Microsoft ties up with Infosys to drive
e-business in the new millennium.
 Bill
Gates is synonymous with big expectations and even bigger bucks.
In the IT world to be associated with Gates' Microsoft Corporation
(MS) is considered the greatest thing that can happen. Gates
tie-up with the Indian IT giant Infosys Technologies Ltd
(ITL) has unleashed hopes of similar tie-ups that can spell
only good news for Bangalore's IT industry.
Gates announced his company's tie-up with Infy to drive e-business
across nations by developing solutions for customer's relationship
management, e-commerce, financial services and insurance. Announcing
their tie-up, Gates said," I am very excited about the tie-up.
Both firms have an ambitious plan to work on projects and share
a clientele base. MS and Infosys both are firms with similar
destinies."
 Endorsing
the views of Gates, N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman and
CEO of ITL, said,"MS is the crown jewel of the industry and
having them with us will increase Infy's credibility as a software
maker and bring immense value to clients worldwide." (Remember
him describe Japan as the jewel of Asia to Yoshiro Mori,
Japanese PM, during the latter's Infosys visit). Adding to his
statements, he said that ITL continues to build a strong solution
development reputation in the US and other international markets.
He also hoped to deliver world-class e-business solutions together.
First year of their association will see both Microsoft and
Infosys focussing on markets in India and the US for development
of services.
In another bid to pioneer the next generation of Internet, which
breaks down all the barriers between digital islands like computers,
devices and web sites, he set up .NET (Dot Net or DN)
laboratory in Bangalore. He hoped that the laboratory would
help partners,
developers and customers in easing their transactions with MS.
Gates described services of DN model as 'web services' which
aims at enabling the net for inter-operable technologies. Many
web sites can exchange data effortlessly and a user can access
the information on the net as if he were accessing them through
the corporate server.
With the two IT giants coming together, the IT world is going
to be benefited with e-business solutions that would shrink
the world of commerce. The new DN laboratory in Bangalore is
going to revolutionise the Internet world. During the luncheon
with ten chief-ministers on September 14, 2000, many states
evinced a keen desire for similar ties-ups between their states
and Biggest B's new ventures. Gates said, "I'm impressed
with the keenness of Indian politicians to use IT in
e-governance, education. This is something you won't find even
in the US."
The ball has been set rolling and it is now in Karnataka's court.
The coming months will decide whether major changes are afoot
in Bangalore's IT scenario.
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