Month: August 2003

Post Bank Uganda chooses Finacle, goes live

Infosys consolidates in East Africa

Bangalore, August 20, 2003 Infosys announced today that Post Bank Uganda (PBU) has decided in favour of Finacle suite of products for its IT initiative. Post Bank Uganda has gone live with Finacle Core Banking. This is the first Finacle site live in East Africa.

Post Bank Uganda started operations in 1998. The bank was started by taking over all the business and commercial activities of Postal Office Savings Bank.

Announcing this, Mr. Fabian Zungu, Managing Director Post Bank Uganda said,” PBU is very happy to partner with Infosys in its IT initiative. Over the last few years, the bank has been gearing up to move towards centralized banking solution to enable us to get the benefits of new-age technologies which would help in launching new products and services for our customers with reduced time-to-market and costs. Having made this decision, we are confident that with Infosys’ support and commitment, we will be able to delight our customers with new products and unified customer experience with the bank. This will help the bank to have faster business growth with higher efficiency.”

Mr. Merwin Fernandes, Vice President and Global Head – Sales and Marketing, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies Ltd. said, “Supported by cutting edge technology of Finacle, I am confident that Post Bank Uganda will be able to derive substantial business benefits, launch new products and services quickly and gain business agility in its banking operations. Africa is a very strategic market for us and over the last 12 months, Infosys’ Finacle suite of enterprise banking solutions has emerged as the preferred solution for forward-looking banks across the region. We look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship with Post Bank Uganda in the years ahead.”

According to Venkatramana Gosavi, Regional Manager- Africa, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies, “Post Bank Uganda is a prestigious client for us and we are happy to be a part of their banking transformation initiative. With our Finacle suite of products we are optimistic that the bank will exceed the expectations of its customers. Increasingly, Banks in Africa are demanding a whole range of online corporate banking functionalities on an online, real-time mode to meet the demands of the Corporates and customers alike. We are optimistic that our partnership will go a long way to give Post Bank Uganda derived business benefits. This win has helped us further consolidate our market reach in this space in East Africa as a whole “.

About Post Bank Uganda

At the time of takeover, it had deposits of UGX 1.5 billion. At the end of December 2002, the deposit was above UGX 16 billion. The asset base is about UGX 30 billion. Presently, Post Bank has 9 own branches and 11 Post office service points operated with agency agreement with Post Office.

About Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY):

Infosys, a world leader in consulting and information technology services, partners with Global 2000 companies to provide business consulting, systems integration, application development and product engineering services. Through these services, Infosys enables its clients to fully exploit technology for business transformation. Clients leverage Infosys’ Global Delivery Model to achieve higher quality, rapid time-to-market and cost-effective solutions. Infosys has over 17,000 employees in over 30 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.infosys.com or www.finacle.com

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning Infosys’ future growth prospects are forward-looking statements which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20- F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003and the Quarterly Reports on Form 6- K for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2002, September 30, 2002, December 31st 2002 and March 31, 2003. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.

Infosys deploys Finacle at The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd

Bangalore, August 12, 2003 Infosys Technologies Ltd. today announced that The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. (J&K Bank), one of its strong and long-standing customers further strengthened its bonds with Infosys by successfully deploying Finacle Core Banking. The J & K Bank has been recipient of Best Bank Award and the Best Universal Bank Award for 2001-2002 by The Financial Express. With this technology initiative, the bank hopes to consolidate its leadership position in the region.

The J&K Bank went Live with Finacle in a record time of 4 months and is now targeting to rapidly roll out Finacle across the bank.

The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. has become the 17th bank in India and 36th bank globally whose technology platform is powered by Finacle, the new generation enterprise banking e-platform. The Bank now has an aggressive plan to roll out Finacle to 100 key branches in the first phase and later to the rest of the bank on the centralized model.

Announcing this, Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Khan, Chairman, The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. said, “J & K bank has been swift in responding to the need for technology adaptation in meeting its commitment to its customers. We chose Finacle because it is clearly the lowest risk option for banks – it is not only feature rich and based on new generation technologies but is a solution that is proven on the ground with many Indian banks running their solution. With Infosys’ Finacle, we expect to gain a cutting edge in new-age banking applications and offer e-age delivery channels to our esteemed customers. We look forward to leverage all that Infosys has to offer to succeed in our efforts.”

Mr. Merwin Fernandes, Vice President and Global Head – Sales and Marketing, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies Ltd. said, “Infosys’ Finacle enterprise banking e-platform has emerged as the preferred core banking platform for successful and forward-looking banks in India as well as across the world. What really differentiates our solution – apart from its new generation architecture, scalability and tremendous flexibility – is our impeccable implementation track record. Thus 16 of the 17 banks in India that have opted for Finacle since its launch in July 2000 are LIVE with the solution. In a scenario where core banking replacements are considered high risk projects globally, Finacle offers banks a proven low risk alternative. With changeover to Finacle, we are confident that J&K Bank will be able to leverage the power and flexibility of the solution to launch new products, increase efficiency in operations and gain business agility.” He further added, “Having achieved an undisputed competitive leadership on our home turf, we are now focusing on scaling new heights in the global markets with a special emphasis on Europe, Middle East and ASEAN markets. Our new initiatives on both product and sales and marketing front are targeted at this objective”

According to Ms. Monica Koshy, Business Development Manager-North, Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies, ” With this initiative, The J & K Bank Ltd. has become a part of the growing Infosys family of banks where centralized Finacle e-platform is running live. This win marks further consolidation of our leadership position in the region. Under the dynamic leadership of Mr. M. Y. Khan, we look forward to a continued fruitful relationship with The J & K Bank.”

About The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd.

The J&K Bank Ltd. incorporated on October 1st, 1938 commenced business on July 4th, 1939. From a small beginning the bank has grown to become a giant with a network of 460 branches spread over the length and breadth of the country. The Bank is the first state owned bank of the country and 53% of equity is held by the Govt. of J & K .It has a consistent track record of growth and profitability. J K bank is one of the few banks in the country which has been able to show exemplary performance in adjusting to the rigorous prudential norms that came into force during 1992-93 and has been able to achieve CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO of above 16.84 per cent a s on 31st March, 2003, which is far ahead of RBI stipulation and is one of the highest in the industry today

About Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY):

Infosys, a world leader in consulting and information technology services, partners with Global 2000 companies to provide business consulting, systems integration, application development and product engineering services. Through these services, Infosys enables its clients to fully exploit technology for business transformation. Clients leverage Infosys’ Global Delivery Model to achieve higher quality, rapid time-to-market and cost-effective solutions. Infosys has over 17,000 employees in over 30 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.infosys.com or www.finacle.com

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning Infosys’ future growth prospects are forward-looking statements which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20- F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003and the Quarterly Reports on Form 6- K for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2002, September 30, 2002, December 31st 2002 and March 31, 2003. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.