<div>Infosys, India's third largest IT firm, on Monday announced a definitive agreement to fully acquire Israel-based Panaya, Inc. for an enterprise value of $200 million.<br /><br /><div>Panaya, a leading provider of automation technology for large scale enterprise software management, helps Infosys to bring automation to several service lines through a software-as-a-service model, reducing risks and costs and the time taken to bring services to the market.<br /><br /></div><div>The transaction is expected to close before March 31, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. According to IT analysts, this acquisition reflects Infosys’ execution of its Renew and New strategy to enhance the competitiveness and productivity of current service lines by leveraging automation, innovation and artificial intelligence.<br /><br /></div><div>Panaya’s CloudQuality suite uniquely positions Infosys to bring automation to several of its service lines via an agile SaaS model, and helps mitigate risk, reduce costs and shorten time to market for clients.<br /><br />Commenting on the acquisition, Infosys CEO and Managing Director Vishal Sikka said, “The acquisition of Panaya is a key step in renewing and differentiating our service lines. This will help amplify the potential of our people, freeing us from the drudgery of many repetitive tasks, so we may focus more on the important, strategic challenges faced by our clients. At the same time, Panaya’s proven technology helps dramatically simplify the costs and complexities faced by businesses in managing their enterprise application landscapes.”<br /><br /></div><div>Panaya CEO Doron Gerstel said, 'we are excited about leveraging Infosys’ global reach, service footprint and broad customer base to deliver compelling, simplifying, value to clients. I am confident this integrated proposition will uniquely position Infosys as the services leader in the enterprise application services market.”<br /><br />Interacting with Deccan Herald during the Q3 results, Sikka had said that the game plan of Infosys is to reach out to the startup ecosystem in the well-established regions of Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, London, and Beijing.<br /><br /></div><div>“We have to emulate companies in other geographies which work on cutting-edge technologies in analytics, data mining, mobility, automation and artificial intelligence. Indian startups should be exposed to those opportunities and our client base will help us in this regard,” he had said to Deccan Herald during that meeting.<br /><br /></div><div>During that time INfosys CEO also announced the company’s plan to expand its Innovation Fund from the current $100 million to $500 million.<br /><br /></div><div>The Israel based ERP solutions provider is a privately held company and backed by Benchmark Capital, Hasso Plattner Ventures and Battery Ventures.</div></div>
<div>Infosys, India's third largest IT firm, on Monday announced a definitive agreement to fully acquire Israel-based Panaya, Inc. for an enterprise value of $200 million.<br /><br /><div>Panaya, a leading provider of automation technology for large scale enterprise software management, helps Infosys to bring automation to several service lines through a software-as-a-service model, reducing risks and costs and the time taken to bring services to the market.<br /><br /></div><div>The transaction is expected to close before March 31, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. According to IT analysts, this acquisition reflects Infosys’ execution of its Renew and New strategy to enhance the competitiveness and productivity of current service lines by leveraging automation, innovation and artificial intelligence.<br /><br /></div><div>Panaya’s CloudQuality suite uniquely positions Infosys to bring automation to several of its service lines via an agile SaaS model, and helps mitigate risk, reduce costs and shorten time to market for clients.<br /><br />Commenting on the acquisition, Infosys CEO and Managing Director Vishal Sikka said, “The acquisition of Panaya is a key step in renewing and differentiating our service lines. This will help amplify the potential of our people, freeing us from the drudgery of many repetitive tasks, so we may focus more on the important, strategic challenges faced by our clients. At the same time, Panaya’s proven technology helps dramatically simplify the costs and complexities faced by businesses in managing their enterprise application landscapes.”<br /><br /></div><div>Panaya CEO Doron Gerstel said, 'we are excited about leveraging Infosys’ global reach, service footprint and broad customer base to deliver compelling, simplifying, value to clients. I am confident this integrated proposition will uniquely position Infosys as the services leader in the enterprise application services market.”<br /><br />Interacting with Deccan Herald during the Q3 results, Sikka had said that the game plan of Infosys is to reach out to the startup ecosystem in the well-established regions of Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, London, and Beijing.<br /><br /></div><div>“We have to emulate companies in other geographies which work on cutting-edge technologies in analytics, data mining, mobility, automation and artificial intelligence. Indian startups should be exposed to those opportunities and our client base will help us in this regard,” he had said to Deccan Herald during that meeting.<br /><br /></div><div>During that time INfosys CEO also announced the company’s plan to expand its Innovation Fund from the current $100 million to $500 million.<br /><br /></div><div>The Israel based ERP solutions provider is a privately held company and backed by Benchmark Capital, Hasso Plattner Ventures and Battery Ventures.</div></div>
