The DQ 121 - 130

121 | OnMobile

Despite a volatile stock market situation, OnMobile, one of the early movers
in the mobile VAS space, went ahead with its IPO during FY 08, when it got
listed in two Indian exchanges. OnMobiles mobile backup solution attracted a
good mindshare among services providers both in India and outside. The company
acquired Voxmobili, a European personal mobile data management software vendor
thereby expanding both its product portfolio and geographical reach. It bagged
the Best VAS Partner Award 2007 by Airtel.

n V&D
100 Best MVAS company 2007, India by Voice & Data

n The
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2007

l CEO:
Arvind Rao l Address: #26, Bannerghatta Road, JP Nagar
3rd Phase, Bangalore-560076 l Tel: +9-80-41802500 l
Fax: +91-80-41802810 l Website:
www.onmobile.com

122 | GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic started the year acquiring Kewills R&D team in Aurangabad, which
was moved to Pune, and developed into a new center focusing on logistics and
enterprise software. Continuing its expansion streak, GlobalLogic started its
China operations and forayed into the European market with the UK office. It
secured 6-8 clients in Europe in its first year of foray, fuelling growth for
the India centers. The company further announced plans to invest $50 mn in India
over the next three years, and eyeing acquisitions in Southern India.

n  Secured
$29.5 mn in Series C funding for global merger and acquisitions
strategy

n Launched
Version 1.0, its end-to-end concept to market software product
development offering

l CEO:
Peter Harrison l Start-up Year: 2000 l Products &
Services: Outsourced product engineering l Employees:
2,218 l Address: B 34/1, Sector 59, Noida-201301 l
Tel: +91-120-4062000 l Fax: +91-120-2585721 l
Website:
www.globallogic.com

123 | Tally
Solutions

The company announced a major re-structuring of its channel partners with an
aim to increase transparency and for better communication among the channel
partners. For providing a better customer experience and upgradation of its
products, Tally launched a new scheme called GoGold, by which customers were
able to upgrade Tally 6.3 and Tally 7.2 to the latest version. Tally Academy
launched a program called Pragati for students to earn money while learning.

n Entered
into a business tie up with J&K Bank

n Launched
VAT compliant software for Puducherry

l Managing
Director: Bharat Goenka l Start-up Year: 1986 l
Products & Services: Financial accounting, management
software l Address: Level 2, Commerce@Mantri,
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560076 l Tel:
+91-80-66282559/25732559 l Fax: +91-80-41508775 l
Website: www.tallysolutions.com

124 | Infogain

Infogains acquisition of the Spider Systems established it as a leading player
of Oracle ERP services for the mid-markets. It could now offer consulting
through an Oracle DBA Think Tank and expand its Peoplesoft capabilities to
include university implementations of Peoplesoft HRMS. Infogain also partnered
Compiere, active in open source ERP and CRM, as well as Manthan Systems. This
inorganic growth strategy doubled its income from the retail domain while OPD
accounted for one-third of the companys FY 08 revenues.

n Ranked
one of the top 15 exciting emerging companies to work for by
Nasscom

n Received
ISO 9001:2000 certification for all its India centers

l CEO:
Kapil Nanda l Start-up Year: 1996 l Products &
Services: Enterprise IT services l Branches: 10 l
Address: A-16, Sector 60, Gautam Budh Nagar,
Noida-201301 l Tel: +91-120-2445144 l Fax:
+91-120-2580406 l Website:
www.infogain.com

125 | Mediaman
Infotech

Mediaman continued to do well in external storage and flash cards. It forayed
into the gaming market with Palit gaming cards. Among the new principals added
was Swiss Travel Products, specializing in premium range accessories and
universal power adapters for the aerospace industry. It also acquired exclusive
distribution rights from MTech, a French company, for accessories and home
entertainment products; and US optical brand Memorex for its products. The
company plans to enter the software and networking segment this year.

n Started
operations in Singapore

n Entered
the gaming products segment

l CEO:
Dushyant Mehta l Start-up Year: 1987 l Products &
Services: Distributors for storage devices, peripherals,
accessories l Employees: 211 l Address: 2nd
Floor, Vidhyarthi Bhavan, Tribhuvan Road, Near Dreamland
Cinema, Mumbai-400004 l Tel:
+91-22-23823100/3200/8100/8200 l Fax: +91-22-23877418 l
Website:
www.mediamangroup.com

