Infosys was founded on July 2, 1981 by seven software professionals: N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora.Murthy started the company by borrowing Rs.10,000 from his wife Sudha Murthy. The company was incorporated as "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.", with Raghavan's house in Matunga, north-central Mumbai as the registered office. Raghavan is officially the employee #1 at Infosys.
In 1983 Infosys got its first client, Data Basics Corporation from the United States. In 1999 Infosys attained a SEI-CMM Level 5 ranking and became the first Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ.Infosys won the Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowlege Enterprises) award, for the years 2004 and 2003, being the only Indian company to win this award.Infosys has contributed to various open source initiatives. Computer scientists working at Infosys have contributed to the Mozilla community by inventing a new browsing concept called LiveURLs.Infosys has also worked with the Linux community in adding support for the EDB9312 (ep93xx based) development board developed by Cirrus Logic in the Linux kernel. This was later accepted by Linus Torvalds and incorporated into Linux.
Timeline
* 1981: Founded on July 2
* 1987: First international office in the US in Fremont, California, now its US headquarters
* 1992: Became a public limited company in India
* 1996: First office in Europe in Milton Keynes, UK
* 1997: Office in Toronto, Canada
* 1999: Listed on Nasdaq
* 2000: Opened offices in France and Hong Kong
* 2001: Opened offices in United Arab Emirates and Argentina
* 2002: Opened new offices in Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland
* 2002: Started Progeon, its BPO (business process outsourcing) subsidiary
* 2003: Acquired 100% equity of Expert Information Services Pty Limited, Australia (Expert) and changed the name to Infosys Australia Pty Limited.
* 2004: Set up Infosys Consulting Inc., U.S. consulting subsidiary in Texas, U.S.
* 2006: July 2, Infosys celebrated its 25 years
* 2006: Became the first Indian company to ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
* 2006: August 20, N. R. Narayana Murthy retired from his position as the executive chairman[5]
* 2006: Acquired the 23% stake Citibank had in its BPO offshoot Progeon, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys and changed the name to Infosys BPO Ltd.
* 2006: December, became the first Indian company to make it to Nasdaq-100[6]
* 2006: Infosys celebrates its 25 anniversary; revenues cross USD 2 Billion; employee strength 52000.
Global offices
Asia Pacific
* India: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Mangalore, Mysore, Mohali, Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, Jaipur (Infosys BPO only), Vishakapatnam (proposed)[citation needed]
* Australia: Melbourne, Sydney
* China: Beijing, Shanghai (see Infosys China)
* Hong Kong: Hong Kong
* Japan: Tokyo
* Mauritius: Mauritius
* UAE: Sharjah
Americas
* Canada: Toronto
* USA: Atlanta (GA), Bellevue (WA), Bridgewater (NJ), Charlotte (NC), Detroit, Fremont (CA), Houston, Lake Forest (CA), Lisle (IL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Plano (TX), Quincy (MA), Reston (VA)
Europe
* Belgium: Brussels
* Denmark: Copenhagen
* Finland: Helsinki
* France: Paris
* Germany: Frankfurt, Stuttgart
* Italy: Milano
* Norway: Oslo
* The Netherlands: Utrecht
* Spain: Madrid, Burgos
* Sweden: Stockholm
* Switzerland: Zürich
* UK: Canary Wharf, London
In 1983 Infosys got its first client, Data Basics Corporation from the United States. In 1999 Infosys attained a SEI-CMM Level 5 ranking and became the first Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ.Infosys won the Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowlege Enterprises) award, for the years 2004 and 2003, being the only Indian company to win this award.Infosys has contributed to various open source initiatives. Computer scientists working at Infosys have contributed to the Mozilla community by inventing a new browsing concept called LiveURLs.Infosys has also worked with the Linux community in adding support for the EDB9312 (ep93xx based) development board developed by Cirrus Logic in the Linux kernel. This was later accepted by Linus Torvalds and incorporated into Linux.
Timeline
* 1981: Founded on July 2
* 1987: First international office in the US in Fremont, California, now its US headquarters
* 1992: Became a public limited company in India
* 1996: First office in Europe in Milton Keynes, UK
* 1997: Office in Toronto, Canada
* 1999: Listed on Nasdaq
* 2000: Opened offices in France and Hong Kong
* 2001: Opened offices in United Arab Emirates and Argentina
* 2002: Opened new offices in Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland
* 2002: Started Progeon, its BPO (business process outsourcing) subsidiary
* 2003: Acquired 100% equity of Expert Information Services Pty Limited, Australia (Expert) and changed the name to Infosys Australia Pty Limited.
* 2004: Set up Infosys Consulting Inc., U.S. consulting subsidiary in Texas, U.S.
* 2006: July 2, Infosys celebrated its 25 years
* 2006: Became the first Indian company to ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
* 2006: August 20, N. R. Narayana Murthy retired from his position as the executive chairman[5]
* 2006: Acquired the 23% stake Citibank had in its BPO offshoot Progeon, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys and changed the name to Infosys BPO Ltd.
* 2006: December, became the first Indian company to make it to Nasdaq-100[6]
* 2006: Infosys celebrates its 25 anniversary; revenues cross USD 2 Billion; employee strength 52000.
Global offices
Asia Pacific
* India: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Mangalore, Mysore, Mohali, Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, Jaipur (Infosys BPO only), Vishakapatnam (proposed)[citation needed]
* Australia: Melbourne, Sydney
* China: Beijing, Shanghai (see Infosys China)
* Hong Kong: Hong Kong
* Japan: Tokyo
* Mauritius: Mauritius
* UAE: Sharjah
Americas
* Canada: Toronto
* USA: Atlanta (GA), Bellevue (WA), Bridgewater (NJ), Charlotte (NC), Detroit, Fremont (CA), Houston, Lake Forest (CA), Lisle (IL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Plano (TX), Quincy (MA), Reston (VA)
Europe
* Belgium: Brussels
* Denmark: Copenhagen
* Finland: Helsinki
* France: Paris
* Germany: Frankfurt, Stuttgart
* Italy: Milano
* Norway: Oslo
* The Netherlands: Utrecht
* Spain: Madrid, Burgos
* Sweden: Stockholm
* Switzerland: Zürich
* UK: Canary Wharf, London