Comments on: Narayanamurthy Bids Adieu to Infosys http://blog.gagankaul.com/2006/08/20/narayanamurthy-bids-adieu-to-infosys/ Gagan explores thoughts and ideas on technology and business. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gagan Kaul http://blog.gagankaul.com/2006/08/20/narayanamurthy-bids-adieu-to-infosys/#comment-2481 Gagan Kaul Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:12:40 +0000 http://blog.gagankaul.com/2006/08/20/narayanamurthy-bids-adieu-to-infosys/#comment-2481 Bharath ... I think that the underlying premise of your argument is the choice of Indian software vendors between being product-centric or services-oriented. Well this has become a topic of discussion of late, as we see the Indian "brain power" playing a pivotal role in the development of these 'product' companies. However, Indian software industry has consciously remained in the services play in the last two decades. It is only now that they have started focusing on offering more than software services - Infosys started its consulting arm and so are the others doing as well. However, again the product approach is still not highlighted by the recent initiatives of Indian software companies. A possible reason could be 'revenues'. There is always more money in services play than in software products. And IBM Global Services, Accenture, ACS are examples of this. Even the big daddy IBM is slowly transitioning to a pure play services firm - it recently sold off its notebook manufacturing operations to Lenovo. Whether a services approach would prove benefical in the longer run is open for debate. However, what remains to be seen is how far can we go beyond the Finnacles and Flexcubes in the software product industry. I just remembered the yearning of a colleague of mine - he wanted to work on an OS developed by Indian software engineers in India itself. Maybe that day will be here soon :-). Bharath … I think that the underlying premise of your argument is the choice of Indian software vendors between being product-centric or services-oriented. Well this has become a topic of discussion of late, as we see the Indian “brain power” playing a pivotal role in the development of these ‘product’ companies.

However, Indian software industry has consciously remained in the services play in the last two decades. It is only now that they have started focusing on offering more than software services - Infosys started its consulting arm and so are the others doing as well. However, again the product approach is still not highlighted by the recent initiatives of Indian software companies. A possible reason could be ‘revenues’. There is always more money in services play than in software products. And IBM Global Services, Accenture, ACS are examples of this. Even the big daddy IBM is slowly transitioning to a pure play services firm - it recently sold off its notebook manufacturing operations to Lenovo.

Whether a services approach would prove benefical in the longer run is open for debate. However, what remains to be seen is how far can we go beyond the Finnacles and Flexcubes in the software product industry. I just remembered the yearning of a colleague of mine - he wanted to work on an OS developed by Indian software engineers in India itself. Maybe that day will be here soon :-).

]]> By: bharath http://blog.gagankaul.com/2006/08/20/narayanamurthy-bids-adieu-to-infosys/#comment-2234 bharath Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:22:05 +0000 http://blog.gagankaul.com/2006/08/20/narayanamurthy-bids-adieu-to-infosys/#comment-2234 tragically enough in all of his legacy, there is no claim to have owned and nurtured a intellectual property that infosys can call its own. he has great deal to software as a service industry, but the main reason why google or microsoft is at the top is they had chosen to invest the "brain power" they employ to creating new knowlwedge and leveraging on that. It is sad the infosys claims to attract the brightest minds. I hope the next one will realise the value by investing in knowledge. tragically enough in all of his legacy, there is no claim to have owned and nurtured a intellectual property that infosys can call its own. he has great deal to software as a service industry, but the main reason why google or microsoft is at the top is they had chosen to invest the “brain power” they employ to creating new knowlwedge and leveraging on that. It is sad the infosys claims to attract the brightest minds.

I hope the next one will realise the value by investing in knowledge.

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