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Vishal Sikka to oversee some broad changes that were under way at the company, including its renewed focus on the mid-market, the introduction of new on-demand products, and the continued roll out of NetWeaver and its SOA strategy. In the wake of Léo Apotheker's resignation from the executive board in 2010 to become CEO of HP, Sikka was named to a newly-reconstituted board, along with new co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe. On 4 May 2014, Sikka announced his departure from SAP for personal reasons before being named leader of Infosys. On 12 June 2014, Infosys Ltd, India's second-largest IT services