Infosys Story – So Far Kris Gopalakishnan Chief Operating Officer Member of the Board and Co-founder Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Infosys Today Global Headquarters:
Bangalore, India
Founded:
1981
India IPO: ADS Offerings:
1993 1999, 2003 & 2005 (Secondary)
Global Presence:
32 Sales Offices in 16 Countries 33 Development Centers
Employees:
40,000+
FY 05* Revenue / 5 Year CAGR:
$1,592 million / 51%
FY 05* Net Income / 5 Year CAGR:
$419 million / 47%
Services:
Consulting, IT Services, BPM
* Fiscal Year end March 31
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Infosys Through the Years
Big Leap
Growth
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Run Up Foothold I 1981
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II 1999
Phase I – Getting the Foothold
Working with Shackles • • • • • • •
Command and Control Economy Import Restrictions Punitive taxes Under-developed Capital Markets Foreign exchange controls Capital shortage for Infrastructure Investments Poor Telecom Infrastructure
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Strategy during Phase I • Onsite Focus • Few Large Customers • Indirect Sales
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Phase II – The Run-up
Seeds of an IT Boom •
Liberalization of the Economy – Abolishing of Licenses – Rationalization of taxes – Export incentives – Rationalization of tariffs – Abolishing of wealth tax on productive assets – Foreign exchange reforms – Free pricing of IPOs – Encouraging Foreign Institutional Investments – Employee stock option plans – Setting up of Software Technology Parks
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Market Opportunities • Entry of multi-nationals and acceptance of India as a software sourcing location • Y2K problem • Client Server computing • Internet and telecom boom
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Strategy during Phase II • • • •
IPO in India in 1993 Nasdaq listing in 1999 Global investor base Investment in sales, marketing, systems & processes, quality systems, training, world class development centers • Brand building
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Strategy during Phase II • Global Benchmarking – International accounting norms – World-class Quality • 1993 - Among the first Indian companies to be ISO 9001 certified • 1997 - First to be assessed at SEICMM Level 4 • 1999- Assessed at SEI Level 5 • 1999- Infosys featured in the first ever case study of successful CMM implementations, worldwide
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Strategy during Phase II • Global Delivery Model – Do work where it makes economic sense and reduce the total cost of ownership – Continuous work-day to reduce time to market – Ramp up resources in multiple continents
Client Location
Offshore Development Centers
Project
Analysis and planning High level design User interface design Project co-ordination Onsite testing Implementation
Project
Post implementation support
Rapid reaction support
Post implementation support
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Project management Detailed design Coding Testing Documentation
Bug fixes Warranty support Maintenance
Strategy during Phase II • Employee attraction and retention – Innovative HR practices – World class training program and infrastructure – Knowledge Management – World class physical infrastructure – Employee Stock Option Plan – Employer of choice in India
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Phase III – The Big leap
Market Environment • Globalization, Deregulation and Consolidation are changing businesses fundamentally • Financial markets are integrated and capital flows globally • Increasing competition from developing economies • India and China are creating large markets
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Technology Trends • Vast and low cost telecom infrastructure – ubiquitous connectivity • Ubiquitous computing • Internet • Mobile and personal devices • Intelligent appliances
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Enterprise Challenges Today • • • • •
Global competition Rapid changes in technology Rapid business process changes Emergence of technology intensive business models Business process standardization and integration across organizations • Reduced time to market for new products and services • Knowledgeable consumers
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Strategy for Phase III • • • •
Scalable business Value added services Business solution focus End-to-end capabilities – Consulting – IT services – Business Process Management • Modular Global Sourcing (MGS) • Large Development Centers – India & China
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Lessons learned • • • • • • •
Right team Team commitment Vision – Global, Changing the world Excellence in execution Values – C-LIFE Sharing of wealth increases the pie Build institutions
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Thank You
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