Principal Research Scientist -...

Research & Innovation

Dr. Jai Ganesh

Principal Research Scientist

© 2010 Infosys Technologies Limited 2

Agenda

• Infosys overview

• Research @ Infosys

• Sample case study

• Evolution over the years

• Emerging models for R&D collaboration


Infosys Technologies

• Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) was started in 1981

• Infosys defines, designs and delivers technology-enabled business

solutions that help Global 2000 companies.

• Infosys pioneered the Global Delivery Model (GDM), which emerged

as a disruptive force in the industry leading to the rise of offshore

outsourcing.

• The GDM is based on the principle of taking work to the location

where the best talent is available, where it makes the best economic

sense, with the least amount of acceptable risk.


billion

Revenues LTM Dec-10


127,779

December 31, 2010.

Employees


Nationalities


Offices


India, China, the US, Australia, the Czech Republic, Poland, the UK, Canada and Japan

Development Centres


Infosys Technologies

• Over $44.2 Bn in market capitalization on the National Stock Exchange (as of Dec 31, 2010)

• Zero debt company with sound cash reserves, and a de-risked operating model

• 97.6 % repeat business (as of Dec 31, 2010)

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Software Engineering and

Technology Labs (SETLabs)

Co-Create the Future with Infosys


SETLabs Overview

• SETLabs is the center for applied technology research in software

engineering and enterprise technology.

• Leverages emerging technologies for improving engineering effectiveness

and developing client-focused business solutions.

• Set up in 1999

• During 2009-10, over 60 peer reviewed articles were published

• SETLabs Briefings, a highly respected peer-reviewed journal

• Collaborates with leading universities such as the University of

Southern California, IIT Bombay, Monash Research Academy etc.

• During 2009-10 SETLabs' IP Cell filed 31 patent applications in the

United States Patent and Trademark Office and Indian Patent Office.

• Infosys has over 224 patent applications pending in India and the U.S.

and the USPTO has granted nine patents


SETLabs Charter

Enhance Engineering

Effectiveness

Accelerate Non-linear

revenue growth

Enhance brand through thought

leadership

– Enhanced Quality

– Higher Productivity

– Driving Non

Linearity

– Lead Next

Disruptions

– Service

Differentiation

– New Services

– New Business

Solutions

– Tech Road Maps

– SETLabs Briefings

– White Papers

– Case Studies

– Patents

– Books, Publications

– Training


Research Labs

Software Engineering Convergence Distributed Computing

Software Engineering lab focuses

on the following primary aspects

of Software Engineering -

• Collaboration

• Automation

• Assembly based Models

• Simulation

As they are shaped by the

following primary trends –

Emergence of internet as

mainstream model

Participative approaches to work

Global talent pool

Convergence Lab is an Integrated

Research Center (IRC) focusing

on R&D to create innovative

solutions covering all aspects of

Mobility and Convergence space.

Its objective is to create service

convergence across various

diverse devices and seamless

content mobility across these

devices

The Distributed Computing lab

undertakes broad-based cutting-

edge Grid computing technologies

on open source toolkits. The goal

is to create domain specific

solutions in Grid computing space.

The Primary focus areas are:

• Solution development

• Research and Development

• Grid competency centre


Research Labs

Center for KDIS Microsoft Technology Center

Security & Privacy Lab

One of the key challenges facing

the information technology industry

is the need to transform itself from

being a primarily data centric

activity to being a knowledge

centric one. The mission of the

Center for Knowledge Driven

Information Systems is to position

Infosys as the leading provider of

disruptive, next generation

knowledge driven IT solutions.

Microsoft Technology Center's

(MTC) focuses on

• Innovation

• Technology Early Adoption

• Evangelization

for solutions based on

Microsoft technologies. MTC

is organized in to

• Solutions

• Product Competency Center

• Consulting

Objective of the Security and

Privacy lab is to enable Infosys

with

• Processes

• Tools

• Knowledge

• Capabilities

that are required for delivering

secure software to our clients.

http://www.microsoft.com/


Metrics

Patents

IP

Research papers

Research collaboratio

ns

Revenues

Editorial Boards

iProwe Product for Web Accessibility Assessment & Remediation

Case Study


Global Disability Statistics

United Kingdom,

18.2% of the population,

UK Census Statistics, 2001

Australia,

20% of the population,

Australian Bureau of

Statistics, 2003

Canada

14.3 % of the

population,

Statistics Canada, 2006

European Union,

16.4 % of the population,

Eurostat, 2003

USA,

18.1% of the population,

US Census Bureau, 2002

New Zealand

17% of the population,

Statistics New Zealand

2006

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/commentaries/health.asp

http://www.aihw.gov.au/disability/natpic/index.cfm

http://www.aihw.gov.au/disability/natpic/index.cfm

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/disability_issues/reports/fdr/2008/page03.shtml

