Blue Star Infotech Explained

Blue Star Infotech Ltd.
Type:	Public
Traded As:
Area Served:	Worldwide
Key People:	^[1] ^[2]
Industry:	IT services IT Consulting
Services:	Application development & management Product development & support Professional services Independent testing services Analytics Business Intelligence Mobility
Revenue:	(2015)^[3]
Num Employees:	1300
Parent:	Blue Star Group^[4]
Homepage:	Official Website
Foundation:	1943 as a business. Separate entity since 2000
Location:	Mumbai

Blue Star Infotech Ltd, based in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, Santa Clara, New Jersey, London, Singapore, Malaysia, was a global provider of product development services, enterprise solutions and services, travel technology solutions and testing services^[5] with operations in North America, Europe, UK, and India.^[4] It was part of the USD $700M Blue Star Group.^[6] They had service delivery centers in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Singapore and Malaysia. Blue Star Infotech was ranked in the list of 2013 Global Services 100 companies of Global IT and Business Process Outsourcing.^[7]

Overview

Blue Star Infotech was founded in 1943, when the International Software Division of Blue Star was founded at SEEPZ, Mumbai in partnership with HP.^[8] In March 1990, Blue Star Infotech acquired a 100% owned subsidiary in the USA called USIN International Inc, later renamed Blue Star Infotech America, Inc. In 1998, Blue Star Infotech set up a 100% owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Blue Star Infotech has been ranked 12th amongst the top fifteen global R&D service providers.^[9]

Microsoft awarded Blue Star Infotech with the "Best Dynamics Partner of the Year" in India for financial year 2006 & 2008. They Named to the Microsoft Dynamics President's Club for the year 2006 and 2008.^[10] Effective 1 January 2016, Blue Star Infotech Limited has sold its Information Technology business to the Infogain group of Companies. This marks the exit of Blue Star from this business after 33 years.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blue Star Infotech successfully implements a decision support system at D'damas . Newstrackindia.com . 5 November 2009 . 16 July 2010.
2. Web site: Blue Star Infotech to implement Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Snowman Frozen Foods . Financialexpress.com . 4 February 2010 . 16 July 2010.
3. Web site: Blue Star Infotech Financial Results - BLUESTINFO Financial Results - Business Standard News - Page 1.
4. Web site: Blue Star Infotech Ltd, Wire India, Press Releases . Businesswireindia.com . 1 February 2010 . 16 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708105406/http://www.businesswireindia.com/PressRelease.asp?b2mid=21445 . 8 July 2011 . dead .
5. Web site: Blue Star Infotech joins Sitecore's partner program . Financialexpress.com . 1 February 2010 . 16 July 2010.
6. Web site: Blue Star Infotech exhibits at Travel Technology Show . Prlog.org . 21 January 2010 . 16 July 2010.
7. Web site: The 2013 GS100: Defining Leadership in Global IT & Business Process Outsourcing - GlobalServices . 2014-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327231114/http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/global-services/analysis/203192/the-2013-gs-100-defining-leadership-global-it-business-process-outsourcing . 27 March 2014 . dmy-all .
8. Web site: Blue Star Infotech . Bsil.com . 1 September 1998 . 16 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304205735/http://www.bsil.com/history.html . 4 March 2010 .
9. Web site: 30 September 2009 . Blue Star Infotech Ranked vishal Top 15 Global R&D Service Providers - outsourced product development, R&D Services, Product engineering solution . https://web.archive.org/web/20100404004200/http://www.free-press-release.com/news-blue-star-infotech-ranked-among-top-15-global-r-d-service-providers-1254293076.html . 2010-04-04 . 16 July 2010 . Free-press-release.com.
10. Web site: Engineering Business Outcomes . 2013-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130824191415/http://bsil.com/Resource-Center/Press-Releases/2008/09-19-2008.aspx . 24 August 2013 . dmy .