Infosys Ltd., a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting and Microsoft have entered into a multi-year strategic engagement with Ausgrid, the largest distributor of electricity on Australia’s east coast, to accelerate its cloud transformation journey and establish Ausgrid as a leading digital utility.

• This program will further Ausgrid’s vision to connect communities and empower lives with a focus on affordability, reliability, and sustainability.
• Nick Crowe acting CIO, Ausgrid said,"Accelerating our cloud transformation journey in partnership with Infosys and Microsoft allows us to improve the reliability of the network, keep downward pressure on electricity prices and bring new services to market at speed and in a cost-effective manner.”
• The cloud program is designed to reduce Ausgrid’s cost of ownership and improve the performance of its IT systems and applications.

• Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Bangalore. 
• Salil Parekh is current MD and CEO Infosys.

• Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.
• Satyanarayana Nadella is an Indian-born American business executive. He is the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft.

Ausgrid is an electricity distribution company which owns, maintains and operates the electrical networks supplying 1.8 million customers in Sydney, the Central Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.