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[edit] Advertisement

This article is written like an advertisement.

[edit] Language

"is a billion U.S. dollars (in revenue) Indian software house". Come on now. - Jerryseinfeld 03:56, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

  • it sounds like hitting billion $ revenue is a big accomplishment - language should be changed. Wonder if anyones maintaining this page or would like to discuss.

I agree ~Akshay

This and other related articles maintained by this wiki-india thing is nothing but complete and utter PR. Wikipedia should have a banner for such nonsense.- anon

[edit] About Student Program

Infosys currently has a student program in place called Campus Connect, for college students. I don't know much about it. Someone who knows can maybe put it up somewhere in the article?Jam2k 14:58, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Infosys training in college campus or infy campus?

Training is in the Infosys campus. They have three to four months training at the end of which the trainees are posted to various offices.


Training is not at the infy campus...its at the respective college campus..where there is no basic ammenities required for the same......the teachers obviously donot know as professionals would do...and topping that is departmental biasing...since its mostly arranged by cse faculties.......basically its turning into a nightmare for the students.speciaaly of other depts. as they dnt even get the required classes....hope infy workers would go through this aand take necessary steps.~sanjucta~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.76.122 (talk) 17:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] toliets/lavatories --> amenities???

... "The campus provides amenities like toilets, lavatories, ATMs and bank extension counters, one of the largest gymnasiums in Asia and a mini golf course among others" ...

Are these the most wonderful amenities? - or the most wonderful basic needs of a well functioning office?

Further, the gymnasium is definitely not the largest by any means.

I agree. Maybe they use weights there to exercise their minds. !! doles 18:55, 2005 May 17 (UTC)

Oye Uncle!!! I would like to comment on infosys' recreational facilities. To summarize, i would say, most companies have none. Consider for example, Infy's very agressive competitor - CTS A person doesnt know what he has in his hands till he's lost it.

[edit] Basic Amenities?

I dont think a very good gym and a swimming pool will be a basic amenity for each and every company. The infosys campus in bangalore is one of its kind in the world. It has all the facilities like a well maintained cricket ground, football ground, basketball, Vollyball, snookers, pool, table tennis etc.., The cricket ground in the Mysore campus of Infosys is maintained by none other than our ace indian medium pacer Javagal Srinath. The bangalore campus have a variety of buildings, which are one of there kind in india. Please see the campus and the facilities offered by Infosys before passing on any comments

You're right, the campus has extremely good facilities, but saying that it has facilities like lavatories/toilets just makes it sound silly. One of it's kind in the world? I'm sure likes of Microsoft and Google have pretty impressive campuses too. Please stick to the facts, this is an encyclopaedia, not a place for Infosys .
I agree. Wikipedia articles are read all over the world and a worldwide perspective will be perhaps more agreeable than an India or Infosys perspective. doles 13:41, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] PCS stands for Patni Computer Systems - not Patni Computer Services

Doesn't matter which ever way one might call it.

[edit] totally overhyped

Seriously, all these "amazing" qualities about Infosys are nothing special by standards of a successful US company. In fact, after reading up on Infosys it seems the entire company is seriously over-hyped. I'm sure Infosys is unique in India, and therefore it makes for a good motivational story, but it appears to be nothing more than a fairly boring computer consulting company. It ain't no Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Google, ... the list goes on. Jawed 08:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

OK... So nobody is saying that Infosys is in the same league as Microsoft, eBay, Google etc. And as the guy below said, it is a service provider. Given the amount of resources available to it, Infosys' achievements are remarkable. Had Infosys been an American company it wouldn't have been a big deal, but the fact that it has achieved so much being based in a developing nation, makes it special. I am sure if the founders of Infosys were Americans and had all the resources Americans have, Infosys would have been as big as Microsoft, Accenture etc.
I do not think the article is overhyped at all, it just lists the facts ..and FYI Infosys is not similar to the IT companies listed above..its similar to IBM or Accenture.

[edit] You're correct

That is because it doesn't aim to be one. For your information, Infosys is a Service Provider.. like an Accenture or an EDS.. Take a look at numbers for the big 5/4, and then look at the Infy numbers.. you'll get a feel for what's behind all the hoopla.. Also, for a more 'global' perspective get Tom Friedman's book!

