It’s certainly a great achievement on part of Indian IT giant Infosys Technologies even though many may term the same as the mere addition of a feather to its colorful hat. Infosys Technologies, if truth be told, has been able to have a three-year IT outsourcing deal with the globally acclaimed technology giant Microsoft. Certainly Microsoft needs no new description. It is a widely celebrated multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices and covers, in short, 104 countries, if not more.
What shall be the first and foremost focus of Infosys in this context? Well, Infosys will deal with Microsoft's global internal IT services and these include helpdesk, desk-side services, IT infrastructure and applications support. Nevertheless the value of the transaction ha remained undisclosed yet but in accordance with leading pertinent analysts, it has got be in excess of 100 million dollars by any means.
Has there been any official comment from the Indian IT giant? As stated by Infosys, it will be in charge of operating Microsoft's in-house services for applications, devices and databases in 450 locations. It, in this regard, has partnered with Unisys so as to proffer worldwide desk-side support and service desk services.
Lots of views are coming to the fore owing to the selection of Infosys Technologies. One school of thought considers owing to declining sales in more than a few major divisions, Microsoft has been on a financial prudence drive and the Indian IT giant has been selected to cope with the rapidly changing reality. Whatever it is, competence and expertise of Infosys is overwhelming.
Infosys Technologies Limited is a multinational information technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second-largest IT company in India with 105,453 professionals (including subsidiaries) as of Nov 9, 2009 and has offices in 22 countries and development centers in India, China, Australia, UK, Canada and Japan.
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