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/health_safety/docs/ceremony_en.pdf

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p70-107.pdf


Why consider accessibility

Economics

Legal Regulations

Social Responsibility


Economics of Disability

Worldwide, 650 million people have a disability •three out of every 10 families are touched by a disability

In 2001, 180 million people worldwide were blind or visually impaired, 7.7 million people in the United States

In the United States, one in five people have some kind of disability and one in 10 has a severe disability •That’s approximately 54 million Americans

In USA, the discretionary income of people with disabilities is $175 billion!

Only 23% US federal government websites, 11% Non Profit Organization’s websites and 6% corporate websites in the US are accessible

Across European Union approximately 46 million people have a disability;

By 2015 •20% of the EU will be over 65 years of age;

•the number of people aged 60 or over will double in the next 30 years

•the number aged 80 or over will increase by 10% by 2050


Vision & Mission

• Vision

• Deliver comprehensive Web accessibility assessment and remediation

solutions

• Mission

• Reduce the time, cost, effort as well as errors involved in assessing and fixing

Website Accessibility assessment issues

• Target Customers

• iProwe is targeted at enterprises with an online presence and it will enable

enterprises to achieve enhanced Website assessment better, faster and

cheaper


About iProwe

• The World Wide Web needs to be accessible for a large section of the disabled population

• There is a need to provide equally accessibility of web properties to differently abled users

• Web Accessibility is a requirement from: legal perspective (legal regulations), economic perspective (large potential customer base) and corporate social responsibility perspective

Customer Problem

• iProwe delivers comprehensive Web accessibility assessment and reduces the time, cost, effort as well as errors involved in assessing and fixing Web accessibility issues

• One stop for accessibility assessment against WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, Section 508, ADA, DDA Australia, DDA UK, BITV Germany, Italian Stanca Act

• Detailed reporting in the form of PDF, HTML and HTML overlay reports targeted at technical as well as business users

• Enables enterprises to reach out to a large potential user base of differently-abled users

Value Proposition

• Automated accessibility assessment with productivity improvement of over 95% when compared with manual assessment

• Automated accessibility assessment with less that 30 sec taken for assessing and reporting each web page

Key Differentiators


Act

ivit

ies

Market analysis

• Research opportunity

• Commercialisation opportunity

• Business Challenges

• Technology Challenges

• Competitor and peer group Analysis

• Key risks

Deli

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s

• Presentation • Comparison

Matrix

Reports

• White space analysis • Freedom to operate

analysis • Paent filing • Pre-PoC research • Open source vs.

commercial software decisions

• Socialisation with Units

Fully functional model

• Beta testing • Thought

Leadership • Module level

patents

• Detailed analysis • High level cost

break-up • Potential for IP

creation • Wireframes

Working PoC

• Working model • Pre-beta testing • Unit level buy-in • Follow-up patents

Timeline

Commercial model

• Pricing • Terms and conditions • Commercials • Formal launch • Website • Collaterals • Support

• Executable Code • Fully functional • Fully Functional • RoI

Robust model

• Product management processes

• Testing • Scalability • Security • Reliability

Launch Build Prototype PoC Research Ideation


Launch Build Prototype PoC Research Ideation

iProwe

Overview: iProwe is targeted at enterprises

with an online presence and it will enable

enterprises to achieve enhanced Website

assessment better, faster and cheaper

IBU tie-ups: Featured in testing Lab

Team:

Milestones Planned & Accomplishments:

Highlights: India first patent pending

product for Web Accessibility Assessment &

Remediation

• X Patent filing, Y IDFs

• Z Journal papers

• P Conference papers

• US $ XX,XXX plus in revenues

Risk & abatement plans:

Next steps: Feature improvements,

Performance improvement,

Commercialisation

TL IDFs $

INFRA PPL

Evolution of the Lab


Evolution

Early Years 2000-05

• Expertise creation

• Centre of Excellence

Later years 2005 – 07

• IP creation

• Thought Leadership

• Differentiation

Current

• Co-creation

• IP monetisation

Thank You

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