BANGALORE: Infosys' incoming chief executive officer Vishal Sikka signalled the coming technologyled changes at InfosysBSE 3.66 % but said that no major transformation is imminent at India's second-largest software company.
Sikka, who will on Friday become the first non-founder to lead Infosys, appeared to prepare the Bangalore-based company's 1.6 lakh employees for change but didn't alarm them unduly about what is to come.
Sikka, who will on Friday become the first non-founder to lead Infosys, appeared to prepare the Bangalore-based company's 1.6 lakh employees for change but didn't alarm them unduly about what is to come.
Sikka, who was head of technology and innovation at SAP and the creator of the company's money-spinning analytics product HANA, is taking charge of Infosys during a challenging phase for the company. He is faced with the task of helping the company regain growth momentum while at the same time preparing it for the rapid changes brought on by technology innovation.
Sikka, who will on Friday become the first non-founder to lead Infosys, appeared to prepare the Bangalore-based company's 1.6 lakh employees for change but didn't alarm them unduly about what is to come.
Sikka, who was head of technology and innovation at SAP and the creator of the company's money-spinning analytics product HANA, is taking charge of Infosys during a challenging phase for the company. He is faced with the task of helping the company regain growth momentum while at the same time preparing it for the rapid changes brought on by technology innovation.
The big thing I believe is that the world around us is being transformed by software and that gives Infosys a tremendous opportuniopportunity," he said. "So if you look at manufacturing, software is making its way into machines, management of machines. So manufacturing is being transformed. In oil and gas, oil exploration is becoming digitised."
In a nod to Infosys' reputation as an ethical organisation with values that emphasise good corporate citizenship, he said, "The company is built on a very deeprooted culture of values. So my first order of business is to continue to grow that.
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy unexpectedly stepped down as executive chairman last month and made way for Sikka, just a year after returning to take control of company which was lagging industry growth rates for more than three years. The former SAP board member observed that momentum has been imparted to Infosys because of the measure put in place by Murthy.
"There comes a time in a company's phase when the knowledge of founders is replaced by processes, structures and innovation...and it will be Pravin's (UB Pravin Rao, chief operating officer) and my endeavour to do that," said Sikka.
"There comes a time in a company's phase when the knowledge of founders is replaced by processes, structures and innovation...and it will be Pravin's (UB Pravin Rao, chief operating officer) and my endeavour to do that," said Sikka.
In a nod to Infosys' reputation as an ethical organisation with values that emphasise good corporate citizenship, he said, "The company is built on a very deeprooted culture of values. So my first order of business is to continue to grow that.
Some experts agree with Sikka's belief that lines between "products" and "services" in the technology industry are getting blurred and that the computing business is inherently many service businesses.
"The upshot is that the current confusions about 'Are we in the software business or Are we in a service business?' simply misses the point (a 50 or more year old point)," said Alan Kay, a computer researcher known for groundbreaking inventions at Xerox.
"The upshot is that the current confusions about 'Are we in the software business or Are we in a service business?' simply misses the point (a 50 or more year old point)," said Alan Kay, a computer researcher known for groundbreaking inventions at Xerox.
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