If you are NR Narayana Murthy you need to have the Midas touch. A company you created with a bunch of friends and built with vision and values has fallen a little out of step with the world of IT and lost out in the pace of change to competitors like TCS Cognizant and even HCL.
The problem today is that the world has changed. The SMAC ( Social Media Mobility Analytics & Cloud ) revolution has changed motivations though it hasnt resulted in big contracts yet. And you need a deep understanding of the new world and yet retain the capabilities...