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Sandeep Sahai
President & CEO Designate
Contents NOVEMBER 2009
COVER STORY
By Zoya Anna Thomas 6
Headstrong

BEST
AIMING
FOR THE
Sandeep Sahai
President & CEO designate

12 27 Top 5 Financial IT Services


Companies
35 Top 10 Internet Companies
[Profile] 36-39
Kaboodle Lumos Labs
Saavn WiZiQ
27 Top 10 Wireless Companies
[Profile] 27-28
Wavesat 39 si100 Spotlight
KESDEE :Opportunities Off the Shelf

14
40
Top 10 Software Companies
Top 10 Security Companies
[Profile] 14-19
29 Top 5 Outsourced Product
Development Companies
[Profile] 40-43
Eka Software eG Innovations
[Profile] 29 AgeTak Approva
Encora Field Glass
V2 Solutions Arcot KRAA Security
Kazeon Keynote
Quantum Secure
Nephos Vivu
Winshuttle Zyrion
30 Top 10 Mobile Companies
43 Top 10 Networking
[Profile] 30 - 32 Companies
20 Top 15 IT Services Companies
Mavenir Openstream [Profile] 43-45
[Profile] 20-26 Alphion FatPipe Networks
TeleDna
Metabyte Estuate Niksun
iTKO Mobera Systems
SRA Systems
Optimal Solutions
33 Top 10 Semiconductor
Symbion Technologies Photon Companies 46 Top 5 BPO Companies
Vernalis Systems TekLink [Profile] 33 - 34 [Profile] 46
Wellcore Vedicsoft Auto ESL Berkeley Sutherland Global Services
Sankalp

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ast year, around this time we were talking to you about
Editorial Staff Obama’s campaign ‘yes we can’, which oozes with enthusi-
Benny Thomas Devarchit Verma asm and optimism. This year, as we sat down to drill down
Eureka Bharali Ojas Sharma si100 companies, from the over 3,000 Indian founded companies
Sikta Samantaray Sudarshan Kumar nominated, we had a glimpse of many Indian entrepreneurs who have
Vimali Swamy Zoya Anna Thomas put this ‘yes we can’ campaign into action. They had passion, enthu-
siasm, optimism and the sheer will to succeed in an economy, which
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Subscription Manager P Magendran of the top 100 technology companies founded and managed by In-
dians in the U.S. The listing not only represents the continuing rise
and glory of the Indian entrepreneur in high-tech but also identi-
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COVER STORY

Headstrong

BEST
AIMING
Quick Facts
Founded: 1981
Founder: Dr. James Martin

FOR THE
CEO designate: Sandeep Sahai
HeadQuarters: Washington DC
Other offices: Across Europe & Asia Pacific
Headcount: 3000
Vertical: Financial Services

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By Zoya Anna Thomas

he office of Sandeep Sahai, President and COO of Headstrong, is bustling with activ-
ity. The 46 year old entrepreneur turned leader is embarking on his new gig as the CEO
of the company. So what’s next? There could be no better time to ask him than now.
His unwavering focus is clear and evident in his spontaneous reply - making Head-
strong an undisputed leader in the world, by concentrating on one thing: Financial
Services Technology.
But why the financial services area? Isn’t the space already crowded with IT services play-
ers? Sahai is quick to read your mind. “For any business to be the cynosure of its customers, fo-
cusing on a niche segment is critical to attaining domain leadership,” he says. The BFSI sector
continues to lead other industries in its ability and desire to implement complex technology so-
lutions. The IT industry cannot ignore the simple fact that financial services companies were the
earliest adopters of outsourcing and remain the largest spenders on technology. With so many reg-
ulatory changes continually happening, financial instruments and processes keep changing –
hence the technology needs of the BFSI never stabilize. According to Gartner, the BFSI sector’s
global spend was $176.8 billion for external IT services in 2007. The BFSI sector in the U.S.
alone, the No. 1 market for Indian IT companies, spent $84.4 billion for external IT services.
The market is still huge and growing, and so are the players. Sahai is clearly quite confident
of tapping into this growing pool of opportunities and making his firm the market leader. He is
a believer of ‘absolute standards’ when it comes to leadership and excellence.
Originally founded in 1981 as James Martin & Company, Headstrong is a global consultancy
firm focused on domain-led solutions in vertical niches. Its philosophy is to achieve a level of
thought leadership and business knowledge in each chosen domain that makes the IT solution
look almost incidental. Once the domain becomes the center of focus, the span of services nec-
essarily needs to be ‘total’ - from business strategy to functional consulting to application de-
velopment to maintenance to business process outsourcing. This approach has enabled
Headstrong to help its clients achieve measurable results and integrate their businesses with their
Sandeep Sahai customers, suppliers, and employees to improve enterprise value.
President & CEO Designate

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Headstrong has grown rapidly over Gartner, companies in the BFSI sector Today, the IT services market is like instance, imagine you need to construct the impact of these changes on the or-
the years. From its early days of pure are expected to cut their IT spends by up going to a restaurant and having Indian a modern expressway in Delhi. You can ganization. In this fast-moving envi-
business consultancy to its present focus to 20 percent. Instead of viewing these Chinese. When you ask what they do, easily give the contract to a top-notch ronment, achieving domain leadership
on end to end solutions, the firm has cuts and squeezes in IT budgets as a lia- 90 percent of mid-tier companies rattle foreign company and get it built. But is not easy. How do you constantly
come a long way. With a 25-year track bility, Headstrong’s current offerings are off that they specialize in manufactur- when it comes to defining the route it- stay ahead of the market?
record of proven results, the company’s targeted to align with customer needs and ing, healthcare, finance, and so on. self, can you entrust the job to the same Headstrong achieves this by contin-
client base includes many of the world’s reduce costs by increasing operational ef- When growth slows down in one seg- top-notch overseas talent? Probably not. ually re-inventing itself. The company’s
most respected companies (Head- ficiency. The company achieves this by ment, they add more verticals to their You would more likely need to hire a domain specialists are gurus in their
strong’s tagline that 9 of the top 10 in- offering flexible, repeatable, and plat- growing list of domains; the same way team with 30-50 percent Delhiites. trades. They are regular speakers and
vestment banks in the U.S. are its clients form-based solutions (as opposed to cus- restaurants add more cuisines to their Why? Because top talent is no substi- participants at trade conferences and in-
is no exaggeration, we tute for local knowledge. The Delhi dustry forums, and stay abreast with the
checked). Headquartered in team would understand local traffic pat- latest trends in their respective verticals.
North America, with deliv- A domain specialist needs to know the business of the technology as terns, business needs, and site issues They are constantly analyzing how up-
ery centers in India and the much as the technology itself as he needs to sell to the business leader like no foreign company could. coming regulations and changes will
Philippines and offices The same philosophy works for IT. impact business flows for their cus-
across Europe and Asia-Pa- more than to the CIO You have to be local in your local of- tomers. This gives Headstrong a level of
cific, Headstrong’s offerings fice. You need to have a decent per- thought leadership that is almost unpar-
are currently centered on the financial tom-built manpower-based solutions menu when they don’t have enough centage of local people in the delivery alleled and enables it to provide advi-
domains of 1) Derivatives, 2) Reference alone). To this end, it recently acquired customers. The only way for small and organization, not just in sales or the sory services to improve and transform Arjun Malhotra, Chairman
Data, 3) Asset and Wealth Management, the mortgage processing leader, Lydian mid-tier companies to survive with le- front offices. So, Headstrong’s philos- business operations and technology
4) Prime Brokerage and Securities Fi- Data Services and asset management gitimacy is to specialize, to become the ophy is: hire not just the best people strategies far beyond mere IT imple- solutions that offer a pre-build con-
nancing, 5) Mortgages, and 6) Compli- outsourcing firm iXPartners. Headstrong best in something. In other words, as from the best schools but local people mentations. nectivity layer across market seg-
ance and Risk Management. is now mentioned as one of the top serv- Sahai says, you need to build a niche from the local industry who have Examples abound. Take for in- ments. Headstrong cracked this
and protect it through continual innova- ‘been-there-done-that’. If you’re fo- stance, the case of message connectiv- problem by coming up with a single
tion. It should be analogous to a Chinese cusing on derivatives, for instance, ity. Different segments of the banking framework to manage the entire con-
restaurant that specializes in Cantonese hire the best derivative traders, not just and electronic marketplace industry use nectivity process across platforms and
cuisine – not just a forte, but a super- Java programmers from India who’ve different communication protocols and across asset classes. The framework,
specialty. ‘also worked in derivatives projects’.
Specialization, however, is not the Earlier, in order to get an order from a Hire local domain expertise and train them in technology
only unique quality that sets Headstrong client like Goldman Sachs, one would
apart from the rest. have to contact the CIO of the firm. To rather than doing it the other way round
To be the best, you need to hire the talk to the CIO, you needed to talk the
best. At Headstrong, 30 percent of its techie’s language. But Headstrong’s messages or file formats while ex- christened iceFish, supports most fi-
1,450 member India team are IITians, strategy involves a paradigm shift. As changing information. These formats nancial formats – like FIX, SWIFT,
IIM graduates, or are from similar tier- a domain specialist, you need to know and protocols are continually being up- FIXML, and FpML – as well as the
I institutions. In order to keep up with the business of the technology as dated to account for changes in the busi- standard formats like Excel, CSV,
customer demands Headstrong, like much as the technology itself. You ness process or technology upgrades. Fixed Length, and XML. It supports
every other company, needs to expand need to sell to the business leader more This presents companies with the task multiple communication methods –
Headstrong Key Differentiators rapidly and move higher up the value than to the CIO. Therefore, you hire of constantly devoting time and re- messaging, FTP, sockets, TCP and IP,
chain. But in Headstrong’s case, it be- local domain expertise and train them sources to upgrade their connectivity in- email, and databases as well as propri-
Much has been said and discussed ice leaders in the ‘2008 Global Out- comes equally important to keep its staff in technology rather than the other frastructure. etary connectivity formats – ensuring
about the current economic gloom and sourcing 100 List’, and also ranks in the intellectually challenged, given the top way round. That is what differentiates While generic technical ap- that one can connect with most finan-
its repercussions on the global IT indus- exclusive FinTech list of 100 top finan- grade hiring profile. “I really want Headstrong from the rest. proaches do exist for connectivity and cial entities across asset classes.
try. Longer sales cycles, delayed pur- cial services companies in the world. everyone in the company to perform at message and data transformation, A solution like this demonstrates
chases, and more scrutiny from IT a level that makes them proud of what Solutions for the Best there are almost no solutions that com- deep industry expertise. Headstrong
spending decision makers is just a small How Headstrong stands out they have created or achieved, and sec- In the financial services market, prod- bine generic methodologies with do- drew upon its competence in different
part of the problem. And yet, troubled Now that Headstrong has gained global ondarily makes them proud of the com- ucts change every day. Companies are main-specific connectivity for asset classes across verticals to engineer
customers are viewing IT as a way to recognition and respectability under the pany they help create,” says Sahai. challenged with developing and im- different industry segments like equi- a proprietary solution that helps its cus-
transform their businesses by adopting reign of its current CEO, Arjun Malho- Sahai brought out another interest- plementing growth strategies, identi- ties, prime services, and derivatives. tomers get away from the cycle of cus-
leaner operating models. According to tra, Sahai aims to scale this status by ing point. It’s not just hiring from the fying innovative ways to attract and Most connectivity solutions are either tom-developed connectors every time
Peter Redshaw, Research Vice President, making Headstrong an ‘absolute leader’ best institutions that matters. Hiring retain customers, effectively trans- pure technical answers or are specific an upgrade was required. Initial market
IAS banking and investment services, in financial consulting. local talent is equally fundamental. For forming their business, and managing to very narrow markets. There are no feedback on iceFish has in fact been so

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positive that Headstrong has ‘produc- ployees. Whether it is a company-spon- Foundation and Advanced course,
tized’ the solution. As I write this arti- sored adventure trip to the Corbett Na- NCFM, and CSTE among others.
cle, two top-tier investment banks are tional Park, or a gym and crèche at its
deploying iceFish to connect their de- India development center, there is Aiming for the Best
rivatives post-trade processing plat- enough to keep employees stress-free, With a deep commitment to its focus
forms to different industry utilities. comfortable, and having fun at work. on financial services, Headstrong is
HeadsUP, the company’s Indian cen- investing aggressively to extend its
Challenges: The Tough get Going ter’s newsletter, focuses on keeping em- footprint in its chosen verticals. Con-
When the Going gets Tough ployees informed of various business stant innovation, building a strong
A $75 million company in 2003, Head- related news, major events, as well as and expert team, and having the most
strong’s model of specialization in the travel experiences shared by colleagues ambitious and forward looking lead- Employees day out
financial industry has yielded sustained when onsite. ership have all made the firm a natu-
year-on-year growth in earnings, prof-
itability, and market recognition. The
Headstrong employees are not to be
left behind when it comes to community
ral choice for its customers. As one of
its clients, the Managing Director at
Transparency in
company recorded revenue of $180 mil- service and joining relief and rehabili- a specialized insurance company in organizations breaks down
lion in 2008. But high growth brings its
own set of challenges.
tation efforts during times of grave chal-
lenges. During the wrath of typhoons,
Hong Kong sums it up, “The com-
pany’s CRM project was more than
‘power centers’ – it is hard
On the one hand, the transition from Ondoy and Pepeng in the Philippines, just a technology implementation. It to play favorites or have
godfathers in the company
a small company to a large one brings the management and employees put up was a business transformation. Like
changes to the business model. More a disaster relief fund for people whose any transformation, change was con-
importantly, it presents challenges to the
operating model. You need to centralize
homes and properties were damaged by
the floods. This was just one element of
stant. What differentiated this project
from most was that our implementa-
with so much transparency
Expertise Across Business Domains
processes, knowledge management, and the company’s ‘2.Outreach program’, tion partner Headstrong understood With the same leadership zest,
business operations among other things. club. Global recognition and re- A stand-out aspect of Headstrong’s developed at its Manila center, to en- and managed that change success- Sahai, a Dosco, and an alumnus of,
You need to maintain a culture of per- spectability is already there, but what culture is its strong focus on meritoc- gage its 650-strong workforce in com- fully. It was Headstrong’s manage- BHU, and IIM Calcutta, is all set to
formance and entrepreneurship. the firm wants now is sustainability racy and performance orientation. munity-conscious programs. Or take for ment, insights, and assistance that lead Headstrong to greater heights.
On the other hand, high growth and a workforce that is always ready Every Thursday, Headstrong publishes instance, the ‘tree planting activity’ proved instrumental in delivering our Sahai has 19 years of distributed con-
sets expectations for even higher to think out of the box and innovate. a performance report of all its teams. It where Headstrong adopted 14 trees for integrated CRM solution success- sulting experience. Having started and
growth. The overall market for IT and is no secret within the organization as to a year and a half, providing not just fer- fully.” And, nothing carries more grown companies in the U.S., Europe,
KPO is still expanding. Headstrong’s Employee Programs: Keeping them how the Bangalore or Chicago office is tilizers and protection, but tender care value than a happy and satisfied cus- and India, he is also a frequent speaker
challenge is to outpace industry Motivated doing. There is no debate on whether a and continual attention. tomer’s praise for the vendor. at industry conferences on offshore
growth and become a $500 million Hiring the best and hiring locally may particular office, leader, or employee is ‘Fun@Work’ apart, the company in- outsourcing as a strategic tool for IT
company in the next three years. take you in the right direction, but that doing well or not – everybody knows vests in serious efforts when it comes to Quality Leadership managers. “The older generation did a
Clients always want to consolidate alone won’t take you to the pinnacle how well everybody is doing. Trans- competence-building for its employees. When things were not looking so dramatic thing for us. They brought
vendors and work with the biggest you are aiming at. Retaining employ- parency is the key. In a way, this breaks This is only to be expected, given that bright for the company in 2003, after India respectability across the world.
companies. So Headstrong needs to ees and keeping them motivated is down ‘power centers’ – it is hard to play the company’s USP lies in its domain the merger with TechSpan, an IT con- They built big companies, profession-
balance its specialization focus by equally vital to building a successful favorites or have godfathers in the com- capabilities. The company sponsors ed- sultancy services firm, it was leaders ally-run companies. My generation
quickly getting into the ‘big company’ organization. pany with so much transparency. Sahai ucational degrees and certifications like like Sahai and Malhotra who took now wants Indian companies to be
says, “We don’t want to build the best CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and over the affairs of the firm, steering it world leaders - we can drive the world,
offshore company. We don’t want to FRM (Financial Risk Manager) for em- out of troubled waters, and finally and that keeps us excited. All we need
build the best onshore company. We just ployees, and has tie-ups with a number bringing it to its current state of suc- is an unwavering belief in each of us
want to build the best consulting com- of educational institutions in India and cess. Sahai says modestly, “It is the that we can be the best. As CEO, that
pany globally when it comes to consult- overseas, including IIM Bangalore, the trust that employees and customers would be my biggest driver - to be the
ing for financial services.” New York Institute of Finance and the alike have in the leadership that has best, by being different. I will try to
Striving to create a work environ- Global Association of Risk Profession- gotten the company so far. But it’s not bring that zeal to all our staff. I am
ment that is challenging but satisfying, als (GARP). Competence building is leaders alone who shape the path of looking to prove that the next genera-
and which provides ample opportunities both at the functional as well as techni- success. The sales, delivery, recruit- tion can provide that shift,” says Sahai.
and rewards to strengthen and expand cal level and is driven by each compe- ing, and support teams are equally re- With a strong leadership, niche
employees’ careers is another unique as- tence vertical separately. For example, sponsible for playing a key role in focus, and a mindset to continuously
pect of the company. The company has the quality assurance group at Head- shaping the company’s strategy and innovate, Headstrong will undoubt-
various institutionalized programs and strong recently nominated a number of taking it to its current position in the edly become what Sahai has dreamt
Headstron employees at the SIFMA Technology Management Conference 2009 activities to ensure retention of its em- employees to programs like ISTQB market.” of: best in the world. si

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his is the 12th year that si100 companies are being selected and honoured! In the last

T eleven years many things have changed and we have seen the tech industry growing
exponentially and weathering the slumps. Even today the situation is no different. In
the last one year all we have heard of are bankruptcy, layoffs and though we are seeing signs of
recovery, its too early to predict the hay days.

