Journal post entry 4 Wednesday/Thursday/Friday January 8/9/10

The time spent in Pune was probably the most “IT” related I think I’ve ever had in my entire life.   To get started we had visits with global IT juggernauts Infosys, Wipro, Syntel, and IBM, in addition to a more boutique IT service firm Spiderlogic, owned by Wisconsin-based Wipfli.  The thing that stands out to me the most in Pune is the magnitude of the IT campuses.   Sure, it was interesting to hear what projects some of the firms are working on, but really what was mind blowing is how much money the clients must be spending on those projects.  The buildings of Infosys, for instance, could have been easily located in Las Vegas with even an Olympic sized swimming pool outside one of the buildings.  The only thing I can think of is that these buildings must be made to encourage workers to stay on-site.