Mana also pulls in elements from three of Infosys' most important software platforms -the Infosys Automation Platform, the Infosys Information Platform and the Infosys Knowledge Platform. Infosys believes Mana can compete directly with IBM's Watson -a claim that experts tracking the industry are still skeptical about. "The whole idea is to disrupt the traditional model of the software industry . "There are two killer activities in the software industry that take up the most amount of time -one is to find out what the problem is. (Mana) Requires a different level of skill," said Samson David, global head of cloud, infrastructure and security, who has now also been tasked by Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka to head the Mana team.

Source: Economic Times June 13, 2016 04:23 UTC