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Microsoft outsources internal IT to Infosys

Microsoft has outsourced its internal IT services--help desk, desk-side services, infrastructure and application support--to Indian outsourcing firm Infosys.

For Infosys, managing Microsoft's internal IT gives it a high-profile customer and insight to using the latest technologies from the software giant. Infosys will manage IT services for Microsoft employees worldwide. Microsoft has noted that Infosys is benefiting from a consolidation of services that were already outsourced to HP and others.

Specifically, Infosys is tasked with streamlining processes, simplifying support and service, and cutting costs by using Microsoft's own software, say Windows 7. Infosys will support Microsoft's applications, devices, … Read more

A new phone for every month of the year

If the lifestyles of the technology rich and famous are any indication, we're about to enter an age of seriously conspicuous consumption.

Conspicuous, that is, for its wastefulness.

While green computing is all the rage, Infosys' co-founder and CEO, S 'Kris' Gopalakrishnan, told the Financial Times that he "change[s] phones every month."

A new phone. Every month. Really???

Granted, you don't have to be a multimillionaire CEO to cycle through phones on a monthly (or even weekly) basis. But if one assumes that middle-class technology consumers' buying behavior will eventually catch up with the idiosyncrasies … Read more

Infosys co-chair: Mistake to erect protectionist barriers

Faced with a growing protectionist backlash in the United States, the co-founder of one of the world's biggest IT outsourcing companies remains confident that the political controversy over exporting technology jobs overseas will ebb.

"Given the economic climate, there will always be protectionism. When the economy slows down, it's a reasonable thing to happen," Infosys Technologies' co-chairman Nandan Nilekani said Monday, adding that cooler heads ultimately will prevail. "We continue to believe that outsourcing adds value to the economy."

Nilekani, who is touring the United States on a book tour, said that both the … Read more