Hence, we know, it’s brutal to be an entrepreneur at this point of time

However, we are going against the current climate of bad news and lack of confidence in the
technology industry to come up with 100 companies that show the characteristics of long-term
viability, sustained growth, business focus, profitability, and customer, shareholder and
employee value, while at the same time display the glamour and the innovation that have
always accompanied the high-tech sector. It is a magical 100 that have traversed the hype, are
riding through the present tough environment with integrity, hard work, vision and control.

The result is 100 companies that have a real chance to: survive and succeed even in the tough
market, set new trends in the marketplace and make a difference in the business and
technology landscape.

A distinguished panel comprising of accomplished Indian CEO’s & CIO’s of public companies,
VC’s, analysts, founders of other VC funded companies including siliconindia editorial board
decided on the top 100 companies.

Here you can also feel the present and future pulse of the Indian community and its leaders
who have in a very small time made a significant presence in the business and social roles to
form a rich tapestry in the American technology landscape.

Kudos to those who made it to the si100!


SOFTWARE COMPANIES

Eka Software: Boosting Profit for

C
Commodity Market Manav Garg

Top 10 ommodity markets are known


for their complexity and a high
quirements,” says Manav Garg, CEO
and Founder, Eka Software Solutions.
of both physical and financial contracts,
providing instant and realtime visibil-
degree of risk and uncertainty. Founded in 2004, the Bangalore ity across operations. Now Eka boasts
SOFTWARE COMPANIES
Buyers, traders, and producers have to based company is one of the leading of some of the largest names in the
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION deal with complicated supply chains that providers of commodity trade and risk commodities business, including AWB,
involve complex contracts, pricing struc- management software for managing CHS, Louis Dreyfus, and Noble Group
eG Innovations
A global provider of performance monitoring and triage solutions for both virtual and physi- tures and financial derivative instru- physical trading, position, P&L, risk, as its customers.
ments. The right IT system to handle all logistics and finance operation for agri- With a growing employee base
Sr i n i v a s R a m a n a t h a n cal IT infrastructures. Its product, the eG Enterprise Suit helps the IT operators to track the
Iselin, NJ 2001
President, Founder & CEO quality of the business services end-to-end and relate this to critical network, system, and
these can provide substantial differentia- culture and metal markets. “I strongly
eginnovations.com
application performance.
of over 200, there has been no look-
tion and competitive advantage to firms believe that IT is an enabler in every ing back for Eka. Besides recently
Eka Software A provider of commodity trade and risk management software for managing physical trad-
that deploy it. field. The market needed a combination opening its offices in Europe and
Norwalk,CD
Ma n av G a rg
CEO & Founder
2005 ing, position, P&L, risk, logistics and finance operation for agriculture and metal markets. This is where Eka Software Solu- of physical and financial software that North America, it also received $10
tions comes in as a specialist solution could handle these more effectively. I million funding from Nexus Venture
ekaplus.com The firm has over 200 employees. Backed by Nexus Venture Partners.

provider that not only addresses supply wanted to harness the power of tech- Partners. Given the 100 percent
A provider of software product life cycle solutions. Its IGO ModelT creates seamless ex- chain and contract administration nology to ease these pain points and year-on-year growth rate that it has
needs, but also provides comprehensive solve the problems of those engaged in
Encora
Mountain View, CA
Ven u R ag h a v an
2005
tended development centers, integrated into the parent organization, which provide virtual
ownership to its clients and enabling high quality product and services deliveries from the been achieving, it is putting its
functionality to handle derivatives and the trading of commodities,” says Garg.
President & CEO
strategies in place to become the
encorainc.com
offshore center. Employs: About 1000

the resultant complexities. “Traditional For instance, Eka’s Commodity leading software vendor from India
Provider of a unified technology platform that allows hiring managers, human resources software and ERPs don’t have the ca- Trade and Risk Management (CTRM) catering to the global 500 commod-
pability to properly deal with these re- solution integrates the entire lifecycle ity trading organizations.
Fieldglass personnel, staffing companies or others to utilize one integrated resource for the entire ac-
J ai S he k h a w a t
Chicago, IL 1999 quisition process of all human capital. Customers include GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson &
CEO & Co-Founder
fieldgalss.com Johnson, Monsanto, Salesforce.com and Wyeth. The company has a headcount of 150 peo-
ple.

application resources that support busi-


ness services, eG Enterprise is a com-
It has revolutionized the way companies perform information management by using the in- Making Monitoring of Physical
Kazeon formation server software to intelligently discover, search and index, classify and perform

eG
prehensive, next-generation enterprise
Su d h a k a r M u d d u
Mountain View, CA 2003 workflow action on all electronically stored information. A few of the Kazeon’s customers in-
CEO & Founder and Virtual IT Infrastructures
management solution. The company’s
kazeon.com clude - Atheros Communications, Victrex PLC, WMS Gaming, BTMU Capital, Subaru of
America and many more. Number of employees 80.
Easy, Effective and Efficient eG VM Monitor was judged “Best of
A provider of on-demand mobile and internet test and measurement solutions. The company
VMworld 2008” in the Application and
Innovations is a global and service
Keynote Systems U m a ng G up t a has has four test and measurement businesses: Web performance, mobile quality, stream-
San Mateo, CA Chairman & CEO 1995 ing and VoIP, and customer experience/UX. Customers include American Express, BP, Infrastructure Management category,
keynote.com Caterpillar, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE, Expedia, Microsoft, SonyEricsson, Sprint, T-Mobile,
Verizon, Vodafone and YouTube. The company has 240 employees. supplier of business serv- provider net- beating out approximately 30 other
Srinivas Ramanathan
ice management software works. Its flag- products.
An accelerator to cloud computing. Its first solution Nephos Augmenta enable organizations for virtual and physical IT infrastruc- ship product, eG Innovations was founded in
tures. It offers a new generation of so- the eG Enterprise Suite, tracks the 2001 by Srinivas Ramanathan, CEO
Nephos Systems
Ra n g a R a n g a c h a r i to seamlessly augment and securely extend their internal datacenter into a public cloud and
San Francisco, CA 2009
lutions that makes IT infrastructure performance of business services and
CEO & Founder to seamlessly migrate applications from their data center to the cloud. Currently, it has six
and President. Prior to eG, he was a
nephosystems.com
employees.

monitoring and management simple, applications end-to-end, IT organiza- Senior Research Scientist at Hewlett-
Provider of an online video conferencing platform. It provides a suite of publishing tools,
flexible and effective. By ensuring tions can pinpoint the true root cause Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, Cal-
ViVu
Sunnyvale, CA
Su d h a Val lu r u
2008
providing users the option of embedding video events on web sites or in emails. Venture high availability and optimum per- of IT problems often before end users ifornia. He holds PhD in Computer
formance of mission-critical business are affected. Science and Engineering degree from
Founder, Chairman & CEO backed by Inventus Capital Partners with Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Quest Venture Part-
vivu.tv
ners. The number of employee at ViVu is around 10
services, eG Innovations’ solutions With specialized capabilities for the University of California, San Diego;
help enhance customers’ competitive monitoring more than 85 applications, and a Masters in Computer Science
Winshuttle
Bothell, WA
Vi k r am C ha l an a
2003
A provider of data entry and data download tools for SAP users. Winshuttle's products re-
place manual data input and complex technical tools by easily and securely shuttling data
positioning, lower operational costs 10 operating systems and five virtual- from the Indian Institute of Technology,
winshuttle.com
Co-Founder & CTO
between Microsoft Excel and SAP without programming. The company headcount is 80. and optimize the performance of their ization platforms – all using a single Chennai, India. He has co-authored
infrastructures. agent architecture – eG offers the more than 40 technical papers and is a
Provider of Business Service Monitoring (BSM) software. Customers of the company in- The company’s patented tech- widest infrastructure coverage, moni- Co-Inventor of 14 U.S. patents.
Zyrion
Vi k a s A g g ar w a l
clude several leading US universities, a number of large manufacturers, and major govern- nologies provide proactive monitor- toring both virtual and physical envi- eG’s technology partners include
ing of every layer of every tier in the ronments as a single pane of glass. It
Sunnyvale, CA 2007 mental departments and federal accounts. Zyrion's flagship Traverse solution provides
VMware, Sun, Citrix, Red Hat,
Founder & CEO
zyrion.com correlated, end-to-end network and server monitoring capabilities that link underlying appli-
cations and the IT infrastructure to business services. The company has 25 employees.
infrastructure, thereby enabling rapid monitors the inter-dependencies IBM, HP, Microsoft, Oracle and
diagnosis and recovery in enterprise among network, system, database and ThinIdentity. si
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SOFTWARE COMPANIES SOFTWARE COMPANIES

ncora, headquar-
tered in Scottsdale,
udhakar Muddu, a seasoned and
successful entrepreneur founded Kazeon: Moving
Up in Business
Encora: Leading Collaborative Product
AZ is a leader in the Kazeon Systems in 2003 with a
Collaborative Product De- vision to have information management
Development Firm
velopment (CPD) space. and a recipient of E&Y En- repeatable process that involves stake- to be the fundamental and enterprise-
Collaborative Product trepreneur of Year award for holders from both the client and the En- wide as databases or network switches across an en- strong technology, Kazeon is extending
Development (CPD) is the 2008, started the company cora sides. in the IT infrastructure of corporations. terprise no into cloud computing offerings and SaaS.
next stage in the evolution in 2005 and led the com- Encora’s clients come from a range Since then, Kazeon has revolutionized matter what Similar to corporations, cloud computing
of the well-known OPD pany through this funda- of solution clusters that includes – the way companies perform information Sudhakar Muddu
types of data vendors will face similar problems –
(Outsourced Product De- Venu Raghavan mental evolution over the media/entertainment, health-care, med- management by using the information exist. Key eDiscovery, compliance and data man-
velopment) space where, past four years. Today, with ical technology, financial services, CRM, server software to intelligently discover, applications that are serviced by agement, and the Information Server is
as against outsourcing core product de- over 1000 employees, spread over nine retail/distribution/logistics, mortgage and search and index, classify and perform Kazeon’s technology are eDiscovery, poised to help them solve these problems
velopment to supplier, the customer and Rakesh Verma
global offices in five countries and with e-business. workflow action on all electronically compliance, Information Governance in very cost-effective, high-performing
the supplier collaborate together to de- over 50 product company clients, En- “Our customers tell us how im- stored information. and overall data management. and scalable ways.
sign and develop new products. A col- cora’s CPD services include – new prod- pressed they have been by our thought The information service provider of- Being a leading provider of in-house “Kazeon’s growth and success is
laborative development model improves uct co-development, product leadership on the collaborative product fers a wide range of applications within eDiscovery technology, Kazeon has suc- due to its excellent engineering, mar-
quality of the product, reduces the time- re-engineering, support/maintenance, development process and the benefits an enterprise using a single, underlying cessfully been deployed in numerous en- keting and sales teams which have de-
to-market, increases employee retention product QA, product support, amongst they have gained from this approach.” information management technology. terprise environments worldwide. A few livered unparalleled capabilities to
and IP protection and reduces the overall others. said Venu Raghavan. The company’s patented software solu- of the Kazeon’s customers include - Ath- enable powerful eDiscovery while re-
cost of product delivery. A CPD model, Encora offers these services by es- Encora is a wholly owned subsidiary tion, the Information Server, has been eros Communications, Victrex PLC, ducing its cost up to 90 percent for over
as Encora realizes through its own expe- tablishing a CDL (Collaborative Deliv- built ground-up for providing robust, WMS Gaming, BTMU Capital, Subaru three hundred customers,” says Karthik
of Indecomm Corporation and has in-
rience, requires a unique set of tools, ery Lab) for its clients, which includes high performing and infinitely scaling of America and many more. Further ex- Kannan, Vice President of Marketing
methodologies and frameworks to sup- vestment from leading venture capital
leading firms such as Google, Microsoft, information management capabilities tending its leadership position and its and Business Development.
port a real-time collaboration between Symyx, Handango, SPX, Churchill firms such as Sequoia Capital, IFC (a di-

Keynote: Monitoring the Connected and Mobile Web Site


multiple parties. Downs, Bausch and others. A CDL is vision of World Bank) and Tiger Capital

C
Venu Raghavan, the CEO of Encora created through a very well-defined and Management.
Experience from the End User Perspective
FIELDGLASS:
Fieldglass.

S
In August 2009, Fieldglass success- alifornia- The company’s Web performance test, monitor the performance of their online

Delivering Sustained Value fully completed 16 new launches and


expansions. One of its new customers
b a s e d
Keynote
measurement and monitoring products in-
clude Transaction Perspective, Applica-
applications, services, traditionally con-
nected and mobile Web sites from the end
included a Fortune 500 healthcare com- Systems is the lead- tion Perspective and LoadPro and help user perspective.
ervice procurement solutions currently on pany with approximately 190,000 hir-
Umang Gupta ing stand-alone in- companies to understand the speed and re- Keynote’s products serve mid to
help businesses understand and track to be ing managers that replaced its existing dependent provider liability and load capacity of their Web site large size companies from multiple sec-
take advantage of the pricing cash flow Vendor Management System (VMS) of on-demand mobile and internet test and from the end user perspective. tors including retail, financial services,
components and fluctuations involved and net in- Jai Shekhawat platform with Fieldglass to acquire both measurement solutions. The company en- The company’s VoIP and streaming travel and hospitality, technology, net-
in purchasing services to achieve hard- come posi- its contingent workforce and project- ables its 2,800 corporate customers to im- products like Voice Perspective and working, publishing and manufacturing.
dollar cost savings and to improve pro- tive for the fourth consecutive year. based services. In addition, an existing prove online business performance and Streaming Perspective help companies to And the company’s on demand services
curement process efficiency, With its solution deployed in 63 coun- Fortune 500 customer for its contingent mobile communications from the end user understand how end users are experienc- are all driven by the world’s leading
compliance and quality. Founded in tries and available in eight languages, spend since late 2008 expanded its use perspective. ing these services and then improve the global test and measurement network
1999, Fieldglass is a leading vendor of Fieldglass’ growth has been driven by of the solution to include its Statements The company has four test and meas- quality of voice, audio and video services. comprised of over 3,000 measurement
such solutions. Global 2000 companies three factors that set the firm apart from of Work (SOWs) in the U.S., Brazil, urement businesses: Web performance, The customer experience/UX test and computers and mobile devices in over
including GlaxoSmithKline and Mon- the rest. Most importantly, Fieldglass Canada, India and the Philippines mobile quality, VoIP/ streaming and cus- measurement products such as WebEffec- 240 locations across the globe.
santo use its technology platform, de- helps customers build long-term com- through its offshore suppliers. tomer experience/UX. tive and Mobile Web UX Testing enable The customer base of the company
livered exclusively via the petitive differentiation in their busi- In the future, Fieldglass plans to The mobile quality products help companies to conduct their own online includes household names such as Amer-
Software-as-a-Service model, to man- nesses through a highly optimized continue its focus on delivering sus- Web site operators, carriers, device man- customer experience studies and research ican Express, BP, Caterpillar, Disney,
age the acquisition of its workforce, in- services supply chain. “The company is tained value to stakeholders in procure- ufacturers, content portals and develop- regarding navigability, layout and design eBay, E-TRADE, Expedia, Microsoft,
cluding contingent workers and service passionately dedicated to client service ment, HR, IT and finance by helping ers test, measure and monitor mobile to ensure online business effectiveness. SonyEricsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon,
providers, such as offshore or project- and support. The years of sustained them manage contingent labor and out- content, applications and services on over Overall, Keynote’s cutting edge Soft- Vodafone and YouTube.
based labor. R&D investments has enabled the com- sourced services. The company also in- 1,600 mobile devices across multiple mo- ware as a Service (SaaS) solutions provide Umang Gupta is Chairman and
Headquartered in Chicago with pany to build a scalable and innovative tends to expand its footprint overseas in bile operator networks from points all tremendous value by helping leading com- CEO of Keynote Systems since May
more than 150 employees, Fieldglass is solution,” says Jai Shekhawat, CEO, Europe and in parts of Asia. si over the globe. panies around the world test, measure and 2000. si

