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Infosys: Infosys, the country’s largest IT company, has won 75 percent stake in the Australian IT company Versent Group. The deal took place at 233.25 million Australian dollars (about 1300 crores). Till now the versant was owned by Australia’s Telstra Group, but now it will be operational at the hands of Infosys. Whereas the parent’s parent company Telstra will now have only 25 percent stake in it.
Why is this deal necessary?
The deal is a joint venture between Infosys and Telstra to promote AI-competent cloud and digital solutions for its Australian business. Infosys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salil Parekh said, “We are excited to bring Infosys Topaz to enable transformative AI-First Capability, which will work as a complementary of Versent Group’s Cloud-Founded Digital Foundation.”
The Versent Group mainly provides large -scale cloud services in government and education, financial institutions, energy and utility sectors. The company is known for designing and implementing cloud strategy for digital transformation with its liding trading partners.
Both companies are doing work with 2024
The company has a complete team of 650 engineers, advisors and strategists in Australia. The purpose of acquiring the Versent Group of Infosys is to strengthen its presence in Australia. Infosys has been working closely with its parent company Telstra since 2024 to speed up its software engineering and IT transformation.
Infosys shares boom
Infosys has bought a 75 percent stake of the Versent Group, after the news came, Infosys shares in the US stock market got a 1.6 % jump. With this, the share price reached $ 16.33. At the same time, Infosys shares also saw a rise in the Indian stock market on Wednesday. The shares closed at Rs 1426.40 with a gain of 0.16 percent.
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