The Crown Jewel


There are high-tech campuses, and then there is Infosys. If you follow business in India, or just keep track of hot stocks on the NASDAQ, you may know of Infosys. If India is the hot spot for tech these days, Infosys is the hot spot for India.

It's always a pleasure for me to see, first hand, a company firing on all cylinders. Walk into a Starbucks and you'll see what I'm talking about. See the lines for the newest iPod, or how many people are drinking a Hansen's Natural soda .. that's it too.

The cylinders are a little harder to see at Infosys. Its business is software support. Not the "we're losing our jobs to India" support .. this one comes with some of the strongest engineers in the world. I just got out of an Infosys training session .. they don't train their new employees to speak clearly so Americans can understand. This training session (and the one next door) was full of Americans. Fresh out of college with engineering or computer science degrees. And on their way to work for Infosys.

An Indian company.

Why? Some, because they simply felt the deal was best here. Most told me it's because Infosys is a global company, leading the way in our global economy. Hard to argue. Seen Infosys' stock price lately? It has a market value double that of AMD, triple that of Juniper, and bigger than Electronic Arts, Safeway, or The Gap.

Yes, an Indian company.

And did I mention the campus? This thing makes Oracle's campus look like my house. It's gigantic, with everything you could ask for, not only in a well-heeled tech company, but in a country club as well. One worker says it looks like the Club Med of India.

This is what a company looks like when it fires on all cylinders. Others can complain about how India does business. Infosys doesn't mind. It's too busy doing too much business, and making too much money, to care.