Narayana Murthy appointed Rajapaksa's IT advisorFebruary 12th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday appointed N.R. Narayana Murthy, chairman of India's Infosys Technologies, as his international advisor on information technology, the president's office said.
Obama tax move won't affect Indian firms, Murthy to presidentMay 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian IT firms would not be impacted by the tax reform proposal of US President Barak Obama, Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy told President Pratibha Devisinh Patil Friday.
Infosys mentor Murthy bats for new Satyam boardJanuary 14th, 2009 BANGALORE - IT major Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy Thursday said the government-appointed board members of the fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services were excellent, competent and had lots of experience.
'Infosys not to approach Satyam clients on its own'January 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd would not pro-actively approach clients of the fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services on its own but is open to consider proposals for deals on merits, a top company official said Tuesday. 'We have decided not to pro-actively approach Satyam clients.
Infosys to award five top Indian scientists Rs.5 mn eachFebruary 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies Tuesday said it has instituted a Rs.5-million (Rs.50 lakh) award each for five top Indian scientists in recognition of their outstanding research contributions and achievements. The five awards will be given annually under the aegis of Infosys Science Foundation, a non-profit trust set up with a corpus of Rs.210.5 million (Rs.21.5 crore), the software major said in a statement here.
Sonia salutes India's IT successSeptember 15th, 2009 MYSORE - Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday attributed nation's success in the field of Information technology to the Indian talent, ingenuity and hard work. She was speaking after inaugurating the Infosys technology campus in Mysore.
Nasscom to form corporate governance and ethics committeeFebruary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - IT industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) Wednesday said it will form a corporate governance and ethics committee, headed by Infosys Technologies chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Infosys to pick up most of IBM's support contract with Australia's TelstraMarch 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Bangalore-based software giant Infosys will pick up most of IBM Global Services' multi-million dollar applications support contract with Australian software giant Telstra, after the latter's deal with the former was scrapped following TELCO reducing its outsourcing partners from four to two. According to The Australian, the decision to shift from IBM to Infosys could result in hundreds of job losses locally and in Bangalore, where IBM operates outsourcing centres.
Infosys To Hire 1,000 People in US within a Year or SoMay 22nd, 2009 In a recession hit period, where companies are downsizing to overcome the crisis, Indian software major Infosys plans to hire about 1,000 people in the US within a year and a half. Infosys Chief Executive, Kris Gopalakrishnan while attending Microsoft's CEO summit held in Seattle this week announced that the company is planning to add more than 100 employees as a part of a big US expansion in anticipation to the growth resuming in 2010.
Software engineer from Andhra Pradesh shot dead in USJanuary 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Akshay Vishal, a software engineer from Hyderabad, was shot dead by unidentified people in Arkansas in the US, his father said Thursday. Vishal, 26, was an employee of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Limited and was on contract with US company Jet Falcon.
Infosys freezes recruitment, mulls pay cutsFebruary 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of Infosys Technologies may have to live with a salary cut and without any significant increment, even as the IT bellwether has virtually frozen fresh recruitments on account of the global meltdown, a top company official has said. 'A part of our salary is determined by variable sales component, which is the percentage of the company's revenue,' said Infosys' director for human resources T.V.
Infosys, Wipro hope Obama will not hurt US competitivenessFebruary 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian IT bellwethers Infosys Technologies and Wipro Wednesday expressed confidence that the US would not take any measure that would hurt its global competitiveness. Reacting cautiously to US President Barack Obama's remarks on outsourcing Tuesday, Infosys said outsourcing had enhanced the competitiveness of US corporations and had created more jobs within the US economy.
EU court advisor says Google Adwords does not infringe EU trademarksSeptember 22nd, 2009 EU advisor: Google ads don't infringe trademarksBRUSSELS — A European Union court advisor said Tuesday that Google Inc. does not violate luxury goods makers' trademarks when it sells brand names as advertising keywords triggered by Internet searches.
IT Recession is Going to End Next Year: Infosys CEOApril 18th, 2009 Though the financial sector has started showing some signs of recovery from the global meltdown, the IT industry in the country will take some more time to regain the growth momentum, a top industry official said here saturday. 'The crisis started in the financial sector and recovery also seems to be happening first in that sector,' S.
West Bengal acquires 200 acres for IT projectAugust 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - The West Bengal government has acquired 200 acres of contiguous land for the Rajarhat information technology (IT) hub, where software majors like Infosys and Wipro have sought space, a state minister said here Wednesday. "We are now ready to offer land to any company.
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