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loud computing inshuttle developed their first creating a a transaction template. A run- share files and best practices across the
has emerged as
the latest buzz-
Nephos: Shifting to the ‘Cloud’ made easy software to solve specific SAP
data challenges that one SAP
only version of the transactionSHUT-
TLE software, runSHUTTLE allows a
organization, but also addresses the or-
ganization’s requirements for specific
word in the technology customer was experiencing. However, SAP user to securely move data between controls and audit trails to meet SOX
space, especially after the says Ranga Rangachari, CEO from their data center to the cloud. The today the company’s solutions have Excel and SAP using predefined trans- and corporate governance policies.
advent of recession, and Founder of Nephos. company says that Augmenta was de- evolved into a major tool in enterprises for action templates. The customers of Winshuttle come
though it has its own share Nephos mainly focuses on veloped to ensure that the ‘right user SAP data loading and extraction. In 2008, Bothell, Washington based from all major market segments, with
of setbacks. With a vision mid market enterprises, who are runs the right applications on the right Founded in 2003 by Vikram Chalana company expanded its product line by a marquee customer list consisting of
to enable enterprise data- Ranga Rangachari looking at public clouds for the cloud infrastructure.’The solution is cur- and Rajat Oberoi, Winshuttle today has releasing querySHUTTLE and eS- companies like Lockheed Martin,
centers to embrace cloud elastic and ‘pay as you go’ com- rently being piloted by IT organizations software, which is used by over 500 large HUTTLE. querySHUTTLE was de- Nike, Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola,
computing without compromising on puting model. “These customers need and has enabled IT to leverage the true companies around the world. “We wanted signed to allow business users to AMD, SAP America, Epson, ABB and
performance, security or control, better control and transparency from power of cloud computing. . to make SAP more useful for the organi- securely extract SAP transactional data others. The company has 80 people
Nephos Systems was founded in Janu- their cloud infrastructure. Our strategy is Going ahead, the company aims to zations, by simplifying the process of into familiar Microsoft Excel and Ac- based in Seattle, London, Paris and
ary 2009 to be an accelerator to cloud to introduce a low cost, high value ap- support even private clouds and ex- using it,” says Chalana. cess formats for analysis. eSHUTTLE Chandigarh.
computing. pliance and cloud services (below tend its appeal to large enterprises, Going forward, the com-
According to the analyst firm Gart- $15,000) and enable customers to scale apart from expanding its presence pany plans to introduce more
ner, cloud computing will be the num- to support multiple clouds and applica- around the globe. Currently, the com- WINSHUTTLE products. “We will be offering
tions,” states Rangachari. pany has a team of six people and
Using Enterprise Software Simplified
ber one strategic initiative for IT in 2010 more products to bridge the
and Nephos develops its solutions fo- Nephos Augmenta, the first solution plans to grow the number to 12 by the gap between Microsoft Share-
cused on this multi-billion dollar market developed by this financially self-funded end of 2009. With demand for shifting Point and their ERP systems,”
opportunity. “However, unless the infra- firm can enable organizations to seam- to the ‘Cloud’ on a rise in organiza- The company’s flagship product provides centralized visi- says Chalana. Winshuttle at-
structure roadblocks are removed, use of lessly augment and securely extend their tions around the world, Nephos hopes transactionSHUTTLE records the steps bility and governance for tributes its success to the
internal datacenter into a public cloud to make the transition easier and safer

F
that a user takes to complete any SAP enterprise deployments of “Many happy customers who

W
public clouds will continue to languish
in the backwaters of an enterprise IT,” and to seamlessly migrate applications for them through its solutions. transaction and maps the relevant SAP Winshuttle solutions. This continue shuttling billions of
fields to an Excel spreadsheet, easily not only enables firms to Vikram Chalana records every year.”

ounded in 2008 by Sudha Val- client-side stallations in order to connect face-to- ith over 100 live deployments, customers include mid-to-large enter- However, Sunnyvale, California
luru and Siva Kiran, ViVu de- comes as a face over video. ViVu solution is tar- Zyrion, a firm providing Busi- prises. Zyrion’s target market consists of based Zyrion’s business service container
veloped a ground-breaking very intuitive geted at enterprises and is being used ness Service Monitoring organizations that span sectors like com- technology allows enterprises to more
interactive communications technol- browser-based in a variety of ways: remote training (BSM) software, is generating strong rev- munications, hospitality, gaming, manu- easily and effectively manage IT-enabled
ogy that provides a solution for meet- application and courses, sales training on new prod- enue and profits. Cus- facturing and education. business processes and services. Zyrion’s
ing organizers to create, publish and requires no ucts, and remote live video caller par- tomers of the company “Basically, any company with flagship Traverse solution provides corre-

zyrion: Growth Unabated


manage high-quality video events. It client installa- ticipation during Webcasts. include several leading US a relatively complex IT infra- lated, end-to-end network and server

ViVu: Pacing Up in its Business


provides interactive communications tion as it lever- To bring its video conferencing universities, a number of
technology that enables live video par- ages both and online event software to market, large manufacturers, and
ticipation from a PC, Mac or Linux Sudha Valluru
major governmental de-
without any proprietary downloads partments and federal ac-
and seamlessly integrates with most of counts. “BSM is a small structure would need our serv- monitoring capabilities that link underly-
the popular streaming video and con- but rapidly growing seg- ices,” says Aggarwal. While ing applications and the IT infrastructure
ference solutions. ment of the network man- Vikas Aggarwal the big four — IBM, HP, to business services. Traverse is based on
The team developed the first enter- Flash and Java extensively. the Sunnyvale, California-based ViVu agement area,” says BMC, CA — cater to the For- technology being used by hundreds of
prise quality video over IP a decade ago The company charges subscription has recently raised $3 million in series Zyrion’s Founder and CEO Vikas Aggar- tune 1000 customers, Zyrion’s target large enterprises and datacenters across
and is now building a participative plat- fees for its various services. A single A funding from Inventus Capital Part- wal. Even though, BSM is an emerging market begins just below that. Such the world, within environments as large
form that scales and provides the ease- user would pay $49 a month for un- ners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Quest solution space, Zyrion’s tremendous companies, says Aggarwal, cannot use as 20,000 routers and servers.
of-use, quality and availability expected limited use, though a 30-day trial is Venture Partners with entrepreneur growth has enabled it to make its way into solutions from the big four, as they are Ask Aggarwal about the impact of the
in an enterprise. ViVu’s Participative available. According to ViVu, it dis- Bill Carrico participating. Growing the Si100 list. too cumbersome and too expensive to global recession on his company, and he
Event Platform is actually a software tinguishes itself by syncing with a full ahead with its business model, the Co- Simply speaking, Zyrion builds the deploy and operate. Moreover, the ar- says that Zyrion is too nimble and young
service that can be accessed over the range of video recording and stream- Founder and CEO of ViVu, Valluru solution, which helps enterprises priori- chitecture and technology of the domi- to feel any major impact. Zyrion is happy
web. The backend infrastructure is en- ing products, even smartphones. affirms, “Our vision is to interactively tize the specific parts of the IT infra- nant players are over 20 years old; they that IT networks in many developing
terprise-grade and leverages Java EE Claiming that it is easily scaled, ViVu connect many people over video and structure that need to be addressed or are only adapting these legacy products countries are exploding, and it will be in-
extensively for all of the modules and says that the users do not have to make the experience even better than improved to ensure continuous business and attempting to reposition them in the teresting to look at how Zyrion can play a
web services. ViVu’s interface on the worry about messy downloads or in- being there.” si operations. The company’s key target present market, Aggarwal claims. role in those regions, says Aggarwal si

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IT SERVICES

Top 15 etabyte
is in the
Metabyte: Winning by Hiring the Best
Si100 business in the mid 1990’s. That Metabyte launched as a web service called HotDoo-
list for the fourth Manu Mehta
division was later branded as Wicked3D – a dle.com which enables small businesses to
IT SERVICES
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION consecutive year, which indicates com- PC gaming business. get powerful websites easily – the 21st cen-
pany’s strength to address market needs. An Here, an employee can build a new tury way. One can build their website them-
Metabyte Serves large and mid-market enterprises worldwide. Its customers include
Fremont, CA
Ma n u M e h t a
1990 Greentech, Edward Life sciences and DaVita. The company headcount is IT services provider for the Fortune 500 focus area for IT services and run his/her selves or get help from HotDoodle’s
companies and mid-market enterprises
President & CEO
metabyte.com around 200. own Micro Business Unit. A recent ex- marketplace of web savvy people, whom
Applabs Specializes in quality management, testing and certification solutions. Applabs has
around the globe, the privately held com- ample – Oracle Billing and Revenue HotDoodle calls PenPals, or do a bit of
Philadelphia, PA
Sa s h i Re dd i
Chairman
2001 partnership with more than 600 companies, providing both quality assurance and third pany provides a seamless blend of product Management (BRM) solutions. Employ- both. Loaded with powerful features and
applabs.com party validation. It has 2000 employees.
development, consulting, outsourcing and ees can also ask for funding for a new with a rapidly growing list of users around
P r a k as h B a l e b a i l
Focuses on three different types of services—Oracle and IBM application im- staffing services. “We have always been de- product or service idea. the world, HotDoodle is enabling a grass
Estuate
Founder & CEO
plementation & management, custom application development, and application fined by our ability to attract top talent by The company has created an internal pri- root level work force to meet the massive
Sunnyvale, CA 2005 integration and modernization. The company's clients includes Amway, Arena
estuate.com
Na g a r a j a K i n i
Solutions, Bechtel, Citrix Systems , IBM, Salesforce.com, Stanford University, providing unmatched career options,” says vate equity fund called Metabyte Ventures demand for building, maintaining and en-
proud Manu Mehta, CEO, Metabyte.
Founder & CFO
Tmax Gear , Travelport, Webex /Cisco, Wells Fargo Bank and Visa. to finance the inventions of its employees. hancing websites.
Infogain
K a pi l Na n d a
Specializes in the services for the retail. High-tech manufacturing and soft- In a down market, Metabyte grew and An employee invention turned into “The immense job satisfaction and ca-
Los Gatos, CA
Pr e s id e n t & C E O
1990 ware verticals. Apart from U.S, the company has presence in UK, Europe and expanded operations this year to include Metabyte’s MbTV subsidiary in 2000, reer opportunities within Metabyte or at
infogain.com India. It has 90 employees.
United Kingdom and Taiwan. The company which received $20 million in investments Metabyte clients are what, keep bringing
iTKO
Helps customers to optimize their software test and delivery lifecycle for
greater quality and agility in an environment of constant change. Its customers
has over 17 million users daily relying on its from corporate partners and provided dig- top talent to us. Our philosophy of invest-
Dallas, TX
Sh r id h a r M i t t a l
CEO
1999 include industry eBay, American Airlines, Time Warner, Level3, Bank of Amer- software and services for work or entertain- ital video recorder (DVR) technology to ing in the ideas of our employees and seek-
itko.com ica and government agencies including the FAA and U.S. Department of De- ment. The company’s liking for top talent the US cable TV industry. Metabyte is ing to turn their innovations into game
fense. The company headcount is 90.
It is a high-end software development and outsourced product engineering and came into being when they helped client credited for inventing the DVR before TiVo changing products or services have paid
Mobera Systems
A n u pa m a A r y a
contract R$D services company. Its technical expertise is in the fields of com- AMD to beat Intel in performance and have and is recognized as the “unbranded” huge dividends,” says Mehta. Congratula-
Milpitas, CA 2003 munication, wireless and embedded technologies. Also, provides services to
a successful entry into the microprocessor leader. A recent employee invention was tions! Metabyte.

Estuate: Extreme Service


E
Co-Founder
moberasystems.com industry segments like Bio- Informatics, Embedded Systems, Networking and
Wireless,Logistics and Transportation. The firm has about 50 employees.

Optimal Solutions A staffing and consulting firm that is into implementation of SAP solutions.
Gu r u v e n dr a Su r i
Irving, TX 1995 Clients include Texas Instruments, Pepsi, Nokia, Dupont, IDT, Sony, Dell, Mo-
CEO
optimalsol.com torola, Caterpillar and many more. The company headcount is 400.
stuate is appearing for the first time Estuate also adds value in custom applica-
Photon
A next generation Internet consulting firm which specializes in cutting edge in the si100 list. This hot, fast-grow- tion development projects using leading
Sr in i v a s B a l a su br a m a n i a n business solutions utilizing Web 2.0, SOA, Open Source and Mobile applica-
Santa Clara, CA
Chairman & CEO
1995
tion development. Its clients includes leading financial services provider on the ing IT services company, founded in platforms—Java, Microsoft .NET, Oracle
photoninfotech.com
Fortune 500 list. The company headcount is 1200. 2005 by Prakash Balebail and Nagaraja Application Framework, Force.com, WebEx
SRA Systems Kini, drives an agile, responsive U.S.-based Connect and open source tools. Prakash Balebail Nagaraja Niki
S. S r i n i v a sa n Has a wide range of solutions in the Manufacturing, Healthcare and Financial
Hoffman Estates, IL
Chairman & MD
1986
Services domains. It has 300 employees. culture with a strong technical offshore team Estuate’s core team has an Oracle prod- which IBM customers highly value in their
srasys.com
to deliver high-value solutions to software uct pedigree, with more than 100 man-years IBM Optim implementation efforts. Our
Symbioun
Delivers cost eff¬ective and innovative solutions. Few of its clients include companies and large IT organizations. of experience with its ERP/CRM solutions, strong Oracle roots enable us to play a
Technologies Ve n k a t G an u pu r u
Atlanta, GA Chairman
1993 BestWork DATA, WebGen Corporation, TIBCO, Cognizant, BB&T . The com- Headquartered in Silicon Valley with an software engineering, project management, unique “Switzerland” role between two soft-
pany headcount is 120.
symbiountech.com offshore center in Bangalore, Estuate lives sales business development and manage- ware giants—IBM and Oracle—to the ben-
Teklink Pa n k a j G u p t a
An implementer of SAP Solutions for many Fortune 500 Companies. Its expert- by the rule that clients’ success is their suc- ment for some of the largest software com- efit of our joint customers.
Naperville, IL CEO & Director Business 1998
ise crosses many industries, including Consumer Products, IM&C, Healthcare, cess, through technical proficiency and an panies. This makes Estuate an ideal vendor But in the end, it’s all about Estuate’s ex-
Automotive and Oil and Gas. Its client includes Kellogg, Wrigley, John Deere,
tli-usa.com Intelligence
Molex, Ball Horticultural, W.W. Grainger and Littelfuse. extreme service ethics. Estuate mainly fo- for software companies looking for efficient treme service ethics. Balebail, the architect
Provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions for Global 1000 companies.
cuses on three different types of services— execution of small-to-large projects. Its soft- of this innovative culture, describes it this
UST Global
Sa j a n Pi ll a i Its Global Engagement Model provides the optimal mix of senior local re- Oracle and IBM application implementation ware product company portfolio includes way: “Our imperative is to respond to every
Aliso Viejo, CA 1999
ust-global.com
CEO sources with the cost, scale and quality advantages of offshore operations. & management, custom application devel- Amway, Arena Solutions, Bechtel, Citrix client request immediately—to make sure
The company has about 6300 employees.
A global IT Services company with a proven track record in developing and im-
opment, and application integration and Systems , IBM, Salesforce.com, Stanford that we listen to them, understand their is-
Varnalis Systems
Ba l a Ch a n d r a plementing custom software. Its expertise span in all major technologies in- modernization. The company leverages soft- University, Tmax Gear , Travelport, Webex sues and their directions. Simply put, clients
New York, NY 1999
vernalissystems.com
CEO cluding: .NET, J2EE and openSource and all major mediums: web, mobile and ware company ecosystems: “We offer off- /Cisco, Wells Fargo Bank and Visa. Estu- love it!” Today, Estuate is a global IT serv-
desktop. The headcount of company is 125
shore product development to software ate’s IBM relationship is illustrative. Marc ices company, with a team of experts hav-
VedicSoft B h a t D i t t a k a v i , Ve n k a t A provider of IT professional services in Data Management, Business Intelli- companies, and then specialize in the im- Hebert, Chief Operating Officer, says, “Our ing decades of software product
Iselin NJ Ye r u b a n di 1999 gence and Business Integration. Some of its clients includes MAERSK,
vedicsoft.com Founders & Co-CEOs Capgemini, Cisco, Wipro and Pepsico. The company headcount is 50 plementation of those products for their relation with IBM focuses on the Optim development and IT services management
large IT customers,” says Prakash Balebail, family of data management solutions; we experience. It expects the company to gen-
Wellcore
Vi j a y N a d k a r n i
It creates technology to help seniors live better. It built a lifestyle companion Estuate’s CEO. are very proud of our deep product engi- erate revenues of $20-25 million in the next
San Jose, CA - that integrates an entirely new dimension of wellness assessment, personal
wellcore.com
Founder, President & CEO
safety and connectedness in seniors' daily living. Once introduced into a large IT shop, neering relationship with those products, five years. si

