'We will have to wait for at least two quarters of data to ascertain whether the recovery is real and sustainable.'
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IT major Infosys CEO and MD Kris Gopalakrishnan on Thursday expressed hope that the government would rationalise tax regime for the IT industry and extend the STP scheme to the medium and small sector in the Union Budget.
The $4.6-billion company, which had earlier made an unsuccessful bid to acquire SAP consulting firm Axon that was latter acquired by HCL, would prefer acquiring companies overseas where growing organically is a little challenge, the Bangalore-headquartered company's CEO and MD S (Kris) Gopalakrishna said.
Infosys Technologies is looking for acquistion of companies within $50 and $100-million revenue range in the segment of banking and financial services, besides health and life sciences, Infosys COO Kris Gopalakrishnan said.
Hong Kong-based Finance Asia conducts the annual poll to find Asia's top companies in different categories, including Best CEO, it said. In the best managed company category, HDFC Bank came third while in corporate governance category, the bank was ranked second after Infosys Technologies.
Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan has called for enhanced efforts to ensure adequate funds for the small and medium industries as the sector has a crucial role in creating jobs and promoting growth.
The recession hit IT industry would show positive signs of recovery by mid-2010 and Infosys will diversify into new markets then, a top IT company official said in Chennai on Tuesday.
It is really unfortunate that this happened during a downturn. We think that in the short term, customers will ask for higher comfort level, which will enable us to go in for more trust-building, says S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan.
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Infosys Technologies Limited, the Bangalore-based consulting, IT services and business process management company, is leveraging its human resource (HR) development strategies to bring new business into its fold, said company's chief executive officer and managing director S Gopalakrishnan (Kris).
Infosys employees understand the environment in which we are operating. They interact with the clients, they see the situation, says Kris Gopalakrishnan.
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Infosys CEO S Kris Gopalakrishnan on Wednesday said that the IT major was looking at acquisitions in various geographies and has earmarked $450-500 million for the purpose.
India's efforts at improving the chances of becoming a force in global IT industry depend on factors such as IT policies, infrastructure-building, education, innovation and investment, said Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys.
Looking at the forthcoming year, while there will be macroeconomic challenges, industry in India is better off because we are still growing. If we manage the next 12-18 months, we should emerge stronger, says S Gopalakrishnan.
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In an interview with the local media, Infosys chief executive Kris Gopalakrishnan, who is currently in Seattle for Microsoft's CEO Summit this week, said that the company plans to add more than 100 new employees as part of a big US expansion in anticipation of growth resuming in 2010. Altogether, Infosys plans to hire about 1,000 people across the US over the next 12 to 18 months, he said. Already, 14,000 of the company's 1,04,000 employees are based in the US.
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Infosys Technologies generates over 60 per cent of its revenue from the US, which is witnessing a slowdown. A falling rupee did help the company tide over the quarter, and S Gopalakrishnan (popularly addressed as Kris) says that new opportunities, geographies and centres of excellence will have to be balanced against billing cycle delays and other pitfalls of the market.
The last couple of months have dealt a severe blow to IT firms, which has even prompted the top listed Indian IT services providers to inform investors that they need to scale down their growth expectations from the sector that, on an average, has been growing almost 30 per cent year-on-year.
"There will be no layoffs in the Indian context and, as said before, we will be recruiting 25,000 people gross. We will make our people prepared for the upturn, which will happen. We are focusing on recruiting people and training them. We are focusing on education as this is a great opportunity to make a positive brand and image for the company. We are still seeing opportunities in the market," said Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys.
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