Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2012 (2)

A global retail corporation engaged us in the design and implementation of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution to transform its production operations by reducing product development cycle time and cost of raw material resulting in significant financial savings. A food and beverage corporation chose us to assess its network infrastructure readiness for its Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative spanning hundreds of locations across the U.S. and Canada; we will also recommend the network foundation for its future enterprise mobility strategy.

An independent software vendor partnered with us for development, testing, sustaining engineering and support for network monitoring, digital forensics and network security management solutions that protect its worldwide information ecosystem. An Indian telecommunications conglomerate chose us to help define its video, enhanced communications, device, identity and implementation strategies for infrastructure and services in support of its new 4G service.

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A not-for-profit health plan provider partnered with us to improve its claims process in terms of accuracy and turnaround time through a comprehensive solution leveraging our automated workflow, reporting and auditing solutions. An integrated healthcare delivery provider in Asia-Pacific partnered with us to standardize and harmonize its processes by setting up a shared service environment.

Products, Platforms and Solutions

We continue to see momentum across industries for Products and Platforms. This quarter we added 15 wins across industries and geographies. Our products and platforms (excluding Finacle(TM)) are now adopted by more than 60 global clients.

A hotel operator in Europe has selected Infosys CommerceEdge(TM) to provide its online customers with an enhanced social shopping experience. The platform supports the purchase process by connecting consumers with their friends on social channels. Customers will be able to compare and seek opinions on their purchases and share travel experiences seamlessly. A multinational consumer food products company has selected Infosys TradeEdge(TM) to gain secondary sales visibility in emerging markets, enabling better distributor collaboration and supply chain planning.

A global research-based biopharmaceutical company has selected Infosys Edge business platform to transform its information management process by enhancing collaboration between teams and driving regulatory compliance during drug discovery process. A global apparel brand selected Infosys Omni Channel Personalization Engine to create the next-generation online consumers experience to drive deeper personalization and enhance consumer engagement resulting in higher conversion rate.

This quarter we also took new products to the market. Through a jointly developed solution with AT&T, we redefined customer service with SpeedSolve - a comprehensive next-generation product that makes communication faster and more efficient for call centers and related operations.

Finacle(TM)

Finacle(TM) from Infosys has been positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for International Retail Core Banking (IRCB) 2012*. Gartner Inc. positioned vendor/product based on two broad parameters - ability to execute and completeness of vision. Finacle(TM) was positioned as a leader in the market among the 19 vendor/product evaluated.

Finacle(TM) continued its business momentum, adding six wins this quarter. Of these, four were from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and two were from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Nine client projects went live on Finacle(TM) in the quarter. Of these, four went live in APAC, three in EMEA and two in the Americas.

The implementation of Finacle at Denmark's Nykredit bank went live recently. Commenting on this major milestone in the bank's strategic journey, Group Managing Director Per Ladegaard from Nykredit said: "Adopting a partnership with Finacle has been important to the success of this project. The integrated Nykredit and Finacle team worked closely with the bank's IT and business teams. They laid a solid foundation from which we will be able to offer superior products and service to our clients, and achieve our business growth objectives."

Cloud

We are seeing good momentum in the market for our Cloud business and have executed more than 170 engagements. In the last quarter, we won more than 20 engagements across Cloud services, Big Data and Security.

As a Cloud Ecosystem Integrator, we work with more than 30 partners and have made significant investments in solutions and intellectual property with the successful launch of the Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub solution. This is the first solution that effectively helps enterprises build, manage and govern a unified hybrid cloud environment.

A life-sciences major engaged us to migrate and support its legacy integration services to a Cloud based platform, including new native Cloud application development along with integration services for Cloud. A financial services major in the U.S. selected us to build the foundation of an online services marketplace and leverage a Cloud based model to enable subscription, brokering, federation and monetization of services and data with the required security, policy and standards. We will also manage the Windows Azure operations for the client.

A financial services company chose to leverage our Big Data solutions to understand and reduce its risk when lending to commercial clients. The solution will help the client process its voluminous data around non-performing assets and draw real-time insights and streamline its loan origination process.

Enterprise Mobility

Mobility continues to be a business priority and focus area for Enterprises. Till date, the business unit has executed more than 250 projects, 300 application rollouts, and serviced more than 70 clients. In the last quarter, we have won more than 18 new engagements in key areas such as enterprise mobility strategy, advisory and envisioning services, mobile field service, mobile sales force automation, enterprise IT, multi-channel commerce, and mobile asset management.

We were engaged to define the enterprise and consumer mobility strategy for an American food major, helping the company make the right investments to achieve its business goals and return on investment. For a large American bank, we are redesigning the architecture of its mobile banking solution to be more scalable and robust. The new architecture will reduce efforts in adding new services, and supporting new platforms.

We are creating a mobile-based field service solution for the technicians of an Asian storage and computing systems vendor. The solution improves technician collaboration, order-taking for spares and accessories, and overall time to resolve complaints. A European consumer packaged goods major selected us to develop a mobile-based sales and order management system to improve efficiency in its sales processes and effectiveness of its local marketing campaigns.

A Nordic retailer chose us to help rollout a mobile channel for shopping that will provide its customers a seamless and convenient cross-channel shopping experience.

Patents

During the second quarter, Infosys applied for 33 patent applications in Indiaand the U.S. With this, Infosys has an aggregate of 533 unique patent applications (at various prosecution stages) in India, U.S. and other jurisdictions and has been granted 56 patents by the United StatesPatent and Trademark Office and two patent by Luxembourgpatent office.

Liquidity

As on September 30, 2012, cash and cash equivalents, including investments in available-for-sale financial assets, certificates of deposits and government bonds was $4.3bn ($3.8bn as on September 30, 2011).

"Our operating cash flows continue to be strong while our cash and cash equivalents crossed US $4bn," said V. Balakrishnan, Member of the Board and Chief Financial Officer. "We are focused on high quality growth despite global currency and economic volatility."

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