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IT SERVICES IT SERVICES

O
TKO helps customers optimize their
software test and delivery lifecycle
enable their mod-
ern applications to
partners ecosystem in-
cluding global system in-
Optimal Solutions: Delivering SAP-based Business Transformation
for greater quality and agility in an deliver on their tegrators such as
environment of constant change. promise of agility Accenture, IBM Global ptimal Solu- industry-specific business process knowl- and delivery model that makes it easy and
iTKO’s award winning LISA product and cost savings.” Services, Infosys, Cog- tions was an edge, Optimal makes it fast, easy and af- affordable for midsize companies to im-
suite helps customers dramatically As CEO, Shrid- nizant, CSC, Perficient si100 com- fordable for its customers to evaluate, plement and quickly realize the benefits of
lower their quality assurance costs, har Mittal has lead and others. iTKO has Gurvendra Suri pany in 2008. Inter- purchase, implement and maintain the running their business on SAP solutions.
shorten release cycles, reduce risks, and iTKO’s impressive also established LISA re- estingly, Optimal SAP solution best suited for their specific “Optimal’s FlexChoice Advantage
eliminate critical development and test- growth and assem- seller agreements with predicted sustained growth back then. business goals and challenges. makes it quick, easy and affordable for
ing constraints by virtualizing depend- bled a seasoned technology partners such An award-winning leader in SAP-based Optimal’s seasoned SAP consulting midsize companies to benefit from in-
ent IT resources to provide on-demand management team
Shridhar Mittal
as HP, and its products business transformation, Optimal spe- staff and world-class business process dustry best practices based on SAP’s
accessibility and capacity for teams with deep expertise are available in cloud- cializes in helping companies and public experts are dedicated to helping clients more than 35 years of experience. It’s
across the software lifecycle. in enterprise soft- iTKO based testing service of- sector organizations of all sizes leverage realize the greatest possible near- and the perfect low-risk, high-reward sce-

Innovator and
LISA Test, Validate, and Virtualize ware quality and the ferings from IBM. SAP solutions to achieve operational ex- long-term value from their SAP invest- nario,” said Gurvendra Suri, CEO of
solutions are optimized for complex, unique needs of iTKO customers in- cellence, sustainable growth, and a clear- ment. Optimal specializes in helping Optimal Solutions. “We’re confident
modern applications that leverage SOA, today’s complex, Leader in Modern clude industry leaders cut competitive advantage. The
company’s deep industry experience and
companies maximize ROI on their SAP
applications by planning, deploying and
our subscription-based, on-demand de-
liver model exemplifies the future of
Application Quality
BPM, cloud computing, integration modern applica- such as eBay, American
suites, and ESBs. “LISA addresses a tions. This leader- Airlines, Time Warner, exclusive SAP focus makes Optimal the maintaining world-class solutions in a how midsize companies will purchase
critical need in the marketplace to dra- ship has also helped Level3, Bank of America partner of choice for a growing number timeframe they require, and at a cost and implement SAP.”
matically lower the cost and risk of de- provide the inspira- and government agen- of Fortune 1000 companies and busi- they demand. With over 15 years of experience
livering highly complex, rapidly tion for several innovative product break- cies including the FAA and U.S. Depart- nesses worldwide. Fueling it growth, Optimal has re- and a 100 percent satisfied base of
changing enterprise software,” said throughs, including the company’s ment of Defense. Established in 1999, Optimal’s rock-solid reputation for on- cently brought to market a comprehensive clients, Optimal has the proven SAP
Shridhar Mittal, iTKO’s CEO. “By suc- unique virtual test environment capabil- privately held iTKO has its corporate time, on-budget SAP delivery is earned portfolio of industry-specific SAP solu- experience, talent and resources to
cessfully addressing this need, LISA de- ities and end-to-end test automation headquarters in Dallas, Texas with addi- from successfully planning, deploying, tions for midsize companies. In connection help companies transform any SAP
livers significant competitive transparency and traceability features. tional offices located in the U.K., Nether- maintaining and supporting SAP solutions. with this, Optimal has announced a new, challenge into a sustainable, competi-
advantages to our customers and helps iTKO has developed an extensive lands, Australia and India. si With unmatched SAP expertise and deep, highly flexible subscription-based pricing tive edge.

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Photon : Accelerating Innovation
porates best practices
honed through suc-
cessful execution of
obera Systems is a core counter the challenges faced by them with them, under the leadership of next generation Internet Consult- Chasms” from 3 tier architectures to SOA social media and mo-
product development com- in this technology driven world, the Anupama Arya, the Co-Founder, ing firm accelerating innovation , to Social Media and Mobile. bile projects in over
pany providing services to company provides “beyond the stan- Mobera Systems. She brings in her ex- Photon helps clients innovate By working with hundreds of cus- 150 customers and in-
through the New Age Internet - a conflu- tomers on the cusp of innovation, small tegrates with and lever-
Srinivas Balasubramanian
industry segments including Bio-In- dard answer” services. pertise of her past experiences as a se-
formatics, Embedded systems, Net- The firm has corroborated client rial entrepreneur, business executive, ence of businesses that are angel/ venture funded ages a company’s existing infrastructure
 Social Media /Web 2.0 that are often resource strapped, Photon enabling active collaboration.
working and Wireless, Logistics and servicing at its true sense whereby technologist and angel investor.
 New Age Mobile Technologies. has the ability to spot technology trends
Transportation. they collaborate with the client “Begin small. Deliver Big,” Anu-
early by drawing on hundreds of data Photon Mobile Lab
Headquartered throughout the product de- pama asserts. She maintains that busi- Photon combines an intimate knowledge
points to draw very effective technology Photon’s Mobile Lab is designed to serve a
in India and with velopment cycle in design- ness ideas are encouraged, both from of enabling technologies such as
and business model trend lines that quickly diversified market with complex net-
strong presence in ing and developing the within the team members and even  Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)/
produce ROI. Photon is able to take these work/device conditions simulating a vari-
the U.S, the com- Web services,
pany is strategi- MOBERA SYSTEMS:  Open Source new and innovative technologies and busi-
ness models that work back to its cus-
ety of user experiences in over 300 phones
across dozens of networks globally, the lab
cally poised at Inking New Value to Product Development Service with business savvy to help customers for-
tomers - a knowledge base that feeds on facilitates application porting (across mo-
delivering superior mulate and implement Internet strategies
itself. bile Operating Systems like iphone, Black-
quality solutions product. Customers can col- from the client side. Challenges are that are revenue-generating. With over 650
As a thought leader, Photon brings a berry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and
worldwide. Their laborate with Mobera using identified. Goals are set and time lines customers and thousands of projects under
set best practices, blueprints and frame- Android) and testing.
Engineering Com- Anupama Arya ClientConnect tools, which are respected. And to fulfill the goals, its belt, Photon enables large Fortune 500’s
works that help customer’s jumpstart their Photon’s growth is based on customer
petency Center can facilitate task tracking, the company relies on a methodology, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
Social Media and Mobile initiatives. relationships with flexible engagement
(ECC) is located in India. As an ex- technical discussions, conferencing, which is in tune with the Six-Sigma alike to leverage these new age internet
models. With over 1000 consultants Photon
pansion plan Mobera is planning a bug reporting and quality reviewing protocol for error mitigation. It has technologies.
Social Media Framework is headquartered in Chennai and has two de-
new ECC for the France market. functionality. The company has managed to reduce the cost of opera- Since its inception in 1999, Photon has
Photon’s Social Media Framework velopment facilities at Chennai and Banga-
Committed to partnering with their achieved to understand customers’ cul- tion of its clients bringing in the best focused on the internet domain and has
(www.socialmediaframework.com) incor- lore and several sales offices in U.S. si
clients in developing newer ways to ture, systems, and processes and align return-on-investment. si helped customers cross the “Technology

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IT SERVICES IT SERVICES

4. Engineering Services Founded by interested in training consultants on


SRA SYSTEMS: Agile and Reliable Software

A
TekLink
CAD, CAE, Rapid prototyp- it’s CEO, Pankaj my dime, and at the end of the day
and Engineering Services ing, and Non-destructive test- Gupta, TekLink wondering where is my value? In
ing services for the has grown to 60 contrast, TekLink has SAP experts at a
manufacturing industry consultants by value that others can‘t match,” said
n optimum sized organization support for independ-
Success through a Recession

T
assessed at SEI CMM Level 4, ent software vendors targeting a hand- Shouvik Dutta, CIO at one of Tek-
SRA Systems (www.srasys. 2. Business Intelligence & There are several engage- Proof Consulting Model ful of key SAP Link’s clients.
com) offers the agility of a small organi- ERP ment options, that the com- Pankaj Gupta a p p l i c a t i o n s . TekLink’s leadership is com-
zation with the reliability and capability This is founded during their S. Srinivasan pany provides SAP Business In- posed of former SAP Platinum con-
of a large organization. SRA has been partnership deal with SAP (Business Ob- A. Team XTend: Provide resources that ekLink International may not telligence including SAP’s Business sultants and Business Leaders. This
serving customers in the U.S. since 1996 jects Solution Provider and SAP Ex- function as an extended arm of the be as big as IT Professional Warehouse, BusinessObjects and Out- leadership allows TekLink, even in
offering custom software development, tended Business Partner) and Microsoft. customer. Services behemoths IBM, Ac- looksoft are the company’s calling this current economic recession, to
migration and re-engineering, mainte- 3. Business Process Management B. Turnkey Projects: Assume complete centure, Tata Consulting Serv- card. Beyond SAP Business Intelli- add a new client every month. While
nance, and quality assurance services. PROOF – our BPM framework – has responsibility for delivery of a solu- ices, Fujitsu or SAP, but they have gence, TekLink has expanded into most consulting firms are struggling
The company employs around 300 pro- been used successfully at organizations tion as conceived by the customer been beating them in the marketplace CRM, Basis and offshore services, to lessen losses and stem the tide of
fessionals. like FORD, Siemens, BMW, and Com- C. Software Solutions: Provide the entire for years. “We have more SAP expe- while planning to foray into mobile layoffs, TekLink instead expects to
pucredit to automate processes, manage solution in Business Process Manage- rience and better resources than our applications through its Blackberry increase it’s revenue this year and
The company’s portfolio of products and documents, and interface with enterprise ment, and Business Intelligence - competition,” explains TekLink In- and iPhone SAP BI applications. With has in fact hired into the recession
services include the following: applications including SAP, MFG Pro, technology areas where SRA has sig- ternational CEO, Pankaj Gupta. In offices in Chicago, India and Mel- with their long term approach and
1. Application Development and Main- and Peoplesoft. nificant expertise and customizable addition to TekLink’s experience, bourne, Australia, TekLink has grown philosophy.
tenance In addition to using the BPM frame- frameworks. their flexibility in servicing clients at over 60 percent rate since 2003. TekLink International expects to
a. Re-engineering & Migration, work, company is adept at designing and The company has a significant pres- without a sacrifice in quality has TekLink generates its revenue by buck the current recessionary trends
New development, and Mainte- implementing solutions around Mi- ence in the U.S. and offer an appropri- helped ensure a 100 percent client re- providing direct SAP consulting serv- by exceeding last years revenue tar-

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nance for enterprises. crosoft technologies (Biztalk, MOSS) ate blend of onsite, offsite, and tention rate since the company’s ices to clients and not as a staff aug- gets and exceeding the $10 million
b. Product Co-development and and IBM Filenet. offshore team members. foundation in 2003. mentation firm to the Big 4. “I am not revenue mark in 2009.

Vernalis Systems

V
n this era of competition, Symbi- businesses. The company’s growth can exchange. It also entered into engage-
oun’s objective is to deliver cost be attributed to its unique business ment to provide its asset tracking solu-
effective and innovative solutions model, which is a ‘train and transfer’ tion ‘LOCATE’ to RRB Energy, which Software Customized with Implementation at its Best
to its customers and part- structure, making it feasible engages in the field of wind power gen-
ners, with a passion for to provide an around-the- eration in India. This GPS solution will ernalis Systems is a global IT As Bala Chandra, based product that posi-
excellence. Symbioun clock service to its clients. help RRB Energy monitor the move- Services company with a CEO, indicates, “We tions them to easily
Technologies is a soft- proven track record in devel- firmly believe soft- manage projects, sched-
ware development and Symbioun: Moving Ahead with Passion oping and implementing custom soft- ware, designed intelli- ules, resources, billing
services company ware for global Fortune 500 gently, is a powerful and deliverables. Exec-
founded in 1993 and According to the com- ment of its freight across the country. companies. Vernalis Systems was force in positively im- utive Binder is a prod-
headquartered in Atlanta, pany, it provides outstanding Symbioun’s prestigious clientele in- founded in 1999 and has grown pacting a company’s uct that resides on
Georgia with a global de- experience in custom data- cludes BB&T, Amherst Security, Best- tremendously over the past ten years. bottom line. This is a mobile devices that
velopment center in India. Victor Kannan base development, desktop Work DATA, WebGen Corporation, They are conveniently located in the philosophy we employ connects company ex-
Symbioun’s IT outsourc- and distributed application TIBCO, Cognizant, and many more in major global commerce centers of with our execution Bala Chandra ecutives with key re-
ing services include application devel- design as well as various custom soft- the U.S., India and other countries. North America, Europe and Asia. processes as well as ports and metrics in real
opment – designing, developing, ware components and web-project pro- Symbioun currently has 120 employees Vernalis Systems’s vast business the guiding principle used in devel- time – the information is easily
testing and implementing new appli- gramming. Symbioun has skilled in the company and expects to grow. exposure, proven development oping a suite of products that im- viewable from the convenience of
cations, software testing, onsite con- resources both in J2EE and Mi- Surging ahead in the market with process and technology acumen al- prove our client’s business their mobile device.
sulting, mobile applications, product crosoft.NET including the Web serv- passion, Symbioun envisages to be rec- lows them to develop software that fit processes.” With Vernalis Systems, clients gain a
development by leveraging on the off- ices, Spring framework and EJB. ognized as a premier technology enabler the expanse of their client’s imagina- The product offering include strategic technology partner committed
shore engagement model. Revv Mobile, the latest offering that provides cost effective, innovative tion. Their expertise span all major Collabria, Aebria and Executive to helping them meet their unique busi-
Emulating the effective processes of from the Symbioun stable, is an m-com- solutions to its clients. As a mid-sized technologies and all major mediums: Binder. Collabria ensures that the ness and technology objectives, on time
larger software services companies merce product from Symbioun Mobile IT consulting firm, the company affirms web, mobile and desktop. Vernalis business applications are articu- and on budget. Their solutions are de-
without their huge IT budgets, Symbi- designed to help retailers stay on top of that it knows the challenges of compet- Systems also offers a line of products lated, designed, viewed and tested, signed to help a company empower em-
oun uses Agile Methodology to deliver consumers mind via mobile brochures, ing with bigger organizations to win in focused on increasing efficiencies for securely by the entire project team. ployees and to improve operations, sales,
high performance solutions for smaller mobile coupons and mobile promotion the market and establish its presence. si global enterprises. With Aebria, customers have a web- service and customer loyalty. si

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VEDICSOFT: Etching its Footprint in

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Business Intelligence Top 5
ounded in 1999 by Bhat Listen to what its clients have to
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Dittakavi and Venkat say, and it becomes clear why its serv- Venkat Yerubandi Bhat Dittakavi
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION
Yerubandi, Vedicsoft is a ices are the preferred choice among
provider of IT services and business clients. One of the most-admired for- dustry-specific custom BI solutions Headstrong
S an d e e p S a h a i
A global consulting and It services company that applies its expertise in busi-
Washington DC 1981 ness processes and technology for the financial sector, Headstrong has over
solutions in business intelligence (BI). tune Pharma clients said of its experi- to its customers in life sciences, headstrong.com
CEO
2000 employees.
Having built a ten year niche in BI do- ence with Vedicsoft, “Their experience healthcare, Insurance, Telecom, Gov-
main, today Vedicsoft is a leading in Business Intelligence has enabled ernment, Retail, Energy & Utilities Collabera
H i t e n Pa t e l Helps clients in sectors like Financial services, manufacturing & retail, technol-
Morristown, NJ 1991
choice for large clients with diversi- our projects team to successfully de- and Travel industries. Some of their collabera.com
Chairman ogy and communications. The company headcount is 4000.

fied data analytics needs. liver the results in time. Vedicsoft is customers include Abbot Laborato-
While its business intelligence so- very good at delivering their direct ries, J.Crew, Pepsi, Corning and Lance Soft
R am K a r u p p u s a m y
Its rich banking experience helps tackle the challenge of executing and moni-
Herndon, VA 2000 toring thousands of transactions that require real time updating. The firm has
lutions address complex issues by pro- employees for our sourcing opportuni- Wyndham just to name a few. lancesoft.com
CEO
over 500 employees.
viding knowledge users with easy ties in a very short notice.” Over the years, the company has
access to the right information through Headquartered in New Jersey, the experienced substantial growth and Real Soft Inc
R aj a n D e s a i
Proven track record in the financial sector has motivated it to specialize in all
Cranbury, NJ 1991 aspects of Brokerage, Investment Management, Insurance & Banking activi-
business analytics, at any time, from company’s biggest differentiating improvement in the areas of product realsoftinc.com
Founder & CEO
ties. It has over 800 employees globally.
any place within the organization, its point, according to Dittakavi and and service offerings, employee re- A global consulting and IT services firm, whose team of experts has success-
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Yerubandi, is its employees. “We cruitment, retention, and client satis- US Tech Solutions
Ma n o j A g a r wa l fully executed customized solutions in some of the most complex production
Jersey City, NJ 2000
solutions attempts to integrate all de- have over 300 clients in the form of faction scores. Today, despite all the ustechsolutions.com
President environments for the world's best known security companies. It has over 700

success that has come its way; it con-


employees worldwide.
partments and functions across a com- our talent workers. They are our
pany into a single computer system clients, our products and our brand tinues to strive to identify ways to
that can serve all their needs. ambassadors.” Vedicsoft provides in- improve its services.

