Infosys Most Able to Compete with Former Big 5 Business Consulting Companies and Best Positioned Among All Indian I.T. Companies to Offer High-Value Management Consulting Expertise

Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:INFY) announced today that it has been named a leader in consulting services and expertise among Indian I.T. services companies and most able to compete with the former Big 5 consulting firms.

"Infosys...is best positioned to offer high-value management consulting skills," wrote Stephanie Moore of Forrester Research in the report "Forrester Wave: Indian Vendor Consulting Capabilities, Q4 2005, Forrester Research, Inc, December 1, 2005." "Of all the vendors profiled here, Infosys is most able to compete with both the former Big Five firms for business process consulting work and the tier-one Indian vendors for the follow-on technical work."

The study conducted by Forrester Research, entitled "Forrester Wave(TM): Indian Vendor Consulting Capabilities, Q4 2005" was published in December. In the evaluation, Infosys received the highest scores in three evaluation categories: Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence.

"At Infosys we are reinventing the consulting profession to provide a new, better model for clients. Our model combines world class consultants working on site with clients and world class technology experts in India, China and other locations around the world. The result is more robust business ideas and higher quality implementations." said Stephen Pratt, CEO & Managing Director, Infosys Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, Ltd. "We are thrilled with our rankings in this Forrester Wave report and believe our position is proof positive that our dedication to helping our clients become stronger competitors is resonating in the market."

Founded in April 2004, Infosys Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Limited, was created in response to clients' needs to receive greater value for their consulting investment. By utilizing the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered, Infosys Consulting delivers greater management consulting value at lower cost because client capital is freed up to pursue a better design of the business, thereby helping to make client companies fundamentally more competitive.

Infosys Technologies, with 200 business consultants and 1,900 technology consultants company-wide, offers a wide-variety of business and I.T. consulting services through its industry units, technology groups, and wholly-owned subsidiary, Infosys Consulting. These consulting services include such services as Strategic Business Consulting, IT Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Organizational Change Management, Compliance, Governance, Business Process Reengineering, Mergers and Acquisitions related to IT Systems, Customer Operations, Enterprise Solutions, Product Operations, Technical Architecture, Application Portfolio Analysis and many other services.

About Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Infosys (NASDAQ:INFY) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions. These provide our clients with strategic differentiation and operational superiority, thereby increasing their competitiveness. Each solution we provide is delivered with the industry-benchmark "Infosys Predictability" that gives our clients peace of mind. With Infosys, they are assured of a transparent business partner, business-IT alignment with flexibility, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 49,000 employees in over 30 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.infosys.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to 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 the success of our investments, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT, business process outsourcing and consulting 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, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, 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 and regional conflicts, 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, 2005 our report on Form 6-K for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005 filed on July 28, 2005 and our report on Form 6-K for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005 filed on October 21, 2005. .These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

Infosys最具备能力与前五大商务咨询企业进行竞争，在所有印度信息技术企业中处于最有利位置，为客户提供高价值的管理咨询专家经验

Infosys Technologies Limited（纳斯达克股票代码：INFY）今天宣布其被评选为印度信息技术企业中提供咨询服务与专家经验的领导企业，被认为是最具备能力与前五大咨询公司进行竞争的企业。

Forrester Research的Stephanie Moore在《Forrester之波：印度供应商的咨询能力，2005年第四季度，Forrester Research, Inc，2005年12月1日》报告中写道：“Infosys处于有利位置，能够提供高价值的管理咨询技术。在这里所有介绍的供应商里面，Infosys是最有能力在商务流程咨询与前五大公司进行竞争，同时在后续技术工作方面与一流印度供应商进行竞争的供应商。”

这项研究报告名为《Forrester之波™：印度供应商的咨询能力，2005年第四季度》，由Forrester Research执笔，并于12月份出版发行。Infosys在评估过程中在三大评估分类——当前产品、战略与市场占有率——中都获得了最高分。

Infosys Technologies, Ltd.全资附属子公司Infosys Consulting执行董事兼首席执行官Stephen Pratt说道：“在Infosys，我们重新定义了咨询专业，为客户提供全新的效果更佳的模型。我们的模型结合了与客户一同现场工作的世界级的咨询顾问以及位于印度、中国以及全球各地的世界级技术专家。结果带来了更强大的业务创意以及更高品质的产品部署。我们非常兴奋看到《Forrester 之波》对于我们的评价，相信我们的地位经得住考验，致力于帮助客户成为其所在市场中的更强大的竞争者。”

Infosys Consulting创办于2004年4月，是Infosys Technologies Limited旗下的全资附属子公司，是为了响应客户要求提高咨询投资的价值而设立。Infosys Consulting利用Infosys率先提出的全球交付模型，能够以较低成本提供更高的管理咨询服务价值，同时客户直到实施更好的业务设计之前都无需投入资本，从而能够帮助客户企业从本质上变得更富竞争力。

Infosys Technologies拥有200名商务咨询顾问以及1,900名技术顾问，通过其行业部门、技术小组与全资子公司Infosys Consulting提供种类繁多的业务与信息技术咨询服务。上述咨询服务包括像是战略业务咨询、信息技术战略、企业风险管理、组织变革管理、合规、治理、业务流程再造、信息技术系统并购、客户运营、企业解决方案、产品运营、技术体系结构、应用程序组合分析在内的多种服务。

关于Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Infosys（纳斯达克股票代码：INFY）定义、设计与交付信息技术业务解决方案。这些能够为客户提供具有战略意义的差别化与经营优势，从而提高它们的竞争能力。我们所提供的每项解决方案都与行业基准测试“Infosys预测测试(Infosys Predictability)”一同交付，从而使得客户能够对解决方案充满信心。与Infosys合作，它们能够确保获得透明的业务合作伙伴、灵活的业务-信息技术协调、世界级的流程和执行速度，还能够通过Infosys率先推出的全球交付模型更为精打细算的使用其信息技术预算。Infosys在全球30多家办事处里雇佣了49,000名员工。了解更多信息，请访问公司网站 www.infosys.com 。

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