Infosys tops consulting, SAP practice, says Forrester

Infosys Technologies announced on Thursday, it has been named a leader, by Forrester, in consulting services and expertise among Indian IT services companies and most able to compete with the former Big 5 consulting firms. The report has also added that Infosys is also the topper in SAP practice.

"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.' "Of all 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."

In the evaluation, Infosys received the highest scores in three evaluation categories: present offering, strategy and market presence.

On the SAP pratice, Forrester has added that Infosys is "arguably the most prestigious of the tier one Indian IT service firms." Infosys is uniquely positioned to offer SAP consulting, planning and implementation services in direct competition with the traditional IT services providers, the report added.

The report highlights the company's core consulting strengths and said the company's SAP services are an "especially good fit" for clients requiring full life-cycle SAP support and want to measure the full value of their SAP information technology objectives and results.

For this report, Forrester evaluated nine of the top Indian Service Providers across 24 different criteria. The report observes that the demand for Indian vendors in the areas of SAP implementation and maintenance support is increasing.

"Infosys distinguishes itself with high-value consulting skills for large-scale SAP implementations," according to Forrester.

"Not only does Infosys have the necessary implementation skills, but Infosys Consulting also uniquely positions the firm for high-value, pre-implementation work." Forrester added: "It's front-end consulting strengths, combined with its process and technical expertise set Infosys apart from its competitors."