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WIKIPEDIA: Infosys Limited (formerly Infosys Technologies Limited) is an Indian multinational provider of business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services. It is headquarteredin Bangalore, Karnataka.[2] Infosys is the third-largest India-based IT services company by 2012 revenues. Of this revenue, the majority comes from international business. In 2009, Infosys collected1.2% of its income from the domestic Indian market.[3]

Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Acquisitions
2 Current share holding
3 Initiatives
3.1 Infosys Foundation
3.2 Academic Entente
3.3Infosys Labs
4 Awards and Recognitions
5 Listings
6 Controversies
6.1 Allegations of Visa Fraud
7 See also
8 References
9 Notes
10 External links


[edit] HistoryInfosys was co-founded in 1981by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora after they resigned from Patni Computer Systems. The company was incorporatedas "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd." in Model Colony, Pune as the registered office and signed up its first client, Data Basics Corporation, in New York. In 1983, Infosys corporate headquarters wasrelocated to Bangalore. In 1999, Infosys achieved Capability Maturity Model level 5 certification.[4]

In recent years, Infosys has begun shifting operations to the United States and other countriesoutside of India. In 2012, Infosys announced a new office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to service Harley-Davidson, being the 18th international office in the United States.[5][6] Infosys hired 1,200 UnitedStates employees in 2011, and expanded the workforce by an additional 2,000 employees in 2012.[6] Globally, Infosys has 67 offices between the US, India, China, Australia, Japan, Middle East, UK, Germany,France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Canada.[7]

[edit] AcquisitionsIn December 2003, Infosys had acquired Australia-based IT service provider Expert Information Services for $23 million.[8]...