126 | Jupiter
International

Jupiter International expanded its distribution tie-up with Taiwanese
memory-maker Apacer Technologies to include MP3 players and memory cards in
addition to its existing partnership for USB drives. The revenues from
Frontechs range of products including LCD monitors, cabinets, speakers,
peripherals, and consumer electronics grew significantly. The company plans to
set up two photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing plantsone near Kolkata and
second at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. Jupiter has also tied up with Germanys
Centrotherm for technical collaboration on the project.

n  Peripherals
business contributed more than 70% to overall revenues

n Enabled
Western Digital to enter B and C class cities and gain further
market penetration

l Managing
Director: Alok Garodia l Start-up Year: 1978 l
Products & Services: Distributor for components,
peripherals, and consumables l Employees: 1,000 l
Branches: 27 l Address: 30, Jadunath Dey Road, 4th
Floor, Kolkata-700012 l Tel: +91-33-22121406-410 l
Fax: +91-33-22121404 l Website:
www.jil-jupiter.com

127 | Aztecsoft

Aztecsoft would bid adieu to the DQ 200 club after Mindtree acquired it for Rs
400 crore. The fluctuating dollar and US slowdown had started taking its toll on
the company. Nevertheless, Aztecsoft added 20 new strategic clients including
leaders in data management and wireless domains. The market strategy was revised
with increased focus on software testing in new domains like Internet and life
sciences. Expansion was in its agenda as it opened a new facility at Rajiv
Gandhi Infotech Park, Pune.

n
Samir Bodas took over as the CEO and Satish Venkatachaliah as
SVP, Global HR and Recruiting

n Won 2 Pink Slip
Awards for creative excellence in recruitment advertising

l CEO: Samir Bodas l
Start-up Year: 1995 l
Products & Services: Outsourced and offshore software product,
testing services l Employees: 2,200 l Address: Maruthi
Chambers, No 17/9C, 17/4C, Rupena Agrahara, Hosur Road,
Bangalore-560068 l Tel: +91-80-25738005 l Fax: +91-80-41100587
l Website: www.aztecsoft.com

128 | RP Infosystems

It was a milestone year for RP Infosystems, as it transitioned from being a
relatively small, regional player from East to a larger entity on a national
scale. Its flagship PC brand, Chirag made its national debut. RP started
operations in 13 cities and opened up 56 retail outlets across the country. It
made more news with the introduction of its new range of laptops. Some large
government accounts included the West Bengal Panchayat and Rural Development, UP
Forest Department, and Meghalaya Electricity Board.

n Selected Saurav Ganguly as its Brand Ambassador

n Launched its second factory in Himachal
Pradesh

l CEO: Kaustav Roy l
Start-up Year: 2005 l
Products & Services: PCs and laptops, software services l
Employees: 129 l Address: 12, Government Place East, 4th
Floor, Regent House, Kolkata l Website:
www.rpchirag.com

129 | DB Power Electronics

With specific products targeted at hot segments like data centers, DB Power
achieved good growth of 50% on top line, which is impressive given the cutthroat
competition in the UPS market. The company has key clients cutting across
verticals, and being the oldest player in the UPS market in India the company
has understood the unique country-specific power back up issues. Over the year,
the company saw good movement of its mid- and high-end UPS systems.

n
Good demand for its products from segments like
data centers n Ability
to meet the unique vertical specific power requirements

l CMD: Dilip Bhide l
Start-up Year: 1973 l
Products & Services: UPS, custom built power back up
offerings, static transfer switches, digital active power l
Address: 120/37, Ramtekdi Industrial Area, Hadapsar,
Pune-411001
l Tel: +91-20-26808061 l Fax: +91-20-2680861 l
Website: www.dbups.com

130 | California Software

Calsoft added twenty five marquee clients such as Juniper Networks, TI, and
Plastic Logic. Over the year, the company focused on developing new strategic
partnerships to deepen its existing relationships. The company had high-profile
customers like Nortel, EMC, and Kronos, which continued to drive the growth
through repeat business. There were several appointments: Clyde Michael Bandy
took over as chairman, Ramanujam as VP, Corporate Finance, and Sanjiv Pande as
VP-Global Marketing.

n Acquired Aspire Communications, Inatech, and
International Innovations

n Ma Foi tied up with Calsoft to strengthen its
IT arm

l President and CEO: S (Sam) Santosh l
Start-up
Year: 1992 l Products & Services: Product engineering,
business solutions l Employees: 963 l Branches: 11; 5 delivery
centers l Address: 5th Floor Elnet Software City, TS 140 CPT
Road, Taramani, Chennai-600113 l Tel: +91-44-22541080 l
Fax:
+91-44-22542902 l Website:
www.calsoftgroup.com