Wavesat: A Pioneer to be on 4G
WIRELESS
WELLCORE:

A
and physicists to adapt easily to a stan-
Old Age Revitalized with Technology dards-based 4G world.
When Raj joined the company, he
repositioned the company to focus on
to join him as Co-Founder, and sub- ceived multiple term sheets from t the forefront of leading edge 4G OFDMA solutions for several years unlike 4G, and tweaked its products to run on

I
sequently they built team at Wellcore. VCs in May/June 2009 for their Se- technology, Canadian chip firm its competitors,” says Raj Singh, CEO, multiple protocols. Now, Wavesat’s
Wellcore builds a revolutionary ries A funding, during the most dif- Wavesat is a company that has for Wavesat. OFDMA standards were products enable system makers to cut
product line for the remote monitor- ficult period to raise money. They the past nine years focused solely on adopted in the military point-to-point de-
Vijay Nadkarni
down the R&D costs. If a system ven-
n 2007, while researching on so- ing of individuals, with an unparal- closed their Series A round with OFDM and OFDMA technology giving it ployments and Wavesat developed chips dor adopts multiple protocols, it would
lutions that could help him take leled ability to detect, interpret and Menlo Ventures, among the indus- a very strong foundation in 4G. A provider for the same and already had the first help him in going to multiple markets
care of his aging relatives in even predict their safety, wellness try’s most elite VC firms, with Du- of advanced semiconductor solutions to OFDM chip in the market. “And it was and not having to rethink about cus-
India, Vijay Nadkarni, Founder, Pres- and lifestyle metrics accurately. A Bose Montgomery, the founder and some of the world’s leading carrier and easy for us to go for WiMAX deploy- tomizing it for each market.
ident and CEO of Wellcore Corpora- wirelessly enabled system based on head of Menlo, and an icon of the mobile device manufacturers to deploy fu- ments,” says Raj Singh, CEO, Wavesat. One of its latest offering is the LTE
tion was amazed at the lack of sensitive miniature sensors, Well- VC industry on Wellcore’s Board of ture-proof broadband services and prod- Today, Wavesat makes multi-proto- chipset (Odyssey 9000 family of 4G
suitable products in the market for re- core applies novel signal processing Directors. ucts, Wavesat is well ahead in terms of col chip sets that can process Broadband Wireless
mote monitoring. He founded Well- technology they have invented to as- A graduate of IIT Bombay, with an technology. signals from a variety of 4G chipsets) featuring 100
core Corporation (formerly sess human wellness characteristics MBA from Northwestern (Kellogg), Founded in 1993, the company devel- cellular networks compatible Mb/s downlink capability,
Laburnum Networks) with the objec- – round the clock (indoor and out- Nadkarni earlier co-founded ipVerse oped amplifiers for satellite communica- with wireless radio protocols which it showcased at the
tive of not only meeting a critical door) reliably. Filling a critical need (later Veraz) which went public in tion. “Five years later, when WiMAX such as LTE, WiMax Wave2, 4G World in Chicago last
market need, but also making the that exists in the industry, the sys- early 2007. He hopes that Wellcore buzz was all around and the confusions XGP. It’s relevant and so- month. Having reached a
world a better place for advancing tem has received rave reviews from will play a small but meaningful role about deployment of Orthogonal Fre- phisticated algorithmic expe- mature stage with 85 em-
baby boomers and seniors. Nadkarni third parties. in the revamping of the healthcare sys- quency-Division Multiple Access rience met the needs of the ployees, Wavesat looks for-
got Jeetendra Jangle, a brilliant engi- Wellcore’s business plan and tem, providing independence and se- (OFDMA) protocols was looming large, 4G technology market, and ward to go public within the
Raj Singh
neering head from his past company product were so compelling, they re- curity to the aging population. si Wavesat had already been producing enabled its mathematicians next three years. si

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Top 5
Top 10 OUTSOURCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION
WIRELESS
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION Corbus
R aj e s h K S o i n Specializes in optimizing client's supply chain management through best in class SCM and
Dayton, OH 1994
President & CEO IT outsourcing services.
corbus.com
Ambient
Pr i t e s h G a n dh i Provider of solutions to offer wireless products. The company headcount is
Cambridge, MA 2001 Global Logic
Founder & COO around 50. S h a s h a n k Sa m a n t Provides full product development lifecycle services to start-ups, emerging and established
ambientdevices.com Vienna, VA 2000
President technology companies. Employs: About 3000
globallogic.com

Impetus A product engineering services company, that provides outsourced software product design,
Alyus Networks Provides multimedia sharing solutions for mobile networks. Matrix Partners Pr a v e e n K a n k a r i y a
Sh a m i m N a qv i San Jose, CA 1991 R&D, and related services to leading global software product companies. The company has
Westford, MA 2005 and North Bridge Venture Partners are its investors. It has around 200 employ- impetus.com about 1100 employees.
Founder & CEO
alyus.com ees.
Rave Technologies
A n a d J h a v er i Provides product engineering service to ISV/software companies. The company employs
New York, NY 1987
Founder, Cairman & CEO over 300 people.
rave-tech.com
Provider of digital signage and pricing solutions for retailers, provides single-
Altierre
Su n i t S a x e n a platform hardware, software and other IT solutions that enable RF-based ap-
San Jose, CA 2002 V2Solutions
President & CEO plications. Its investors include ATA Ventures, The D.E.Shaw Group and V ij a y S ha h Headquartered in California, V2Solutions is a company specializes in providing custom-built
altierre,com Santa Clara, CA 2003
software solutions.
DuPont Capital Management. The company headcount is around 50. v2solutions.com
Founder & CEO

F
V2 Solutions: Delivering Optimum Satisfaction through Product Development
Brovis The equipment developer and manufacturer of radio based hardware and soft-
M u t h u Lo g a n
Sunnyvale, CA 2003 ware for providing integrated and standards based broadband wireless access
President & CEO
brovis.com systems. The company headcount is around 50.

or the third year running, Sili- for a vendor that value tunity,” Shah said.
It enables mobile network operators with platform, applications, and design con Valley-based V2Solutions their needs not as a hard Founded in 2003,
has made it to our Si100 list. We core seller rather as a V2Solutions’ strength
Jasper Wireless
J a h a n g i r M o h am m e d services to serve the emerging machine-to-machine and embedded devices
Sunnyvale, CA 2004
take a closer look at how V2Solutions partner. Shah realized lies in customer satis-
Founder & CEO markets.Benchmark Capital , Sequoia Capital and Bridgescale Partners are
jasperwireless.com
among its investors. The company headcount is 100.
has established its name by bringing the gap and with his faction as its entire line
innovative software products to mar- prior entrepreneurial of businesses have
Develops mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile
Stoke and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their ket in less time and cost by its Founder expertise delved into moved forward
CEO Vijay Shah. the Outsourced product through customer ref-
Vi k a s Va r ma
Santa Clara, CA 2004 3G mobile networks and migrate to 4G technologies. Its investors include Se-
CEO
On one hand, we have the highly development sphere erences. The expertise
stoke.com quoia Capital, Integral Capital Partners, Pilot House Ventures and many
more. It has around 200 employees.
research intensive achievements un- with his V2Solutions of a 450 member team
Tenxc
Delivers radio frequency solutions for wireless mobility networks and evolution dertaken by corporate biggies and on team. has enabled the com-
Ottawa, Canada
Ra j iv Pa n c h o l i
2002
to broadband. It offers wideband Bi sector array solution for band networks; the other, we have the innovation and Maintaining ver- pany to offer services
PCS Bi sector array solution for PCS networks; and DCS Bi sector array solu-
distinctive approach of a young firm sions, supporting fea- Vijay Shah across Application de-
Chairman & CEO
tenxc.com
tion for DCS networks. Employs: About 50.
bringing real difference in software ture requests, keeping velopment, Cloud of-
development arena. The impact cre- up with technology and upfront in- ferings, Mobile Application
ated by either cannot be ignored. This vestments as a bet of strength of idea development and Digital Content.
Varaha Provider of fixed-mobile convergence solutions for enterprises and small and
J o g e n Pa t h a k
Dallas, TX 2003 medium-sized businesses through channels and service providers. The com-
varaha.com
Founder & CEO
pany headcount is 42. is not necessarily about creating glob- and implementation, always makes Organizations across the globe
ally renowned products but about software product development excit- are still struggling to decide and in-
amalgamating innovative ideas into ing but a challenging line of business. culcate the habit of developing inno-
Wavesat
San Mateo, CA
Ra j Si n g h
1993
A provider of semiconductor solutions that delivers silicon that enables its cus-
tomers to deploy multiple broadband wireless technologies such as wiMAX,
simple and effective software prod- “We understood the importance of vative ideas into products / solutions.
wavesat.com
President & CEO
Wave 2, WiFi, and XG-PHS. It has over 70 employees. ucts. Not surprisingly, there was the time-to-market, a need to introduce V2Solutions unleashes this hidden
draught of these young players. Play- new products in untapped markets and potential of technology moderniza-
Savari Networks A solution provider for mobilizing the intelligent transportation systems that
ers whose product development innovate to improve. This helped us to tion and leverages the customer
Sanata Clara, CA
Ra v i Pu v v a l a
CEO
2008 help improve mobility, safety and e-payment applications like open road methodology coupled with their state be amongst the first to move to iden- needs to consider outsourcing more
savarinetworks.com tolling. The company headcount is 20. of innovating would bring in a sense tify and leverage the market need for critical and complex business
of ease for the buyers, who look out Product Engineering Services oppor- processes to its benefit. si

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MOBILE

ounded in 2005 by TAS) delivers converged bile operators in USA and Europe.
entrepreneurs having voice services over an all IP The company also provides converged
several years of ex- core network to both IMS messaging solutions that can deliver cost
perience in the telecommu- and non-IMS mobiles, savings to operators, by increasing capac-
Top 10 nications field, today
Mavenir Systems provides
broadband devices and
Femtocells.
ity of SMS networks and can also increase
usage by adding new services to monetize
MOBILE mobile operators the power The company that com- the explosive growth in the messaging
to deliver better communi- petes with players like Eric- market.The combined solution accelerates
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION cation experience to their sson and Alcatel feels that the transition from legacy messaging silos
users. the approach it takes to de- to a converged, all IP messaging core.
Cellspin Develops mobile applications that enables users to share photos, videos,
The company, which velop new products is its The company, which is funded by
B o b b y Gu r v in d e r S i n gh was co-founded by Pardeep Pardeep Kohli differentiating factor. “Most Alloy Ventures, Austin Ventures and North

Mavenir:
San Jose, CA 2006 audio and text using internet. Privately held, it has received a private funding
CEO
cellspin.net of $1 million Kohli, Pulin Patel, Achal of these companies develop Bridge Venture Partners has a total em-
Patel and Rashad Ali offers new products, which are ployee count of 150. Apart from the mo-
mobile convergence solu- Driving the evolution of their existing bile solutions, the Richardson, Texas-based
tions. These solutions can products, but we do it from company also offers a hardware platform
DeviceAnywhere

enable mobile operators to Growth of Mobile scratch and offer greater


Fa r a z A . S y e d Privately-held, remote mobile application testing company. Primary investors
San Mateo, CA 2003
deviceanywhere.com
CEO & Co-Founder include Motorola Ventures and France Telecom’s venture subsidy Innovacom.
called Mavenir mOne Convergence Plat-
offer subscribers new and Operators flexibility,” says Pardeep form. The platform can enable operators to
enhanced voice and mes- Kohli, the CEO. According accelerate the launch of IMS services in-
Mavenir Systems Provides mobile convergence applications and solutions to mobile operators. saging services on mobile devices. The to him, the solutions by the competitors cluding Instant Messaging and Presence
converged voice solutions can enable de- don’t offer enough flexibility to the opera- based on OMA SIMPLE standards. With
P a rd e e p K o h l i
Richardson, TX 2005 The company is funded by Alloy Ventures, Austin Ventures and North Bridge
President & CEO
mavenir.com Venture Partners.
livery of Mobile VoIP services, over any tors to change as per the trends. Mavenir the mobile market booming around the
mobile access, without having to imple- has four customers globally including Vi- globe, Mavenir intends to grab this grow-
Mformation ment an overlay IP Core. The company’s ettel in Vietnam and Cellcom in the USA. ing market opportunity in the future by of-
Technologies Ra k e sh K u s h w a h a
1999
Provides mobile device management solutions to mobile operators around the Mobile Telephony Application Server (M- The other two are unannounced Tier 1 mo- fering the best solutions to the operators.
Edison, NJ CTO & Co-founder globe. Its customers list includes Telefonica, Sprint, T Mobile and Vodafone
mformation.com

Wide Web consortium’s Multi-

O
Moremagic
Newton, MA
Pa n k a j G u l a t i
2001
Offers electronic payments platforms for mobile operators, content providers,
distributors, and banks.Privately held and funded by Battery Ventures, Vision
Openstream: Effective Enterprise Mobility modal Interaction Framework
moremagic.com
CEO & Chairman
Capital, and Liberty Mutual. (W3C MMI) architecture, a stan-
dard that Openstream co-authored,
through Multimodality
penstream was an si100 company Openstream’s cue-me™ that provides portability, inter-op-
Mywaves
R a j e e v R am a n Provides online mobile video services to mobile phone users. The company is in 2008. Back then, Openstream multimodal client together erability across many devices, in-
teraction-modes, languages and
Sunnyvale, CA 2005
was sufficiently confident to pre- with Smart Messaging Plat-
CEO & Founder funded by Menlo Ventures. The firm has about 40 employees. Raj Tumuluri
mywaves.com
dict its growth as well as the trends in the form (SMP) server provide a systems.
mobile technology evolution. compelling solution that overcomes the Cue-me applications developed once
Nexage Developer of mobile advertising solutions that enable companies to maximize While enterprises across the indus- challenges of on-the-move input/output can run on many popular mobile devices
Waltham, MA
De v ku m a r G a n dh i
CEO & Founder
2005 ad revenue from their mobile properties. Some of the company's customers tries are quick to realize the need to go using mobile devices, thus improving user- without re-authoring for those platforms.
nexage.com are CBS, Divx and Versaly Entertainment
beyond email access on mobile devices experience for any application. While continuing its focused re-
to drive productivity gains in the field, The ‘multi-modal’ approach allows search on improving accuracy and us-
the challenges of viewing on a small- users to combine spoken commands ability of mobile applications using
Openstream
Somerset, NJ
Ra j Tu mu l u r i
1997
A mobile solutions and multi-modal software platform provider for enterprises.
Some of the customers are Verizon, Alcatel USA, IBM, UBS, Broadsoft and In- screen and cumbersome keypad input with touch-interaction to fill forms, multimodality, Openstream also offers
openstream.com
President & CEO
terwave. have limited the scale and success of capture images and annotations, as well and hosts its open authoring platform
mobile solutions. as access information/web on demand. and tools for Enterprises and Independ-
Founded in 1997 by Raj Tumuluri, For example, user can simply speak their ent Software Vendors ( ISVs) to develop
the multimodal enterprise solutions.
Skava Privately held and provides strategy and execution to brands, retailers and
San Francisco, CA
A r i sh A li
2002 content owners to reach out to consumers across social sites, widgets and Openstream has been a pioneer in multi- queries and hear the responses read out
Openstream’s clients include leading
CEO
skava.net mobile devices. modal mobile platform and solutions for by the system, thus overcoming the chal-
enterprises, that help connect people, sys- lenges of reading from a small screen Energy and Utilities, Telecom and Media
A mobile VAS focused company developing and marketing VAS infrastructure tems and information to improve produc- device while on the move. Services, Financial, Healthcare and Phar-
TeleDNA
Bellevue, WA
Pr a v e e n N a l la p o t h u la
2001
products like SMSC, MMSC, CBC and SDP along with a bundled VAS applica-
tivity, provide better intelligence and The cue-me platform has an extensible, maceutical companies as well a partner
tion platform called mZone. Some of its customers are BSNL, MTNL, and
eco-system of third-party application de-
MD & CEO
teledna.com
Emtel. control, for the employees and customers event driven architecture with its design
who are on the move. principles and markup based on the World velopers and device manufacturers. si

