Infy opens office in Hong Kong

BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies Ltd., the leading global IT consulting and

software development firm, has opened an office in Hong Kong to focus on

e-commerce and Internet infrastructure in the region. Vineet Toshniwal will head

the Hong Kong office of Infosys.

Infosys believes that Hong Kong is a hub of e-business activity in Asia and

looks forward to leveraging the opportunities available. "The B2B area has

fast become one of the most widely discussed topics of e-commerce

competitiveness for Asia Pacific manufacturers, because of the size of the

potential savings for in-region and overseas buyers. By 2003, the Asia Pacific

will account for almost 20 per cent of the global B2C and B2B e-transaction

value," says Gartner Group principal analyst Lane Leskela.

According to Infosys e-business group head - worldwide Subhash Dhar,

"Over the past years, we have managed and delivered e-business programs for

several dotcoms and Global 100 corporations in the US and Europe. We look

forward to bringing our global expertise in the new economy business practices

and processes with our core strengths in designing and developing technology

solutions to e-businesses in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region. Some of our

work in the e-commerce and Internet infrastructure space has been for new

economy leaders like Dell Online, Cisco, Amazon.com, Webvan, Blue Martini,

EC-Cubed and preis24.com."