BT, Infosys bag NOA award

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Field Optimisation Suite (FOS) jointly developed by BT and Infosys Technologies Ltd, has won the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) award for Innovative Outsourcing Project of the Year 2007.

The NOA awards recognize and reward innovation and achievement by suppliers, users and integrated teams within the outsourcing industry.

BT partnered with Infosys in 2004 to jointly invest and co-create the FOS solution, which would allow BT to enhance time-to-market, realise commercialisation and synergise the Intellectual Properties and R&D capabilities of both companies.

Nader Azarmi, head of the BT’s intelligent systems research centre, said, “FOS is pivotal in ensuring BT has the ability to be flexible enough to bring together its capabilities and capacities in innovative new ways to provide excellent customer service and customer experience. The development of FOS is vital as part of the drive to keep BT ahead of the game as a service company, and the success of FOS is a result of close and innovative partnership with Infosys.”

BT and Infosys were jointly awarded the industry accolade on October 18, 2007 at the NOA Awards Ceremony in London.