sucess story of infosys

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` Down memory lane` Infosys Technologies is one of the few Indian companies that has

changed the way the world looks at India.` No longer is India a land of snake charmers and beggars. It is now

perceived as an economic giant to reckon with, bursting with brilliantsoftware engineers and ambitious entrepreneurs. And Infosys is ansymbol of India's information technology glory.

` Infosys has many firsts to its name: The first Indian firm to list onNasdaq; the first to offer stock options to its employees. . . The companycrossed $1 billion in revenues for the first time in 2004. TCS, however,

was the first Indian IT firm to top $1-bn in revenues.` Infosys is an organization that inspires awe and respect, globally. On July

2, Infosys completed 25 years in existence. This is its amazing successstory, illustrated by rare photographs.


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` The amazing Infosys story

` How Infosys was born

` The idea of Infosys was born on a morning in January 1981.That fateful day, N R Narayana Murthy and six softwareengineers sat in his apartment debating how they couldcreate a company to write software codes.

` Six months later, Infosys was registered as a private limitedcompany on July 2, 1981. Infosys co-founder N S Raghavan'shouse in Matunga, northcentral Mumbai, was its registeredoffice. It was then known as Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.


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` What was the company's starting capital?

` US $250. Murthy borrowed $250 from his wife Sudha to

start the company. The front room of Murthy's home wasInfosys' first office, although the registered office wasRaghavan's home.

` Who were Murthy's six friends who joined hands to

launch Infosys?` Nandan Nilekani, N S Raghavan, S Gopalakrishnan, S D

Shibulal, K Dinesh and Ashok Arora.


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` In 1981, it was Murthy's idea to start Infosys. Murthy had adream, and no money. So Sudha gave him Rs 10,000, whichshe had saved without his knowledge. Murthy and his six

colleagues started Infosys in 1981.` No, it was not in Bangalore, but in Pune that Infosys set up its

first office, in 1981. The house that Murthy and Sudha boughtwith a loan became the first Infosys office. As Murthy ranInfosys, Sudha took up a job as a systems analyst with theWalchand Group of Industries to support their household.

` In 1983, Infosys moved to Bangalore when it got its firstclient, Data Basics Corporation from the United States.


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` The Nasdaq listing

` It is said that Infosys began getting big breakthroughs fromthe US market.

` Even today, Infosys derives about two-thirds of its revenuefrom the United States, serving corporate clients like Reebok,Visa, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Nordstrom and New York Life.

` Infosys is the largest publicly traded IT services exporter in

India, providing services to 315 large corporations, such asGE and Nortel, predominantly in the USA.

` It was the first Indian company to list on the Nasdaq stockexchange in 1999


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` What is NASDAQ?

` The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ,

is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originallystood for "National Associationof Securities Dealers Automated Quotations".It is thelargestelectronicscreen-basedequity securities tradingmarket in the United States andsecond-

largestbymarket capitalization in the world. As ofJanuary 13, 2011, there are 2,872 listings. The NASDAQhas more trading volume than any other electronic stockexchange in the world.


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` Now, it's a global IT giant!` Today, Infosys provides consulting and IT services to clients globally.` It uses a low-risk, global delivery model to accelerate schedules with a

high degree of time and cost predictability. The company has over

53,000 employees worldwide.` The Infosys corporate headquarters is located in Bangalore. Its US

headquarters is in Fremont, California.` Infosys has office across the globe: Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing,

Bellevue, Bridgewater, Bhubaneswar, Brussels, Charlotte, Chennai,Detroit, Frankfurt, Fremont, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Lake Forest,

Lisle, London, Mangalore, Mauritius, Melbourne, Milano, Mohali,Mumbai, Mysore, New Delhi, Paris, Phoenix, Plano, Pune, Quincy,Reston, Shanghai, Sharjah, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney,Thiruvananthapuram, Tokyo, Toronto, Utrecht, Zurich.


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` And the other Infosys group companies?

` Progeon Ltd: The Infosys BPO arm.

` Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Company Limited: Thecompany's base in China.

` Infosys Australia Pvt Ltd: Infosys' Australian venture.

` Infosys Consulting Inc: The company's foray into the

consulting business.


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Key milestones Year

Year of Incorporation : 1981

Became a public limited company inIndia :

1992

ISO 9001/TickIT Certification : 1993

Attained SEI-CMM Level 4 : 1997

Listed on NASDAQ : 1999

Crossed $100 million in annualrevenues :

1999

Attained SEI-CMM Level 5 : 1999Crossed $400 million in revenues : 2001

Crossed $ half a billion in revenues : 2002

Crossed $ 1 billion in revenues : 2004

Crossed $ 2 billion in revenues :

Crossed $ 3billion in revenues:Crossed $ 4.18billion in revenues :

2006

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` The fantastic Infosys campus

` The sprawling Infosys campus in Bangalore is the symbol ofIndia's infotech growth.

` It is a campus where a company's beliefs are unique:` 'We want to create wealth legally and ethically.'

` 'We believe a good night's sleep is worth a billion dollars.'

` 'A small percentage of a growing pie is better than a large

part of a shrinking pie.'` These are the tenets that have helped India's largest software

company grow into a well respected organization.


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` Moral Of The Presentation:


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`Presentation by:

`Mr.Devasia Kurian &

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