Cheers


[edit] Tax payment

And what about pending taxes to be paid by infosys.

[edit] What Pending Taxes??

Can you please substantiate your statement with some facts?


[edit] Article Cleanup

I realize that I am making quite a few changes to the article. So far they are only corrections, formatting and adding references. But frankly this article needs a make-over. I did not want people getting upset over the edits.

  1. We need some more information for the history section
  2. Key industries section should come before offices and facilities
  3. All awards can be moved to a seperate Awards section
  4. instep, foundation, catch them young - can be consolidated into a section called Initiatives
  5. I think someone just pasted text from an article for the "Sexual Harassment Controversy". Need to clean this up and trim it down.
  6. NRN was the serving Mentor at the time of his retirement.
  7. Add references

I will slowly work on this. Do pitch in.
Rigmahroll 19:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History info

Need help locating some good history info. Can someone point to a source? Thanks. Rigmahroll 22:23, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Someone from this IP (203.199.213.131) is repeatedly editing the article with inappropriate information. Apparently, wants to highlight the sexual harassment controversy by taking it to the top of the page. On more than one occasion, changed the word "professionals" to "asses" and then changing it back again. I am reverting the article back to the October 13, 2006 revision, since no new information has been added since then. This is a shared IP is used by IIT Madras (as seen in the user talk page). This IP has been block before. I will be voting for another block if this behavior persists.

  • and why may I know has this information been kept out of the page. The controversy is still one of the biggest news items coming out of the organization and deserves mention. Aniket ray 09:17, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flag icons

Why is there only 1 flag icon on this page? This is completely inconsistent with pages such as Vodafone, Ranbaxy etc. Tri400 17:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually there are no flag icons next to the key people, simply because they are all Indian nationals. It makes sense to add them if at least one of them is not an Indian citizen. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 00:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Culture and Setbacks

I see this section treated as vandalism although it has links and facts to it. I see it a bit rude but the facts are supposed to be very true as per a local Infoscion( a software engineer). It's a manager's company . Very true. I think wikipedia is also dominated by corporate culture . I see some as trying to mask things very cleverly. God save wikipedia and amount of truth it screens to be politically correct. Wiki effect has started to Wane.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.99.195 (talk) 15:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

If you are furstrated at not getting CRR1, talk to your manager. And if you don't have guts to write under your real name instead of defaming a company anonymously, go and create a blog. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. I hope you realize that you can easily be traced. We already known that you're editing from Koramangala in Bangalore. If you're not careful enough, you might just end up losing your job. 203.158.89.10 (talk) 12:01, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Wow.. that sounded like a threat - Anshuk (talk) 05:54, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Just went through recent clampings. Ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha... how comic and how pathetic a Infosys manager can be simultaneously !!!(Just imagining the state of Koramangala SE :-) ). It is not that there was no Reka and Phanish Murthy(who was incidentally leading next to NRN if that incident hadn't occured!!) and there are no scandals now going on (How innocent!). Just provide justifications that all facts are wrong. As I see the guy who has provided the facts has done a thorough research of Indian software Industry. It's like this: It happens everywhere in corporate world. So why only Infosys is targeted -- kind of approach .When Bill Gates(who still skillfully manages to bribe Karnataka government's nic site, inspite of state having a software capital shows what is code management! ) is hit left right and center by Open source why only Infy is talked about - a kind of sympathy . So just blow the stale air into unknown proportions and keep breathing the nauseating odour. Yes, wikipedia is not a soapbox, that's why we need to clean it constantly when it becomes dirty and me being Bengaloorean would love to keep things neat and clean, well hoping wikipedia barnstars :-) would support/rewrite the guy's (hopefully a SE) cause.

"If you're not careful enough, you might just end up losing your job." - Too funny. :-)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.197.191 (talk) 14:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please Tell Me

Sir My name is RAHUL JAIN. I want to appear in INFOSYS written Test and i just want 2 ask when and in which college are u coming in INDORE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.236.193.225 (talk) 08:11, 27 January 2008 (UTC)