Infosys intranet in NN/g's top 10

BANGALORE: Research firm Nielson Norman Group (NN/g) has selected Sparsh, the Infosys Technologies intranet as one of `The Year’s 10 Best Intranets’.

Infosys is the first Indian company to be selected for NN/g’s Intranet Design Annual Award.

"We are honored to receive world-wide acclaim for our intranet. The award shows Infosys’s commitment to employee communication by leveraging technology. Sparsh has provided the much-needed impetus to create a small company culture in a fast-growing environment," said Kris Gopalakrishnan, president, joint managing director and chief operating officer, Infosys Technologies Limited.

Sparsh supports over 69,000 employees across 18 countries where Infosys operates in. Sparsh is the primary channel for news and official information for Infosys employees.

“Most of this year’s winners are from countries that have fostered previous winners. However, we also have a new country represented this year: India. Having India join the ranks of winning countries is a clear symbol of its growing might as a software superpower,” said usability expert Dr. Jakob Nielsen, principal of Nelson Norman Group.

Other Nielsen Norman Group award-winners this year include American Electric Power (US); Comcast (US); DaimlerChrysler AG (Germany); The Dow Chemical Company (US); JPMorgan Chase & Co. (US); Microsoft Corporation (US); National Geographic Society (US); The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK); and Volvo Group (Sweden).

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