Archive for April, 2009
M&A in IT Companies a Complexity
M&A is the buzz word in the current economic scenario; however, experts say that fundamentally the process of M&A is more of any art than science.
In an experts session Acquire or Get Acquired at Emerge-out, Nasscom Chennai, Kami Narayanan, Co-CEO, PreMedia Global said that any parent company before acquiring another company should ask two important questions 1: Will the acquisition bring new capabilities to the parent organization? 2: Will the acquisition help the parent company s economy to scale up?
The Valedictory session by Phaneesh Murthy, CEO – iGATE at NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Conclave ut conclave
The final session of the EmergeOut Conclave was Valedictory session . The speaker for the session was Mr.Phaneesh Murthy, CEO of iGate and who needs no further introduction. Mr. Gowri Shankar Subramaniam , CEO of Aspire systems was the chairperson.
Mr Gowri spoke about the gloom which existed today punctuated with statistics and opened the stage for Phaneesh to take over.
The unConference session at Emergeout Conclave
I had heard and read a lot about (un)conference but this was the first time i actually attended one. And I loved it. Unlike a conference or a speech or a panel discussion , an unconference is a place where audience runs the show and the moderators just guide the flow of content, which actually comes from the audience itself. The concept of unconference works by moderators giving the general theme and some basic ideas on it and then throwing open the topic to audience so that a discussion can take place and all can learn from it. In a sense its a peer-to-peer learning model! The role of moderators is to prevent conflict and to manage time so that all ideas can be covered.
Workshop on How Indian products can create a sustainable go to market strategy
The post lunch session of the EmergeOut Conclave 2009 began with a workshop on how the Indian product companies can use and create a sustainable “go to market” strategy. The moderator for the session was Mr. Dorai Thodla, CEO of iMorph. The moderator briefed about the unanswered questions which exists in the mind of marketers today, whether to make Product or Services , Whether to adopt inbound marketing or outbound marketing and so on, and set up the session.
Trends in Software Testing by Ajay C. Chhokra is Director – IT, UnitedHealth Group Information Services
The Quality Forum that we usually organise on Fridays, once in two months, happened on a Wednesday this time – 29th April, and we had Ms Sonu Rathore, Vice President Birlasoft welcoming the speaker Mr Ajay Chhokra and also doing a round of introduction for all the participants. Early on, it was quite evident that the majority of attendees were from the Testing side of software development, indicating that the speaker would have to face an intense round of questioning
Develop Domain Expertise to Penetrate SMEs Abroad
In the present global economy, the total IT investment by companies outside the Fortune 500 companies is higher than the cumulative IT investment of the fortune 500.
With economic crisis looming large, fall of large firms in the developed world, IT companies in India are looking to serve midsize companies abroad. Contextually, these mid-size companies also want to tap the Indian IT talent including start-up Indian IT companies.
Acquire or get Acquired: An M&A deep drive
The post lunch session was about how M&As (Mergers and Acquitions) would help emerging companies.The eminent speakers of this session were Vivek Gupta,Partner,BMR advisors, Vivek Agarwal,CEO,liqvid elearning services pvt ltd and Kami Narayanan,Co-CEO, Premedia Global.The moderator for the session was Anil Bakht,MD & CEO,Eastern software systems.
Mentorship program
Excerpts from the post session chat with Manjunath M Gowda, CEO & MD, S7 Software , who also moderated the Strategy session in the Emergeout Conclave 2009.
Mentorship program of NASSCOM has helped many emerging companies to cross the chasm and become profitable companies. One of the first companies which got mentored, S7 Software has now become a proficient player in the migration services.
Hire the Poor, Hungry and the Smart Sales man
Strategy Session
SMEs have always found it hard to sell its technology at least in the initial phases of its growth. Strategy Session with focus on the “Effective Sales strategies for the SME’s” had eminent entrepreneurs like Sashi Reddi, Founder and Chairman of Applabs, B.Hari, MD OnTrack Systems and Sridharan S MD of Take Solutions Ltd and moderated by Majunath M Gowda CEO & MD S7 Software.
Changes in economy create disruptions in how businesses operate
Economic Opportunities change established organizations and create new ones. Infosys which started in a small office has now turned out to be the bigger than many big companies at the start of its time. ‘These cyclic changes in the economy are an opportunity’ for Sharad Sharma, Non Executive Chairman, Movico Technologies.
