys China had a topline of Rs three crore with a net loss of Rs two crore.
Infosys, which has a market capitalisation of over $25 billion, is currently ranked 98 among Nasdaq-100 and would be a strong contender for qualifying into Nasdaq-100.
infotech.indiatimes.com /Enterprise/IT_Services/China_no_threat_to_desi_IT_model_Infy/articleshow/1993053.cms   (449 words)

  
 FORTUNE: Infosys U., the Taj Mahal of training centers - Mar. 17, 2006
Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest software service firm, is growing fast -- revenues increased 7,951 percent over the past decade, to $1.6 billion in 2005 -- and last year it expanded its workforce by about 15,000.
Infosys executives agree, saying that India's higher-education system -- often unpredictable and in some disciplines outdated -- is preventing its new recruits from being placed immediately on client projects.
While the two say they are thrilled to be at Infosys and think the training is the best around, they also know its market value and plan to find a higher-paying job or apply for an MBA after a year with the company.
money.cnn.com /2006/03/15/magazines/fortune/infosys_fortune_032006   (1991 words)

  
 Think Flat: China, India and IT Outsourcing
Infosys believes that to compete in the flat world, businesses must shift their operational priorities.
Infosys and the other rich Indian companies should come together and design a better primary education system for few 10,000 every year.
China will compress this time of English learning in less than 20 years, under the IT revolution, owing to their ability to integrate various resources in their chosen and determined way, as per the empirical evidence, after the Chinese cultural revolution and Tiananmen Square since 1979.
www.infosysblogs.com /thinkflat/2006/08/china_india_and_it_outsourcing.html   (1535 words)

  
 Infosys - China - Overview
Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Company Ltd (ITSCo), is a fully owned subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY), located in Shanghai, China.
Infosys has invested an initial capital of 5 million USD to start up this subsidiary.
It will serve as an alternate delivery hub for Infosys in the Asia Pacific region.
www.infosys.com /china/default.asp   (190 words)

  
 Offshoring The Offshorers - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
But now India hears footsteps: China, the Philippines, Hungary, the Czech Republic and several Latin American countries are luring offshore outsourcing jobs as well.
Infosys has hired 360 people in Shanghai and plans to employ 6,000 in the country in five years or less.
Moving up the development chain, Tata Consultancy and Infosys have designed and manufactured parts of Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people) and Airbus aircraft wings in India, and Tata does design and drafting work from China for Canadian aircraftmaker Bombardier.
www.forbes.com /free_forbes/2006/0417/074.html   (1174 words)

  
 New Infosys Development Campuses in India - SkyscraperPage Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Indian company Infosys, one of the leaders of the outsourcing trend, is building many new development campuses in India, and a couple in China.
As soon as Infosys starts blowing billions on architecture they will lose all their contracts to a new firm that has their call centers or programmers in old warehouses.
Besides, I'm sure Infosys et al are much better at forecasting their own cash flow and identifying their needs than any of us here.
forum.skyscraperpage.com /showthread.php?p=2003493#post2003493   (1149 words)

  
 IT100: Infosys Technologies Profile
Infosys, India's No. 2 software services exporter, grew nearly 50% in 2004, to $1.59 billion in revenues.
Infosys customers are happy too: 19 out of 20 come back to the Bangalore company with repeat orders.
Infosys Technologies Limited provides consulting and information technology services primarily in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
www.businessweek.com /it100/2005/company/INFY.htm   (349 words)

  
 Backlash against outsourcing abating, says Infosys chief - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The infomation technology behemoth is in the process of ramping up its headcount at the China development centre to 200 from the current level of 30 software engineers.
Infosys Technologies on Saturday said the backlash against offshore outsourcing, particularly Indian companies, had “abated” considerably in the recent times following strong growth posted by the US economy coupled with employment generation.
Hence, it is important for Infosys to have presence in China,” said Infosys Chairman N R Naryana Murthy, in his address to shareholders earlier.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/Jun132004/b2.asp   (436 words)

  
 Time for East to meet East in IT
Infosys, Tata Consultancy Service, Wipro Technologies, Satyam Computer Services, NIIT and Aptech, have all set up shop amid the gleaming high-rises that dot the cityscapes of Shanghai and Beijing.
Infosys opened its Shanghai office a year ago and already employs close to 200 people, servicing the needs of five multinational clients.
China provides the most viable alternative to India as a source of low-cost and abundant human resources.
www.niit.com /niit/ContentAdmin/MED/MED2/mc-121104-FE-Time.htm   (767 words)

  
 Shunya.in: News for Techies in India, by Techies in India.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
“China’s exports in software and back-office services total less than a fifth of India’s $17.2 billion, but it is boosting English-language skills in schools to help mount a challenge to the software campuses of Bangalore.” And these Indian companies have to get their foot in to capture the business that will eventually move to China.
Infosys technologies said it’s looking at China to recruit more engineers, seeking to beat rising wages at home.
Infosys plans to double the number of workers in China to 1,000 this year.
en.shunya.in /article/related?article=707   (944 words)

  
 ASPnews.com -- News : Infosys Spreads Out in China
Infosys Technologies (Quote, Chart) today announced a major expansion in China in order strengthen its international presence and workforce.
"Infosys follows a strategy of setting up world-class software development centers in locations where there is rich local talent, as well as the required infrastructure," James Lin, CEO and managing director of Infosys' China subsidiary, said in a statement.
Infosys has more than 39,000 employees in more than 30 offices worldwide, including the United States where the company opened a business-consulting practice last year.
www.aspnews.com /news/print.php/11277_3525191   (271 words)

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