Microsoft, Infosys unveil centre for IT-led business transformation

Bangalore: The Infosys and Microsoft Catalytic IT concept centre was inaugurated today at the Infosys campus in Bangalore, by Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International. Also present at the inauguratuion were Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft Corporation India Private Ltd., and Kris Gopalakrishnan, chief operating officer, Infosys Technologies.

In November 2004 Infosys and Microsoft had announced a joint investment in this IT-led business transformation initiative. This state-of-the-art concept centre has been established to provide customers with an informative and interactive experience wherein they can envision, architect and evaluate Catalytic IT solutions.

The portfolio of solutions and services under Catalytic IT enables enterprise businesses and their employees to realise a simplified, flexible IT environment that lowers the total cost of ownership and enables rapid change and innovation.

Catalytic IT combines Infosys' consulting, research, intellectual property and project methods with the latest Microsoft application platform, which includes Windows Server System, the Microsoft Office system and Visual Studio development tools.

The Catalytic IT solution and services suite addresses four pivotal IT business issues — legacy modernisation, connected business, infrastructure optimisation and enterprise resource planning (ERP) consolidation. Over 30 intellectual property assets, service offerings, blueprints and award-winning solutions enable such transformation.