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86 | Subex
Subex completed Syndesis acquisition in FY 08 which helped it to expand its
customer base, especially in EMEA. Syndesis contributed about 40% of its overall
revenue. Fintur Group, Global Vision Telecom Group, Melita Cable, Econet
Wireless, Telenor, Telekom Slovenije, and Bahamas Telecommunications were some
of its wins during the year. It expanded its product portfolio and started a
dedicated data integration management practice on the fulfillment side of the
business.
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n The UK Trade & Investment body award for the
Best Listing at the LSE
n The company renamed itself as Subex from Subex
Azure
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l CEO: Subash Menon l
Address: Adarsh Tech Park,
SEZ II, Outer Ring Road, Deverabisanahalli, Bangalore-560037
l Tel: +91-80-66593000 l Fax: +91-80-66593333 l
Website: www.subexworld.com |
87 | Geometric Software
Geometric Software Solutions rebranded itself as Geometric Limited last
year. It acquired US-based TekSoft specializing in PLM solutions and renamed the
wholly owned subsidiary as Geometric Technologies. It renamed the subsidiary
company as Geometric Engineering and has made management changes. It acquired
PLM adapters from MeritSpring Technologies AG of Switzerland. This enabled it to
broaden its offering in the PLM interoperability space. The company has
introduced products like Feature Recognition, NestLib, and GeomDiff Technology.
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n Won the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Emerging Company
of the Year Award
n Focused on becoming an independent SI player
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l Managing Director and CEO: Ravi Gopinath l
Start-up Year: 1994 l Products & Services: Engineering
applications, and integration and engineering services l
Employees: 3,000 l Address: Plant 6, Pirojshahnagar, Vikhroli
West, Mumbai-400079 l Tel: +91-22-67056500 l Fax:
+91-22-67056891 l Website:
www.geometricglobal.com |
88 | Supertron
Electronics
Supertron witnessed substantial growth in revenue from Acer, Seagate, Transcend,
and Supercomp. It was very bullish on the Acer business which grew by almost
60%. Its in-house brand, Supercomp, launched new products every quarter and is
planning to extend the brand offerings into PC components. It added Buffallo, a
Japanese storage company for exclusive distribution of storage components and
tied up with IBM for the server business. LCDs, flash drives, external hard disk
drives, and SD cards were the hottest selling products last year.
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Expanded its focus on B- & C-class cities, strengthened its
sales force, and implemented ERP across India
n Launched
Surveillance brand for cameras and DVR cams |
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l Managing
Director: VK Bhandari l Start-up Year: 1993 l
Products & Services: PCs, peripherals, and components l
Employees: 311 l Address: Supertron House, 2 Cooper
Lane, Kolkata-700019 l Tel: +91-33-24858012/18 l
Fax: +91-33-24858018 l Website:
www.supertronindia.com |
89 | SFO
Technologies
Last year, the company launched an ODC in Trivandrum and focused on embedded
software development tools. To improve its IT infrastructure, SFO made a
decision to upgrade its existing IT set up and went in for ERP. It went in for
Microsoft Dynamics. And it roped in Affordable Business Solutions (ABS) as the
deployment partner. The company also created a centre of Excellence for
Microsoft Dynamics NAV solutions aimed at addressing the ERP requirements of
Indian and Global markets.
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Deployed Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP to improve its operational
efficiencies
n Developed
a complete working prototype of the IEEE 802.11r, a new WLAN
standard |
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l Vice Chairman
and MD: N Jehangir l Start-up Year: 1990 l
Products & Services: Engineering software services,
powered wired assembles, system integration services, power
supplies, and business application software services l
Address: Plot No 2, Corporate Office, Cochin Special
Economic Zone, Kakkanad, Kochi-682037 l Tel:
+91-484-2413223
l Fax: +91-484-2413053 l Website:
www.nestgroup.net |
90 | Adobe
Systems India
India emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for Adobe. The company
almost doubled its investments in sales and marketing over the previous year.
Adobe Indias MD, Naresh Gupta even gave out a feeler that the company might
overshoot the $200 mn investment announced in 2006. The company announced plans
to invest $100 mn, which will go into acquiring land and expanding its campuses
in Noida and Bangalore. There were lots of noise on the user experience side.
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Launched the Creative Suite 3 product line in India
n Shantanu
Narayen replaced Bruce Chizen as Adobes CEO |
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l Managing
Director: Naresh Gupta l Start-up Year: 1997 l
Products & Services: Desktop and enterprise solutions,
print, publishing and rich digital content solutions l
Employees: 1,100 l Address: Adobe Towers, I-1A,
City Centre, Sector: 25A Noida-201301 l Tel:
+91-120-2444711 l Fax: +91-120-2537681 l Website:
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