Infosys positioned in leaders quadrant by Gartner

Bangalore, Aug 17: Indian software major Infosys Technologies Limited has been poistioned in the leaders quadrant in the 'Magic quadrant for North American Offshore Applications Services 2007' report by research firm Gartner.

Infosys, in a release quoting the report, said ''leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.'' In the last two years, Infosys' key strategic priorities have included strengthening its global delivery model across Asia, Western and Central Europe and North America, and advancing its methodologies and processes for application services delivery.

''Global delivery model-based (GDM) application services form the core of our client relationships and our value proposition to help companies win in the flat world,'' company Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director S Gopalakrishnan said.

''We think being placed in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner is a recognition of our capability to compete for and win in large-scale applications outsourcing, as well as our investment in new offerings and geographic growth,'' he added.

The Gartner report said ''Arguably, the supply side is pushing the advancement of globally delivered application services more than the demand side''. Service providers were being called on to move beyond low-level development functions and essentially provide world-class, domain-specific, leading-edge application competencies.

The result was that some providers have bridged this gap and had significant growth, while other service providers have failed to take advantage of the new, demanding market conditions, it added.

UNI