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network operators like BSNL, Aircel, and OPEX thereby increasing the bot-
Uninor and Vodafone. tom line revenue for operators.
With lower tariffs and increasing To be successful in the VAS space,
adoption of mobile messaging and Nallapothula believes that keeping an Top 10
content, there has been an increasing eye on the trends in the marketplace is a
burden on mobile networks from the must. Take for instance, the U.S. Fed-
SEMICONDUCTOR
explosion in data usage. “Today’s mo- eral Government’s regulation making it
Praveen Nallapothula bile operators need better platforms to mandatory for network operators in the NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION
manage their growing messaging and U.S. to deploy cell broadcast-based
TeleDNA: Platform content traffic,” says Nallapothula. services (CBS) as it is convenient to Arasan Chip Systems
TeleDNA’s platforms are built to ex- broadcast public messages at times of San Jose, CA
A r as an G a n e sa n
1995
Provider of reusable Intellectual Property (IP) cores for the electronic design community in-

Play for the Mobile


CEO cluding BUS interfaces. Some of its licensees include Intel, TI, Freescale and Broadcom.
actly do that. calamity or emergency. Business man-

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arasan.com

Messaging and Content A supplier of technology enabling agers at wireless operators did not think
Services Tsunami messaging and content services, they could generate a profit with a one-
TeleDNA has over 45 installations directional, subscription-less broadcast
Atrenta Provider of Early Design Closure solutions to improve design efficiency throughout the IC
A j o y Bo s e
San Jose, CA 2001 design flow. Some of its customers are LG Electronics, Mentor Graphics and STMicroelec-
hen TeleDNA’s CEO globally, including highly complex service. Nallapothula is now actively
Chairman, President & CEO
atrenta.com tronics

Praveen Nallapothula says Tier 1 network environments. Its VAS engaged in dialogue with several oper-
“We are the DNA for next infrastructure products like SMSC, ators in the U.S. for deployment of
generation mobile networks,” he MMSC, CBC and SDP along with a TeleDNA’s CBS platform. AutoESL
At u l S h a ra n
A privately held company providing platform-based communication-centric Electronic Sys-

bundled Innovative VAS Application Having worked in Motorola Cellu-


Cupertino, CA 2006 tem Level (ESL) synthesis tools for integrated circuits and systems. Funded by Adams Cap-
means it. Founded in 2001, TeleDNA autoesl.com
President & CEO
ital and Xilinx.

is getting into the league of providing Platform (mZone) ensure substantial lar Infrastructure Group for more than a
mobile VAS platforms to tier 1 cus- savings on the operational cost for the decade before founding TeleDNA, Nal-
tomers like T-Mobile, AT&T after suc- operators. TeleDNA also provides lapothula can definitely understand his Berkeley Design
Automation R av i S u b r a m an i an
Venture backed semiconductor company that designs technology for analog, RF, and

cessfully providing high performance Managed Services to enhance VAS customers’ environment, which makes
2003 mixed-signal integrated circuit verification. The company is funded by Bessemer Venture

F
Santa Clara, CA President & CEO
Partners, Woodside Fund, Panasonic and NTT.
platforms in India for tier 1 complex revenues for operators at no CAPEX it easy for him to beat the competition.
berkeley-da.com

AutoESL:
SEMICONDUCTOR e-Infochips
Pr a t u l S h r o f f Offers IPs and services in software products and applications, embedded system and
or more than 10
Sunnyvale, CA 1995
CEO ASIC/FPGA. Some of its partners are Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys.
einfochips.com

years, companies-
large and small, have
been betting that chip de- Redefining Concurrent Design of
Hardware and Software
GainSpan Vi j a y Pa rm ar Provides an ultra low power Wi-Fi single chip solution for battery-powered or energy-har-
sign must move from RTL San Jose, CA
gainspan.com
President & CEO 2006 vesting-based sensor applications. Funded by Intel Capital, New Venture Partners, Opus
Capital, OVP, Sigma Partners and CampVentures.
to a higher level of abstrac-
tion (software). However, ened its position adopting business where you build the company
the real opportunity is to technology from UCLA by solving real customer problems, with nSys Provides verification IPs and also leverages them to offer verification services that acceler-
allow software designers – where exciting research differentiated technology, on a shoestring
At u l B h at i a
Newark, CA 2001 ate designs of customers developing ASIC,SoC or FPGA. It has tie-ups with Mentor Graph-
CEO
with little or no knowledge Atul Sharan under Professor Jason Cong and count your pennies at the end of each
nsysinc.com ics, Cadence and Synopsys.

of hardware — to easily im- (Chairman, UCLA CS day,” Sharan says. AutoESL is focused
plement their algorithms into hardware. Dept.) led to a commercially viable so- on being cash flow positive with the least Provides rapid verification closure solutions that leverage design insight to reduce time and
Recently companies like Xilinx have lution. “We have some advantages that amount of money in the shortest amount
Nusym
Ve nk a t e sh S hu k l a effort needed to develop confidence in the design. The company is backed by investors that
Los Gatos, CA 2004
seized on this opportunity. And AutoESL all the earlier companies failed to recog- of time. Their strong R&D team in China
President & CEO include Voyager Capital, Woodside Fund, Draper Richards and Simmons Goodspeed In-
nusym.com
vestment Management. The company headcount is 30.

Design Technologies’foray into the mar- nize,” says Atul Sharan, President and has helped to keep the cash flow under
ket, as a key enabler, was apt at this point. CEO of AutoESL. The unique architec- control and still create the best products.
Being in the market, when the need was ture of AutoESL’s solutions can take any With customers like Microsoft, Broad-
Sankalp
An Analog, Mixed Signal and RF semiconductor service provider with the mission to serve
Semiconductor Vi v e k Pa w a r
2006 worldwide customers with benchmark quality and time to market by means of innovative
felt for the electronic system level design, software language as input. It’s the only com, Raytheon and Xilinx. AutoESL is
Fremont, CA
sankalpsemi.com
CEO
methodology and automation.

helped AutoESL to rope in smart in- solution that combines native area, per- posied to break out into the mainstream.
vestors like Adams Capital and Xilinx. formance and power optimization for the Sharan’s past experience as an entrepre-
The former saw the opportunity in the best results in hand-coded RTL imple- neur, venture-capitalist, whereby he had SiliconBlue
K ap il S ha n k a r Offers low power FPGA devices for designing handheld applications and mobile applica-
realm and the latter was ensured that mentations. This helps customers grab to deal with a wide variety of people and
Santa Clara, CA 2005
CEO & Founder tions. Funded by Bluerun Ventures, Crosslink Capital, NEA and TSMC.
siliconbluetech.com
through AutoESL, its customers will the best quality of results and reduced technologies aided him in making the
have their hands on the best solution. time to market. right decisions, in a tough economic
AutoESL, founded in 2006, strength- “Start-ups have become a tough environment. si

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SEMICONDUCTOR

Berkeley: Driving Attention


he different analogies
on the advantage of
digital over analog are
marred by the fact that without
analog the digital world would
to Analog in a Digital World
not exist. This has spelled suc-
the life of today’s designers of the wireless industry. Majority of the com-
Top 10
cess for California-based
complex analog and RF mixed pany’s revenues are generated from the
Berkeley Design Automation-
INTERNET
Ravi Subbramanium signal integrated circuits. The wireless and digital consumer markets.
a leader in design technology
best example would be Berke- Some of its customers include Qualcomm, NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION
for advanced analog, RF and
ley’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS), a unified Fujitsu, Texas Instruments, Broadcom,
mixed signal integrated circuits. “As the
circuit verification platform. The platform Samsung, Penasonic and NXP Semicon-
world gets digital the paradox is that there Chitika
enables analog, mixed-signal, and RF de- ductors. Ve n k a t Ko ll u r i A full-service on-line advertising network. The company is self funded and
is more of analog,” says Ravi Subbrama-
Marlborough, MA 2003
CEO & Co-Founder has about 25 employees.
sign teams to verify within a single exe- Founded by Amit Mehrotra and Amit chitika.com
nium, CEO, Berkeley. For instance, be it
cutable implementation, which would Narayan in 2003, Berkeley is funded by
the audio or the display or the memory pe-
otherwise require numerous simulators. Bessemer Venture Partners, Woodside
ripherals of an iPhone, analog is an essen- A provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) video distribution platform that
The company has contributed signifi- Fund, Panasonic, and NTT. Within the six
Dynno Ra j J a s w a
allows anyone to instantly share live video and rich media with an audi-
tial component. Palo Alto, CA CEO, President & 2007
cantly to advancing the digital consumer years of establishment, the EDA firm has dynno.com
ence of 1,10 or 10,000 viewers. It is backed by backed by Artiman Ven-
Circuit analysis technology developed
Chairman
tures and Startup Capital Ventures.
electronics and wireless industries through tapped over 50 customers and partners, in-
by Berkeley provides fast and accurate
its FastSPICE versions like the Analog cluding twelve of world’s top 20 semicon-
noise analysis for current and future ana-
FastSPICE Nano. The company is recog- ductor companies and eight of Japan’s top Jivox D i a z Ne s a m o n e y
log/RF circuits. The accurate analysis eases San Mateo, CA 2007
An easy and affordable online video marketing service, funded by Opus Capital
nized as one of the top 200 influencers in 10 consumer-electronic companies.
Founder, President & CEO
and Helion Venture Partners. The company has about 40 employees.
jivox.com

S
point, and makes it uniquely placed
Sankalp Semiconductor : Creating an Ecosystem for future scalability.
for Analog & Mixed Signal Services & Solutions Today, Sankalp is engaged with
Kaboodle
Sunnyvale, CA
Ma n i s h Ch a n d ra
2005
A social shopping community where people discover, recommend and
share products, Kaboodle has been funded by Garage Technology Ven-
Co-founder & CEO
ankalp Semiconductor is an ana- Sankalpites at multiple some challenging chip design proj- kaboodle.com tures, Shea ventures amongst others.

log/mixed signal/RF semiconductor sites. ects in analog and mixed signal


service provider that provides serv- Sankalp Semiconduc- space that include areas like ADC, KESDEE
ices to some of the largest semiconductor tor holds a unique ability to DAC, Filter, DC-DC converter, San Diego, CA
Sw a r n a J e ss i ca S r i n i v a s
2000
Self funded financial e-learning company, whose customers include the
U.S. Federal Reserve System. The firm has over 200 employees.
Vivek Pawar LDO, IO cells, PLL and DLL. En-
President
companies in the world. Sankalp was tackle complex design/lay-
kesdee.com

founded in 2005 by Vivek Pawar, who is out challenges by means of gineers at Sankalp are focused on
also the CEO of the company, along with a state-of-the-art methodology. “With the providing analog and mixed signal design
team of industry experts. Sankalp’s mis- evolution of the System-on-Chip (SoC), service and solutions to IC manufacturers Lumos Labs
San Francisco, CA
Ku n a l S a r k a r
Co-founder & 2005
A cognitive neuroscience R&D company that builds software tools for im-
proving brain health and performance, and funded by Norwest Venture
sion is to create a world-class technology new doors have opened for chip designers by using their expertise, innovative lumosity.com Head of Operations Partners, FirstMark Capital & Harrison Metal Capital.

hub of mixed-signal semiconductor serv- and we plan to tap this opportunity,” ex- methodology and automation. Sankalp has
ices and solutions . There are three key as- plains Pawar. Working on a complex area executed projects in 180 nm to 45 nm
pects by which the mission is being such as analog and mixed signal design process nodes and recently started work- Regalix
Vi k a s S h a r a n
Provider of integrated Marketing and Technology solutions providing firm.

ing on 32 nm chips as well. Sankalp is in


Palo Alto, CA 2005 Its services include search-engine and data-mining, emerging new media
accomplished. First, work from second means there should be checklists at each regalix.com
CEO
such as blogs and podcasts.
tier cities of India, which provides a bal- stage to ensure quality and avoid iterations the process of adding Board design, Test
anced life-work environment allowing en- due to errors. Methodologies are devel- and Characterization to its list of services.
ergy to be spent on deep technical issues. oped for the various stages of design/layout Sankalp is steadily growing with Retrevo Vi p i n J a i n
A shopping site for consumer electronics, funded by Alloy Ventures and
Second, attract proven technical leaders and reviews are conducted to ensure con- three of its customers being world’s top Sunnyvale, CA
retrevo.com
Co-founder,
President & CEO
2005
Norwest Venture Partners.

with entrepreneurial zeal to join Sankalp as sistency of the output quality irrespective 10 semiconductor companies and with
partners, giving them complete freedom of the person doing the work. One of the addition of many more blue chip compa-
to define their own destiny. Third, work key challenges for the Semiconductor In- nies to its clientele. Last year it won the Saavn Founded with the goal of making bollywood entertainment accessible to
award for being one of the highest ex-
Vi n B h a t
closely with some of the topmost colleges dustry in India is to enable career growth New York, NY
Co-founder & CEO
2007 people around the world across digital channels, Saavan today has over

in the country by being physically close to for employees . While the top priority for porters from Karnataka. “With our train-
saavn.com 25 employees.

the college campus – this takes care of every Sankalpite is to achieve highest level ing programs and strategies, we hope to
scalability and forward looking ecosystem of customer satisfaction , company fo- distinguish ourselves as a scalable world- Wiziq
creation across diverse job domains. In re- cuses a lot on internal structure to ensure class technology provider with a proven
H a r ma n S i n g h An online platform where users can discover, transact and consume edu-
Concord, NC 2002
cational services. Employs: Around 50.
cent years Sankalp has strengthened its po- employee satisfaction . A five percent at- edge in technical competency,” says Mri-
CEO
wiziq.com

sition in the industry and employs 93 trition rate over four years highlights the nal Das, VP of Engineering.
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INTERNET INTERNET

Kaboodle: Makes Online Shopping Hearst Magazines Digital ounded in 2007 with the goal of

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Media site network. making Bollywood entertain-
Speaking about the ment accessible to people
Simple and Fun market opportunity, Man- around the world across digital chan- content licensed by Saavn. The serv- advertising inventory to major
ay back in 2004, Manish a more social and much ish Chandra says that Ka- nels, Saavn has grown to become one ices are also provided to 19 million brands or deploying content transac-
Chandra and his wife, Asha, simpler experience. boodle remains focused on of the largest digital distributors in cable homes, 250 million mobile sub- tion services.
got frustrated during the re- Today, Kaboodle its singular mission to be Bollywood. scribers and more than 30 internet A joint venture of [212]MEDIA
modeling of their home. They found the (www. kaboodle.com) is the key destination for The New York head- services. and Hungama Mobile, the company
Manish Chandra women to find the best quartered firm has a cata-
process of sharing and discovering new a vibrant social shopping Co-founded by Vin has offices in Mumbai, London, New
products and retailers that matched their community where people user-curated products in log of 300 Bollywood Bhat and Paramdeep York, Los Angeles, and Toronto. It
personal taste and style difficult. As it discover, recommend, and share prod- key areas such as fashion, beauty, and films, 300,000 music Singh, the company also has content partners from whom
stood, the online shopping platforms ucts. Kaboodle’s shopping tools allow home. These are the fastest-growing tracks, 20,000 music develops products and music and movies and licensing are
were great for price comparisons. But, users to add products from anywhere on- categories in e-commerce and advertis- videos and around 80 per- platforms such as done including T-Series, Yash Raj,
when it came to shopping for key cate- line to their Kaboodle lists. As a result, it ing, with online apparel sales alone cent of all new releases. saavn.com, Saavn Saregama, Studio 18, Reliance, BIG
gories, such as fashion, home and is home to the world’s most extensive crossing $20 billion in revenue. Users can access the con- iPhone applications, Pictures, and Venus.
beauty, most sites just compiled product catalog of user-curated products, making Kaboodle competes with online tent in three ways, viz., a the Saavn media player In the future, Saavn plans to
catalogs, leaving people to fend for it the trusted source for discovering, shar- shopping companies, women-focused third-party distribution and Saavn Web serv- charge for its content, as well as
themselves in a sea of information. Find- ing, and buying products from retailers sites and other social shopping compa- network comprising 75 Vin Bhat ices for the distribu- foray into local and cricket content.
ing and keeping track of one’s favorite large and small. With more than 15 mil- nies. The company’s unique advantage global media companies tion. And in the last Already one of the largest digital dis-
products online and deciding what to lion unique monthly visitors and a de- is based on two pillars – its patented like iTunes, Amazon, AT&T, and method, the company also works tributors of Bollywood content,
buy was a painful and inefficient experi- voted community perpetually adding core information extraction technology Verizon Wireless, subscription to with websites that are interested in Saavn is all set to grow bigger with
ence. So, in 2005, Manish and Co- more finds, Kaboodle provides the ulti- and its fast-growing community of pas- content packages, or free viewing of having Saavn’s team represent their its strategies in place.
Founders Keiron McCammon and mate platform for connecting people sionate shoppers.
Based in Sunnyvale, CA, the com-

T
Chetan Pungaliya, who shared his vision with products. In August 2007, Kaboo-
of a new approach to online shopping, dle was acquired by Hearst Corporation pany was rated by comScore in 2009 as

