Infosys data and analytics business grows into USD 3 billion

Started just five years ago, Infosys’ data and analytics (DNA) practice has grown into a nearly $3 billion service line. The revenue is almost a quarter of the company’s total business. Satish HC, EVP and head of global services for DNA, says they realised early on that data had become a new pivot for business transformation. He says the big turning point came when they broke away from the siloed approach to big data, analytics and business intelligence (BI) and brought them under one umbrella. ‘That proved to be a seminal moment in our journey,’ he said. Satish declined to talk about the revenue of the business. He also declined to talk about customer projects. But sources said DNA created a new set of capabilities and enabled a massive cost takeout for Airbus by working with the aircraft maker’s tier 1 suppliers. Infosys has a long-term engagement with Airbus that started with the Airbus 380 programme, where it was involved in the design and development of structural components. MSN