Infosys among ranks among Asia's most admired knowledge enterprises
24 Oct 2009
Infosys Technologies Ltd has been recognised amongst the top 16 Asian companies to be listed in the prestigious 'most admired knowledge enterprises (MAKE) study, 2009.
It became the first Indian company to win the Global MAKE award in 2003 and to be inducted into the Global MAKE Hall of Fame in 2005.
Since its first award, Infosys has won the Asian MAKE six times in the past and is one of the five Indian companies amongst the leading Asian corporations to have won the award this year.
The Asian MAKE winners are recognised for delivering superior financial performance despite the current global economic recession. Infosys was among the leaders in return on revenues and return on assets.
"The Asian MAKE winners are effectively transforming knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions," said, Rory Chase, managing director, Teleos. "They are building portfolios of intellectual capital which will enable them to out-perform their global competitors during this economic downturn."
Infosys was accorded recognition for the 2009 awards for developing new products / services / solutions, and enterprise knowledge sharing and collaboration. During the past several years, Infosys has made a concerted effort to provide an integrated solution to meet the knowledge needs of the organisation in the four basic dimensions of knowledge management - people, process, technology and content through an integrated knowledge management (KM) solution.
Acknowledging the award, Srikantan Moorthy, vice president and head, education and research, Infosys Technologies, said, "It is our constant endeavor to create a collaborative knowledge sharing environment and deliver knowledge-based products across Infosys through effective systems and practices."
Dr J K Suresh, associate vice president and principal knowledge manager, Infosys, added, "Our Knowledge Management program forms the backbone of our delivery process, leveraging formal and informal channels of knowledge sharing within the organisation."