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WiZiQ: Easy Education Online
got together to transform the process into (www.hearst.com), and is part of the one of the top 150 domains in the world.
The website is free to join, and
he brain is healthiest when it logy, and bioinformatics from Stan- increased alertness and energy, im- once joined, one can build educational
is active and regularly chal- ford, UCSF and other leading rese- proved ability to remember names and network by entering subject interests
iZiQ tion service providers to build their
lenged. Since its formation in arch institutions. Independent numbers, better concentration, and and discover who else on the network
is an online learning businesses.
the spring of 2005, California based research labs at universities and hos- elevated mood. shares similar interests. The content
online The solution provides synchro-
Lumos Labs has consistently focused pitals nationwide continue to colla- The course consists of exercises which is put on the web can be made
platform, where nous and asynchronous teaching
on researching and develo- borate with Lumos Labs to that are designed to improve a parti- semi-permanent and embeddable as
users can dis- through virtual classroom, online
ping the most effective test and hone the effective- cular area of cognition. Users can fol- objects and links.
cover, transact tests, content sharing and messaging
cognitive training applica- ness of the program. low a guided 40 session complete The biggest of all challenges that
and consume ed- system. It also allows the administra-

Lumos Labs:
Harman Singh WiZiQ faced during the early period and
tions. Kunal Sarkar, Mic- ucational serv- tion activities like online classes,
hael Scanlon and David still facing is the adoption of online learn-
ices. Students can find educational tests, educational content, and con-
ing among the consumers. Companies
Striving to Make a Difference
Drescher founded Lumos services such as online classes, tact and payment management. The
with a view to promote are trying to overcome these challenges
courses, tests, content, as well as lo- marketing tool integrates teacher
better brain health, and by targeting the right markets. Currently,
cate educational service providers of- profile, public classes, public tests,
their first product, Lumo- Speak to any of the users brain fitness course, or they can take the company is focusing mainly on the
fering their services both online and public content, sharing or inviting
sity.com has become the Kunal Sarkar and the success of Lumo- charge of the training and directly U.S. market where broadband penetra-
offline. Its solutions help the users to contacts and social bookmarking
number one online destina- sity.com is clear. For in- train in the areas that need the most tion is high, but Singh believes that even
convert the files they want to share in websites posts.
tion for cognitive training and lear- stance, Alison Badrous, a user of the work. though the e-learning industry in India is
an easily shareable format and in min- The solution enables the students
ning games. program says, “Lumosity’s daily trai- Developed on the basis of existing in its infant stage, the segment will have
imal required steps. to view and download educational
Lumosity.com is a general brain ning doesn’t take much time. It’s fun, cognitive training research that emer- a promising future and 25-30 percent of
Harman Singh, CEO, WiZiQ.com content, bookmark content one wants
fitness program consisting of a series and I can really see an improvement ges from the fields of cognitive psyc- consumer learning would eventually take
started the firm in 2002 as a small e- to study and contact the authors for
of engaging online games and exer- in my ability to think through and hology and neuroscience, place over the Internet.
learning services company and learning. For the teachers, it enables
cises to puzzle the brain. The pro- quickly understand new processes in Lumosity.com is a success story, WiZiQ currently has 35 employees
served clients who needed e-learning them to upload, share and embed the
gram has been developed in my job.” In addition to improvements which has clearly achieved what it set and plans to increase the headcount in the
projects. Later, he transformed it to content. It also helps the teachers to
collaboration with leading scientists in working memory and attention, Lu- out for: Making a difference in the areas of development as well as market-
an Internet based education company increase the visibility of their study
in neuroscience, cognitive psycho- mosity.com’s users have also reported lives of people. si ing as per need. si
that provides a platform for educa- materials on Google.

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si100 SPOTLIGHT: By Zoya Anna Thomas Value Proposition sional associations. Institutes of bank-
“I want KESDEE to provide e-learn- ing, finance, and accountancy and
KESDEE's ecosystem

ing, not e-reading,” states Swarna. The treasury management associations are

KESDEE firm’s state-of-the-art development


center in Bangalore has a talented 75-
among its strategic partners.
Click on a site that offers KES-
Accreditations from
CFA Institute, CFP, ICB, Marquee Client base

I
ACAMS, ICPAS & others Federal Reserve Board, Citi,
JP Morgan Chase,

A GLOBAL E-LEARNING PORTAL FOR


Deloitte etc.

member team that consists of instruc- DEE’s online course material (for ex-
tional design experts, graphic ample, www.prmia.org), and you’ll
Global Network of Subject
Matter Experts (SME) B2B:

designers, and technical professionals. see that the look and feel of the site is
Value Added Resellers

THE FINANCIAL SECTOR


including Technology
KESDEE's Financial
Integrators, LMS Providers,

This team has put together a variety of not that of KESDEE but that of the
e-Learning solutions
Training Companies &
1,000 e-learning courses
Consultancy Firms
eCoaches exam preps

courses with engaging graphics and partner. It constitutes an important


Different languages

interactive simulations. Interactive ex- marketing strategy for the e-learning


Industry
Awards including

ercises, quizzes, simulations, graphics, solutions company. Swarna calls this


“Red Herring 100” B2C:
“SI 100” Strategic Partners

and practical exercises are all key fea-


e-shopping carts e.g. NYIF,

the ‘power of partnerships’. She has


“Young Entrepreneurs”

n 2006, Standard Chartered regulations prevalent in India and


PRMIA etc.
Brand Building:

Bank (SCB) signed a multi- localizes the content to make it rel- tures of the courses, and enhance been championing the idea of partner-
Speaking at global
conferences / media
interviews.

year contract with KESDEE evant to the country. learning and retention. After all, if the ships since seeing the incredible reach
for licensing KESDEE’s e- The very fact that the Board of first experience is not positive, the del- they provide, and leads the company’s of its clients becomes the mouthpiece
learning solutions for the Governors of the U.S. Federal Re- egate is unlikely to willingly return to partnerships with the New York Insti- of the company and brings in the next
training of it’s globally spread staff. serve System uses KESDEE’s e- e-learning again. According to tute of Finance, Professional Risk prospect.
The reason for making this choice learning portal speaks volumes for Swarna, a positive experience will Managers’ International Association,
was clear – KESDEE is the largest the firm. Also, among its clients are make the learner want more e-learning and many others.Also recognizing the Social Initiatives
financial e-learning company in the prestigious organizations like, J.P. for future skill development. But, KESDEE is not just about busi-
world that provides courses cus- Morgan Chase, the Royal Bank of The quality of KESDEE courses Branded portals, ness. Apart from providing monetary
support to many philanthropic initia-
always makes it stand out from the
customized
tomized to customer needs. Today, Trinidad and Tobago, Deloitte, and
the SCB employees access its e- Citigroup. rest. In order to maintain high quality tives, Swarna has also initiated many

content, and
learning courses through a private Leading its highly innovative in all its products, Swarna created promotional programs to assist and
label e-learning portal developed by and specialized team is Swarna KESDEE’s Global Network of Ex- empower people in transition. For
KESDEE, which incorporates the
Standard Chartered logo, look, and
Srinivas, a graduate from Harvard
University, whose vision is to fur-
perts - a group of leading experts from
a broad range of backgrounds and ex-
personalized three years in a row, KESDEE is a
proud sponsor of the annual entrepre-
feel on every screen. All 700 e- ther expand KESDEE’s global periences that includes professors, learning provide neurship conference organized by the

together an
learning courses of KESDEE are presence. Originally the firm fo- practitioners, consultants, bankers, Harvard Business School Association
mapped to the competencies that are cused only on the B2B market that regulators, writers, and researchers. of Orange County.
needed for different employee
groups within SCB and have been
comprises of enterprise clients. But
Swarna led the company’s entry
When developing a new course, the
company uses the network to ensure
engaging learning Future Roadmap
experience
Swarna Srinivas
repackaged accordingly. into the B2C markets and has since the material is conceptually sound and To expand KESDEE’s global pres-
The San Diego, CA based KES- started a new division that focuses yet practical. ence, the company already has a
DEE’s off-the-shelf e-learning cata- on eCoaches (Web based certifica- In the fast paced work environ- Spanish translation center in Mexico,
log consists of a comprehensive tion tutorials) and retail sales. A reg- ment, employees are hard pressed for need for delivering e-learning solu- and many of its e-learning solutions
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AgeTak: Ensuring Utmost Data Security
fficient and secure handling of and billing information that have to be has licensed
the process of sharing data with shared among different clinics, pharma- AgeTak tech-
customers, business partners and cies, and insurance companies. nology to meet Rakesh Verma
among employees is key challenge for “We intercept the data request just the above need.
an enterprise in today’s highly compet- before it enters the database and provide “They evaluated the technology
Top 10 itive market and legislative environ- for real-time privacy enforcement logic through four proofs of concepts in one
ment. The most illustrative example of on-the-fly. We don’t have to modify year and concluded that our technology
this is found in the healthcare sector thousands of applications and hundreds is superior to Microsoft, Oracle,
SECURITY
where a patient’s confidential medical of databases of diverse technologies Guardiam and IBM DATABASE for
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION information is created in many different under the control of various agencies,” this purpose. They retained the third-
places and has to be shared among many says Rakesh Verma, CEO, AgeTak. party Price Waterhouse Cooper for the
different healthcare professionals under Founded in 2004, this Minneapolis purpose of evaluation of our technol-
This Minneapolis based company’s response is based on the Access Right
Control (ARC) technology that provides a mechanism for accessing data
Agetak
Hopkins, MN
R a k e sh Ve r m a
2004
present in multiple places as if they were at one place and for implementing the scrutiny of strict health information based company’s response is based on ogy,”says proud CEO.
agetak.com
Founder & CEO who-gets-what-data-for-what-purpose level of security and privacy at one
privacy regulations such as HIPAA. the Access Right Control (ARC) tech- A five years old start up with an off-
The traditional approach has been nology that provides a mechanism for shore research and development unit in
place. Notably, the privately held company's growth in 2008 has been 45
percent despite the challenging conditions in the market.
able to solve the problem of ensuring accessing data present in multiple places India. It is indeed the most uniquely po-
data security by limiting access either at as if they were at one place and for im- sitioned company in security and pri-
Addresses the single most overlooked gap in enterprise security – the pre-
Alert Enterprise
J a s vi r G i l l vention, detection and fast resolution of linked IT and physical access viola-
Fremont, CA
alertenterprise.com
CEO
2000
tions across diverse enterprise systems, applications, databases and the database end or at the application plementing who-gets-what-data-for- vacy market today. This year the
geographically distributed assets.
level. This approach is becoming more what-purpose level of security and company’s growth in 2008 has been 45
Offers online fraud prevention, strong authentication and e-document secu- and more impractical as data scattered privacy at one place. percent. Certainly AgeTak story would
across diverse systems has to be shared That’s why AgeTak rightly deserves be one of the inspiring for aspiring en-
rity solutions that provide the right balance of cost, convenience and
Arcot strength. Sunnyvale, California headquartered Arcot has an impressive list
among different stakeholders – say a pa- a space in Si100 list. Interestingly, trepreneurs. The company is attracting
R a m Va r a d a r a j a n
Sunnyvale, CA 1997 of investors in the company which include Adobe Ventures, Accel Part-
President & CEO
arcot.com ners,Goldman Sachs, Invesco Private Capital, ONSET Ventures, Skandi-
naviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), Vedanta Capital, Visa International, and
tient’s medical records, prescriptions largest American healthcare company investors even in this time.
Wachovia Strategic Ventures.

Provider of continuous controls monitoring (CCM) software, was founded in Approva: Continuous Controls Monitoring
the wake of the collapse of Enron and Worldcom.Approva has partnerships
Approva and packaged integration to other governance, risk & compliance applica- costs and reduce the cost of tracking company can use Approva’s solution to
down and resolving errors that impact fi- monitor travel and entertainment ex-
P r a s h a n t h V B o c ca s a m

A
Reston, VA 2002 tions offered by OpenPages, Thompson Reuters, Sun Microsystems, IBM,
Founder & Chairman
nancial statements. Approva’s marketing penses, purchase orders and entries to the
approva.net Microsoft and CA. The company recently secured $14 million in new invest-
ment from Columbia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Novak Biddle,
Sierra Ventures and Gold Hill Capital. slogan, “I Love a Good Audit,” captures general ledger. This platform-based ap-
John Becker Prashanth PV Boccasam one of the company’s key customer ben- proach also enables Approva to quickly
KRAA Security
G a r y Ba h a d u r
Offers Managed Security services and Compliance Consulting services.
Currently, there are 3 offices in the US, Aventura, FL, Sarasota, FL and Los pprova a provider of continuous efits; since exceptions are addressed as respond to customer requirements and
Aventura, FL
kraasecurity.com
Founder & CEO
2007
Angeles, CA. KRAA Security has partnerships with a number of Technology controls monitoring (CCM) soft- they occur, those quarterly visits from competitive threats. It is one of the major
companies to white label KRAA services.
ware, was founded in 2002 in the the auditor go a lot more smoothly. reasons why many of the largest audit
Provider of information security solutions for databases and applications. wake of the collapse of Enron and “We have seen tremendous growth and advisory firms – including the “Big
Worldcom. Approva’s Founder, in the continuous controls monitoring 4” – have licensed Approva to perform
Mentis Software The company, which is now 18 plus people strong, thrives even in tough
R a j e sh K . Pa r t h a sa r a t h y
New York, NY 2004 times.MENTIS has announced several new products over the last few
mentissoftware.com
President & CEO
months, and is expanding support for all its products across the major en- Prashanth PV Boccasam recognized that (CCM) market,” said Approva Chief Ex- client audits.
terprise platforms.
the security controls built into ERP and ecutive Officer, John Becker. “With or- The company recently secured $14
Nevis Networks
Delivers a powerful breakthrough solution for LAN security. Using its own financial systems were inadequate to ad- ganizations looking to squeeze every million in new investment from Colum-
San Jose, CA
A ji t S hel a t
President & CEO
2002
ASIC-based technology, Nevis builds LAN security systems from the ground
up that forge a Personal DMZ, which adds a new layer of security policies dress new and forthcoming regulatory re- penny in unnecessary cost and ineffi- bia Capital, New Enterprise Associates,
nevisnetworks.com
for each individual user. Nevis has 200 employees quirements and he figured out how to ciency out of their operations, CCM ap- Novak Biddle, Sierra Ventures and Gold
Delivers business-critical solutions that impact the security of IT infrastruc- develop and implement automated busi- plications offer an attractive return on Hill Capital. It plans to use the new in-
Prism Microsystems
A . N. A n a n t h
tures. Its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution ness controls that could prevent future investment since they can fund them- vestment to accelerate product develop-
Columbia, MD
prismmicrosys.com
CEO
1999 EventTracker combines real-time Log Management with Change Monitoring
and USB tracking to defend IT assets fromcyber attacks and ensure compli-
scandals. selves based on the inefficiency and ment and expand sales and marketing.
ance with regulatory standards. The company has around 75 employees. Today Approva’s products are used waste they uncover.” The company’s long-term vision is to
Provider of enterprise software that is designed to manage and streamline by hundreds of the world’s largest cor- By building their applications on a enable organizations worldwide to make
Quantamsecure
San Jose, CA
A ja y Ja i n
2004
security identities, compliance, events and operations across disparate
physical security systems. The comapny which registered 100 percent porations and government agencies to single CCM platform, the Approva audit and compliance of business controls
quantumsecure.com
President & CEO
growth this year, has received venture financing from Dunrath Capital, identify, monitor and prevent business BizRights Platform, the company can an- a non-issue to the point where compliance
Crestline Investments and Nexgen Capital Ventures.
exceptions that result in inappropriate alyze and correlates control information is taken for granted and companies can
Provider of industry-first multi-tenant SaaS security. The company today of- payments, fraud and compliance risk. By not only across the spaghetti soup of fi- have confidence in the integrity of their
nancial systems that comprise most com- business systems, processes and transac-
Zscaler fers cloud security for enterprises, ranging from small businesses to For-
Sunnyvale, CA
J a y C h au d h r y
2008 tune 500 companies. Due to its disruptive "SaaS" approach, Zscaler's automatically flagging risks and ac-
counting errors as they occur, companies panies’ IT environments but also across tions and focus 100 percent of their effort
Founder & CEO
zscalar.com service provides more powerful security and comprehensive reporting at a
lower total cost of ownership for its consumers.
can reduce cash leaks, lower compliance different processes. So, for example, a on their customers. si

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A
ilicon Valley, California-based Quan-
SECURITY tum Secure provides enterprise soft-
ware and has created its own niche
space: its software is designed to manage ganizations as the San tems, Tyco/Software House and the Open
rcot has been the tage of mobile phones, con- which stops fraud faster by allowing
and streamline security identities, compli- Francisco International Security Exchange.
Si100 Company sumers can safely shop online, members of the Arcot A-OK fraud de-
ance, events and operations across disparate Airport, Adobe Sys- Founded in 2004, the privately held
for the past three authenticate to Web Portals or tection and authentication service to
physical security systems. “Our recent
Ajay Jain
tems, Baxter Health Quantum Secure has received venture fi-
years. Their consistent access online banking using their share fraud data among themselves auto-
launch of SAFE 3.5 and our SAFE Analyt- Care, Juniper Networks, the Empire State nancing from Dunrath Capital, Crestline In-
growth, progressive ap- mobile phone to generate the matically.
ics module reflects the company’s expand- Building, Port of Virginia, The Irvine Com- vestments and Nexgen Capital Ventures.
proach and uniqueness in passcode rather than having to “We were a pioneer in the authen-
pany, Symantec Corporation and the “Now the company is growing over 100 per-

