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Infosys Launches 'Return to Workplace' Solutions to Help Enterprises Build Safe, Nurturing and Resilient Workplaces
BENGALURU, India, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Infosys [https://www.infosys.com/] (NYSE: INFY), the global leader in 
next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced the launch of 
its enterprise-grade 'Return to Workplace' solutions to help clients ensure 
safety and wellness of their employees as they adapt to new ways of working 
amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The cloud and edge-based solutions offer a comprehensive framework that enables 
enterprises to implement:

- Elevated Body Temperature (EBT) screening – Leverages automation and AI on 
  Edge to help enterprises screen their workforce or visitors in real-time for
  possible infection to isolate them and prevent them from entering the
  establishment. 
- Contact Tracing – Redefining the contact tracing category using proven 
  technologies like GPS and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to provide completely
  voluntary and Opt-In basis for building traceability. 
- Mask Compliance / Social Distancing Compliance - Video analytics algorithms 
  to provide alerts when masks are not detected, or the distance between
  people walking together or gathering at a place is not sufficient. Smart 
  wearables can also be incorporated based on the specific situations. 
- COVID-19 Chatbot – An AI-powered Digital Assistant solution to help answer 
  employee queries related to return to work scenarios 
- Contactless biometrics – Ensures employees and visitors enter workplaces in 
  a safe manner 
- Occupancy and workspace analytics – To help real estate teams track metrics
  on floor occupancy, density and automate sanitation routines in common 
  areas. Contactless elevator workflows, HVAC refresh cycles and many more
  solutions towards ongoing workplace wellbeing. 

These solutions do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) 
and use the power of AI, IOTVision Analytics, Edge Computing, 5G, RFID, 
Biometrics and Gesture controls to reduce the need for human intervention and 
enable data-driven decision making. The underlying platform ensures ease of 
maintenance and compliance reporting as required in various geographies.

Nitesh Bansal, SVP and Head- Engineering Services, Infosys, said, "The future 
of work will demand innovative solutions that enterprises can deploy rapidly, 
and at scale to ensure safety of their workforce while at the same time nurture 
collaboration and productivity. We are pleased to launch our 'Return to 
Workplace' offering that is aimed at positively impacting the re-opening of 
workspaces in a seamless, automated, and systematic manner. We are implementing 
some of these solutions, starting with EBT checks, across five million sq. ft. 
of our own office spaces as we prepare for 20,000 Infosys employees to return 
to their workplaces in a phased manner. We are confident that these solutions 
will reassure enterprises and employees that their workplaces are safe, 
collaborative, yet non-intrusive."

These solutions adhere to data privacy standards and practices with FDA, FCC, 
ISO, and IEC compliance.

Mukesh Dialani, Program Director of Product Engineering and Operations 
Technology/Services, IDC, said, "Infosys' scalable and flexible 'Return to 
Workplace' solution is timely and well thought out. Adhering to data privacy 
standards and built on a foundation of digital engineering elements including 
computer vision, edge and AI, it will provide customers with processes and 
solutions to restart their operations in a safe and resilient manner."

To know more on how 'Return to Workplace' solutions came about, and watch 
Nitesh Bansal tell the story, click here: 
https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/infytv/making-our-way-back-to-workplace.html

About Infosys Ltd.

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. 
We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation. 
With nearly four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of 
global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital 
journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps 
prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile 
digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer 
delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement 
through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our 
innovation ecosystem.

Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise 
navigate your next.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, 
financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our 
employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to 
qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform 
Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause 
actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking 
statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, 
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the 
effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks 
related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and 
other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic 
conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, 
our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including 
those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our 
ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost 
overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, 
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to 
manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key 
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our 
ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, 
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in 
which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of 
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, 
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, 
unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions 
affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government 
investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results 
are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year 
ended March 31, 2019. These filings are available at www.sec.gov . Infosys may, 
from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, 
including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not 
undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time 
to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.

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