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91 | Persistent
Systems
For a company whose 92% revenue came from the sluggish North American
market; managing to grow overall revenues by some 34% was an achievement in
itself. The growth is testament to the fact that Persistents OPD business seems
to be working well. Even internally, the companys efficiency drive seems to be
paying off well, as its net profit soared by some 50%. There were also a few
high profile additions to the top rung, like the appointment of TM Vijayaraman
as CTO and Ranjan Guha as SVP, strategic business development.
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n Acquired
assets of the Indian arm of Metrikus, USA
n Announced
setting up of facilities in Hyderabad and Nagpur |
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l CMD:
Anand Deshpande l Start-up Year: 1990 l Products &
Services: Software services, outsourced product
development l Employees: 3,867 l Branches: 17 l
Address: Bhageerath, 402E, Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune-411016
l Tel: +91-20-25678900 l Fax: +91-20-25678901 l
Website:
www.persistentsys.com |
92 | Numeric
Power Systems
With footprints across all UPS segments, Numeric concentrated on delivering
technologically diverse and superior power backup solutions. Foray into
inverters both for the consumer and commercial markets, and its focus on
building renewable energy products signifies its emphasis on newer, cost saving,
and green methods in power backup. The solar powered UPS will work by
interfacing its UPS products with solar panels on the rooftops through an
electronic system called Maximum Power Point Tracking Technology.
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n
Forays into inverters business
n Makes
plans to tap solar based power backup solutions |
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l Managing
Director: R Chellappan l Start-up Year: 1984 l
Products & Services: UPS and power back up solutions
l Address: Numeric House, No 5, Sir PS Sivasami Salai,
Mylapore, Chennai-600004 l Tel: +91-44-24993266 l
Fax: +91-44-24998210 l Website:
www.numericups.com |
93 | Tata Elxsi
Tata Elxsi witnessed growth in all focused business areas. The company signed a
partnership with ARM for chip development for multimedia applications; it was
selected as Tensilicas first authorized multimedia processor design center.
Investing more than 7% of its revenues in R&D, Tata Elxsi developed software to
enable TV on mobile phones and laptop as well as for WiMax applications. Visual
Computing Labs, the entertainment arm, developed a new animation movie Roadside
Romeo produced by Yash Raj Films and Disney.
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n VCL
won the National award for best special effects for the Tamil
film, Anniyan
n New
centers came up in Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Japan |
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l Managing
Director: Syamal Gupta l Start-up Year: 1989 l
Products & Services: Embedded product design services
l Employees: 3,500 l Address: ITPL Road,
Whitefield, Bangalore-560048 l Tel: +91-80-22979123 l
Fax: +91-80-28411474 l Website:
www.tataelxsi.com |
94 | ITC Infotech
It was a year of partnerships. Dr Lauterbach & Partners of Germany helped
the company offer value-added IT services in printing and packaging. It also
partnered with ISIS Papyrus and Intalio for document output management. It
launched mobile technology services with California-based Mobio. The company
signed a deal with Compuware for providing services around Compuware solutions
for testing and infrastructure services, custom application development, and ERP.
It also planned to scale up its business in UK and US through M&As.
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n
Featured in Global Services 100
n Accredited
as a gold certified member of the Microsoft Partner program |
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l Managing
Director: Sanjiv Puri l Start-up Year: 2000 l
Products & Services: IT services and ITeS l Address:
ITC Infotech Park, 18, Banaswadi Main Road, Pulakeshinagar
PO, Bangalore-560005 l Tel: +91-80-22988331-38 l
Fax: +91-80-22988076 l Website:
www.itcinfotech.com |
95 | Cranes
Software
With a spectacular growth, the company went in for an inorganic move during
the year and acquired Engineering Technology Associates (ETA), a tier-1 vendor
to the top three US car manufacturers. With this acquisition, the company has
strengthened its foray in the Chinese Auto market as it will gain access to the
established Chinese design centre of ETA. Moreover, this acquisition will also
enable Cranes to expand distribution of its flagship NISA suite of FEA products.
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n
Acquired ETA and invested Rs 72 crore on its inorganic
initiative
n Gains
foothold into the Chinese region |
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l Managing
Director: Asif Khader l Start-up Year: 1991 l
Products & Services: Design and statistical software
products, and engineering services l Employees: 1,040 l
Address: #52, Bannerghatta Road, BTM Layout, 1st Stage,
1st Phase, Bangalore-560076 l Tel: +91-80-41281111 l
Fax: +91-80-41280203 l Website:
www.cranessoftware.com |
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