Arcot:
ing market reach in several key vertical
technology have made Ram Varadarajan carry a second hardware device. tication segment where we co-in-
markets and provides specific best practices Toronto Pearson International Airport. cent year-on-year and we are well equipped
them a leader in the au- Arcot authentication technology vented one of the earliest and most
for the unique security requirements of Other customer wins include major inter- to face the challenges of emerging comple-
thentication market. Tap- is also embedded in Adobe Ac- successful federated identity systems
these highly regulated and highly complex national airports, large healthcare organiza- tion,” says Jain.
ping over $3 billion robat and Adobe Reader to en- – 3-D Secure for ePayment authenti-
industries,” explains Ajay Jain, CEO, Quan- tions and highly regulated government Quantum Secure aims to converge the
market worldwide for au- able consumer authentication, cation. Today, Arcot has established
tum Secure. agencies. world of physical and logical security via
thentication products, Leading digital signing and secure e-doc- its uniqueness and leadership in the
What is interesting is that despite the Additionally, Quantum Secure’s grow- software that provides a single, fully inter-
Arcot offers online fraud ument notification and delivery. market place with multifactor authen-
gloomy environment everywhere, Quan- ing roster of high-visibility systems inte- operable and integrated physical security
prevention, strong au- Arcot technology is based on its tication offerings for web-based ap-
grators (SIs), value-added resellers (VARs) policy platform whereas data from various
the Way tum Secure has been successful in dou-
thentication and e-docu- one-of-its-kind patented ‘crypto- plications of all kinds,” says proud
bling its revenue compared to last fiscal. and channel partners as a major asset in the physical security systems are aggregated and
ment security solutions graphic camouflage’. Varadarajan. Arcot has an impressive
The company is all set to declare 2009 a company’s expanded commitment to de- normalized in real time. This results in a uni-
that provide the right balance of cost, con- Several companies are already pro- list of investors in the company which
cash -positive year. The company in- liver its physical identity and access man- fied security operation using a common plat-
venience and strength. “What differenti- viding strong authentication methods in include Adobe Ventures, Accel Part-
creased the headcount by 20 percent and agement solutions. form to measure key security metrics and
ates us from others is that we provide hardware through one-time-password ners,Goldman Sachs, Invesco Private
today has close to 75 employees world- Quantum Secure forged several new management objectives, including those sur-
strong authentication and digital signing (OTP) tokens, biometric solutions and Capital, ONSET Ventures, Skandi-
wide. “This year, we signed on several fed- channel partnerships in 2009, including An- rounding cost, compliance and risk.
solutions that are convenient for con- smart cards. But, Arcot has been chal- naviska Enskilda Banken (SEB),
eral and governmental agencies as drews International, Henry Bros. Electron- “As the world of physical and logical se-
sumers, employees and business partners lenging all these hardware-based online Vedanta Capital, Visa International,
customers. This year has been indeed fruit- ics and Reece Complete Security Solutions. curity continue to converge and our cus-
to use,” says Ram Varadarajan, Co- authentication technologies with its Web and Wachovia Strategic Ventures.
ful for us,” says the CEO. Along with these new additions, Quantum tomers are exhibiting tremendous cost
Founder, President and CEO of Arcot. fraud detection and strong, two-factor au- Founded in 1997, the Sunnyvale,
The success of these focused strategies Secure’s current partner also includes John- savings and operational efficiencies, the
Consistent with the theme of conven- thentication products that do not require California headquartered Arcot is pri-
has contributed to Quantum Secure’s strong son Controls, Active Identity, CoreStreet, Quantum Secure ecosystem of partners,
ience and security, Arcot has recently a separate hardware device. Earlier this vately held and employs more than 130

F
customer roster, featuring a few marquee Deloitte, General Electric, HID, IBM, technologies and customers will only grow
launched their ArcotOTP passcode gener- year, Arcot added the Arcot Fraud Pre- people worldwide. It also has a tech-
names such as well-known enterprise or- Lenel, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsys- at an exponential rate,” concluded Jain.
ator for mobile phones. By taking advan- vention Network (AFPNet) to its lineup, nology center in Bangalore, India.

F
KRAA Security: Providing Managed Security and Compliance Services Alphion: Enabling the Photonic Future
NETWORKING
ounded in 2000 by Dr. Bharat P.
Dave, Alphion Corporation, head-
ounded in the year 2007, KRAA “Privacy Defended”. The next steps ing, encryption, email management, quartered in Princeton, New Jersey
On-Demand. The GPON product family the deployment of
Security offers Managed Security after an application security assess- antivirus management, host intrusion has R&D centers U.S., India. They also
consists of Optical Line Terminal (OLT), next generation
services and Compliance Con- ment would include strategic security detection and malware defense. have the customer support, service, market-
Optical Network Terminals and passive op- multiple play
sulting services. It protects organiza- roadmap, vulnerability assessments The Florida-based KRAA Security’s ing in Bangalore and Delhi. Structured in
tical splitters. The Alphion OLT offers 40 Fiber-to-the-
tions from threats through a and ongoing maintenance of the secu- network security audit team has the nec- two business units, Access Systems and
protectable GPON ports per shelf, an ultra- Premise (FTTP) Bharat P. Dave
combination of preventative services in rity infrastructure. essary expertise to handle all the secu- Photonic Devices, the company offers a full
fast redundant 200 gigabit per second back- services in the
Application Security, Network Secu- KRAA Security delivers Compli- rity related problems and they are range of communications systems, subsys-
plane and 56 gigabit per second uplink western and southern zones of India. The
rity, Operating System Security and ance assessments including HIPAA, available 24x7 to provide its consumers tems, integrated and discrete photonic com-
capacity. initial BSNL contract for Alphion GPON
Compliance measures. Red Flag, SOX, PCI and Physical Se- with a variety of solutions. Currently, ponents based on its proprietary QLight
Gigabit Passive Optical Network equipment, the first phase in a multi-year
KRAA is now offering a free secu- curity. Many compa- there are three offices in the technology platform. Alphion products are
(GPON) is becoming the dominant tech- program, will provide services to 259,000
rity assessment test to all the sites of nies need help in U.S. at Aventura, FL, Sarasota, sold world-wide to service providers and
nology for service providers deploying FTTP subscribers.
their clients, which is necessary to achieving compliance FL and Los Angeles, CA. OEMs in the Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP),
across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, with “The selection of Alphion technology
protect the sites and portals from the certification. KRAA KRAA Security has partner- telecommunications, CATV and defense
revenues projected to exceed $2 billion by for a major share of GPON network equip-
risk of losing data and losing their rep- also provides the Man- ships with a number of Tech- system markets.
2010. Broadband access networks using ment being procured by BSNL is a signif-
utation. As a website is the first inter- aged Security services nology companies to white Alphion offers a full spectrum of broad-
PON technology are seen as key drivers for icant achievement and establishes Alphion
action with users, this will help build that maintain the certifi- label KRAA services. Growth band access solutions that are sold world-
economic growth. GPON based networks as a leading supplier of GPON based Ac-
trust by protecting the user’s data. Ac- cation over time, which is expected with a comprehen- wide to service providers and OEMs in the
increase service providers’ ARPU by cess Solutions in the Indian Telecom Net-
cording to Gary Bahadur, CEO of includes services such sive suite of Consulting and FTTP markets. It supports complete end-to-
bundling video, voice and high speed Inter- work,” commented Dr. Dave, Alphion
KRAA Security, previous Co-Founder as firewall manage- Managed Security services that end access networks, enabling multiple-
net services. Earlier this year, telecom giant Chairman, President and CEO. “Alphion is
of Foundstone Inc and author of “Win- ment, intrusion defense, are practical, efficient and cost play IP based broadband services such as
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), fully committed to supporting the roll-out
dows XP Processional Security” and website content filter- Gary Bahadur effective. si VoIP, high-speed Internet, IPTV and Video-
selected Alphion’s GPON technology for of GPON equipment in India.” si

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NETWORKING

and WAN connections. A multiple patent company allows them to implement In-
holder (seven) in its innovative router tranets, e-commerce strategies, Virtual
clustering technology, FatPipe has over Private Networks (VPNs), while utiliz-
6,000 units installed worldwide. In other ing application specific servers over the
Top 10 words, the company has created its own Internet or WAN connections.
market. Although there are competitors, the
FatPipe’s line of products cover an company is confident that it will continue
NETWORKING
array of features and benefits for compa- to remain at the top with its constant in-
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION nies that run mission critical applications novation by anticipating the need of its
over any type of WAN infrastructure. Its customers before it arises. The main
over 1,300 customers include the FBI technology features include aggregating
Alphion B h a r a t P. D a v e
Develops, manufactures and markets FTTx access systems, subsystems and and the U.S. Supreme Court. So, what at- two or more communication lines of any
integrated photonic devices. It has received funding from Tallywood Venture
Princeton Junction, NJ Chairman, President & 2000 Ragula Bhaskar tracted these biggies to use FatPipe prod- type, using the same or different ISPs,

FATPIPE NETWORKS
Capital, Axiom Venture Partner, Goldman Sachs, ICCP Venture partner, Narra
alphion.com
ucts? Saving time and increasing WAN redundancy and high availability;
CEO
Venture Capital. The company headcount is 140.

productivity is the key, says Dr. Ragula additional security and speed of data
Bhaskar, President and CEO of FatPipe transmissions; and route control features
Revolutionizing Data

I
Networks. for inbound and outbound IP traffic.
Transfer
FatPipe It is the inventor and multiple patents holders of technology that provides the
R a g u l a B h a s k ar
Salt Lake City, UT
fatpipeinc.com
President & CEO
1989 highest levels of optimization, reliability, security and acceleration of Wide
Area Networks (WANs). The company headcount is 140.
“The technology enables companies Today, expanding rapidly in Europe,
to achieve higher bandwidth and higher and with a main facility in Chennai,
t merits admiration for being the very levels of redundancy, regardless of the India, this venture funded company has
Gambit
Communications Pa n k a j Sh a h
A provider of network simulation tools that enhance the productivity of enter- creator of router clustering technol- type of router or modem technology in over 140 employees. Having been hon-
ogy. The Utah-based FatPipe Net- use,” says Bhaskar. As its products en- ored with awards by several industry
1995 prises, device vendors, management software developers and outsourcers
Nashua, NH Founder & CEO
while lowering their costs. The company headcount is 50.
works provides router clustering devices able companies to obtain low cost, re- leading organizations, FatPipe has carved
gambitcomm.com

Intellinet for reliable, redundant and fast Internet dundant, and fast Internet access, the out its own path of success.
Technologies A n j an G h o s a l A provide of network convergence solutions that accelerate the deployment of

S
1992
Melbourne, FL President & CEO next generation applications and services. It has 85 employees.
intellinet-tech.com
NIKSUN: Moving up in the Security Space
Develops an Optical Carrier Ethernet Switch which is based upon ring optical
Mattise Networks
S am M athan burst switching (Ring OBS). Its innovative research and development has re-
Mountain View, CA
matissenetworks.com
Chairman & CEO
2002
sulted in numerous patents covering break throughs in packet optical network- ince 1997, NIKSUN has only a bits to applications, undo the whole
ing. It has around 68 employees. single vision: to create the protocol stack and create metadata on
equivalent of the Tivo and all protocol layers including the appli-
Provider of solutions that comprehensively monitor the network for perform-
Niksun ance, security and policy compliance initiatives. The privately held Niksun, Google for the network. Such a solu- cation layer in real-time.
tion would provide complete and total Today, NIKSUN’s solutions are
D r. Pa r a g Pr u t h i
Monmouth Junction, NJ 1997 with customers including most Fortune 500 companies from every major verti-
Founder, Chairman & CEO
visibility into the network. NIKSUN’s deployed in thousands of networks
niksun.om cal and industry, NIKSUN is well on its way to revolutionize the network moni-
toring, security surveillance and forensic analysis markets. Dr. Parag Pruthi
vision unveiled into a metadata ware- around the world. At any given in-
Ocarina Networks Helps organizations to cope with Storage infrastructure and data loads. It has
house, called the NIKSUN Knowl- stance, for a single customer, matched such as the leakage of critical
San Jose, CA
M u r l i T h i r u m a le
CEO
2007 received funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Highland edge Warehouse (NKW), for any and petabytes (1000’s of terabytes) of in- assets, presence of trojans, viruses and
ocarinanetworks.com Capital Partners and JAFCO Ventures. The company headcount is 50. all data traversing the network. With a formation are constantly being worms, backdoors, and so forth. Many
Tivo, a specific program on TV is processed, analyzed, stored, aggre- government and corporate clients de-
Founded with a mission to introduce the industry's first open programmable recorded. For NIKSUN the challenge gated, correlated and alarmed upon. pend on this amplified level of secu-
was greater: develop the ability to From a security perspective this is the
Omnitrol Networks
Santa Clara, CA
R a j S a ks ena
2004
peer-to-peer application services network that securely integrates business in- rity to protect their critical
omnitrol.com
President & CEO telligence with real-time sense and respond devices at the edge. The company
headcount is 50.
record everything or any specific por- equivalent of a camera on the network infrastructures,” said Dr. Parag Pruthi,
tion of the data traversing the network with heat / motion sensing, face-de- CEO and Founder of NIKSUN.
Pronto Networks
Provides carrier-class Operations Support Systems (OSS) that enables net- at current production rates! With tection and other high-end monitoring With customers from every major
work operators to deploy and manage large public WLAN networks. It has re-
Google, metadata is created off-line concepts occurring all the time in real- vertical and industry, NIKSUN is well
J as b i r S i n g h
Pleasanton, CA 2001
President & CEO ceived funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, BV Capital, Intel Capital. The
prontonetworks.com
company headcount is 200. and real-time updates are not a prior- time. “When data is in motion, on its way to revolutionize the net-
ity. For NIKSUN, again, the challenge NIKSUN is in action - the company’s work monitoring, security surveillance
was more significant: create metadata NetDetector analyzes every piece of and forensic analysis markets. Fore-
in real-time, while data is moving at communication that a customer wants
Virtela
Greenwood Village, CO
Va b G o e l
2000
Enhances the way our customers do business by customizing a solution which thought coupled with robust architec-
rates as high as 10Gbps! Think about to look at. It not only archives the data
CEO fully integrates into existing network architecture. It has 150 employees.
virtela.com ture and design is what makes
the challenge for a minute, the for future evidentiary needs, but also NIKSUN’s solution truly ground-
NIKSUN solution has to scale up from alarms when various criteria are breaking. si

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BPO
NAME FOUNDER(S) FOUNDED DESCRIPTION
24/7 Provides integrated customer lifecycle management services through a
PV Kannan
Campbell, CA 2000 'multi shore global delivery' model. The company has over 8000 employees
Founder & CEO
247customer.com across global locations.

First Source Global provider of business process management services, that leverages
A n a n da M u ke r ji
Amherst, NY 2002 its righshoring approach. The firm has over 21,000 employees across the
MD & CEO
firstsource.com globe.

Intelenet Global
Su s i r K u ma r Global supplier of BPO services with more than 28,000 employees and a
Fargo, ND 2000
CEO global operational footprint.
intelenetglobal.com

OPI Global
K i s h o r e M i rc h a n d a n i A professional services firm that is dedicated to finance and accounting out-
New York, NY 2002
President sourcing. The firm has around 3000 employees.
opiglobal.com

Sutherland Global It collabrates with clients to help them excel in their industry while maximiz-
D i l ip R . Ve l l o d i
Rochester, NY 1986 ing their customer’s life-time value. They provide measurable results, deliv-
Chairman & CEO
sutherlandglobal.com ered globally.

provement across
processes that cover in-

A
Sutherland Global: Maximize
creasing revenues, re-
ducing costs, improving
Customer Lifetime Value
cash flow and capital
global Business Process Out- Sutherland offers a bal- utilization, maximizing
sourcing (BPO) and Technol- anced portfolio of serv- customer satisfaction,
ogy Enabled Services ices comprised of and enhancing the
Company founded in 1986, Sutherland Business Transforma- clients’ overall compet-
Global Services offers an integrated set tion Services, Business itive position.
of front and back office services that Process Outsourcing, Dilip R. Vellodi
Sutherland’s serv-
support the entire customer lifecycle. and Technology En- ices are provided to
By combining highly trained people abled Services. leading global corporations across
with state-of-the-art technology, deep These services operate across the technology, telecommunications, fi-
domain knowledge, and proven busi- entire lifecycle of Sutherland’s clients’ nancial services, insurance, govern-
ness methodologies, Sutherland collab- customers and touch the revenue side ment, travel, retail, and healthcare
orates with clients to help them excel and the cost/expense side of the verticals.
and gain a competitive edge in their in- client’s P&L. In order to flawlessly Headquartered in Rochester, New
dustry while maximizing their cus- execute this strategy of delivering York, the company operates 24 deliv-
tomers’ lifetime value. measurable results across the entire ery centers in the U.S., Canada, India,
Since its inception, Sutherland has lifecycle of clients’ customers, Suther- Philippines, Mexico, Bulgaria, and
remained focused on a single mission, land seamlessly combines these offer- Nicaragua, employing over 24,000
to “help improve their clients’ effi- ings in a manner which is referred to professionals and growing. These pro-
ciency and productivity while deliver- as integrated BPO. The focus here is fessionals excel in delivering Business
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