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Infosys, Microsoft And Gen-i Partner To Simplify Australian Cloud Deployments
[November 14, 2012]

Infosys, Microsoft And Gen-i Partner To Simplify Australian Cloud Deployments


(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 14 November 2012 Release date- 14112012 - Sydney, Australia - Infosys, Microsoft and Gen-i have announced a managed service platform designed to simplify the deployment, management and control of Cloud services for Australian and trans-Tasman enterprises and government agencies.



Services available in the platform will include Microsoft's latest messaging, collaboration and virtualisation tools, including Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Lync and Virtual Desktops. Solutions over this platform will be brought to market by Infosys and Gen-i. The platform can be hosted in Australia and/ or New Zealand according to client requirements, using Gen-i's proven secure, in-country architecture to assure local data sovereignty. Solutions over this platform will be brought to market by Infosys and Gen-i.

Clients will be able to broker these and other Cloud resources via a streamlined web interface that delivers a single point of truth for the use of public and private cloud services across the entire organisation. This enterprise management tool is powered by the Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub , now available in Australia for the first time.


IDC, a leading industry analyst firm, has identified a number of benefits that enterprises will derive from the Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub, including enabling time-to-market, optimising end-user productivity, meeting regulatory requirements, alignment with corporate objectives, arbitraging service providers, and optimising and aligning investments with revenue. [1] IDC Event Flash, Infosys Brings to Market Cloud Ecosystem Hub: Designed for Control While Enabling Flexibility, doc #236483, August 2012.

'Bringing greater transparency and accountability is a huge challenge for clients adopting Cloud,' said Vishnu Bhat, Vice President and Global Head - Cloud, Infosys. 'We are addressing the complex contractual, sovereignty and security issues of large enterprises by providing a single point of accountability, single contract and single invoice for clients who may be integrating multiple public and private Cloud workloads.' 'The adoption of Cloud based services is accelerating,' said Pip Marlow, Managing Director, Microsoft Australia. 'Enterprises can now improve their management policies and control mechanisms so they can reduce complexity, and better understand how to profit from these new opportunities. Our partnership with Infosys and Gen-i offers Australia a simpler and more controlled migration path to the Cloud.' Paul Wilson, Gen-i Managing Director Australia noted that consumer style self-provisioning arrangements have caused complexity for large organisations. 'The objective of this partnership is to help our Australian clients consume a hybrid portfolio of private and public Cloud services at their own pace, scale and business need, all while being managed and hosted in Australia,' said Wilson. 'By offering a single point of management reporting and accountability, we are seeking to deliver a seamless client experience and enable our clients to gain efficiencies through a choice of services, without compromising on performance or security.' About Infosys Infosys partners with global enterprises to drive their innovation-led growth. That's why Forbes ranked Infosys 19th among the top 100 most innovative companies. As a leading provider of next-generation consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions, Infosys helps clients in more than 30 countries realize their goals. Visit www.infosys.com and see how Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY), with its 150,000+ people, is Building Tomorrow's Enterprise today.

Safe Harbor Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and on Form 6-K for the quarters ended December 31, 2011, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012.These filings are available at www.sec.gov . Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.

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