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III COMPANY PROFILE
The survey for the collection of data took place in 4 IT companies
situated at Hyderabad. The detailed information of companies is as
follows:
Company A: LERA TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD. HYDERABAD
Company B: DSR SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. HYDERABAD
Company C: TCS PVT. LTD. HYDERABAD
Company D: INFOTECH PVT. LTD. HYDERABAD
COMPANY A:
Lera Technologies is a global IT Solutions and Services
company that offers a wide array of solutions for a range of key ver-
ticals and horizontals.
Starting from providing solutions for Risk and Compli-
ance, Business Intelligence, Spend Data, Business Process Man-
agement to implementing IT solutions for clients, Lera straddles this
entire space. Their innovative solutions deliver measurable value
through increased process efficiency thus helping businesses to
take faster and better decisions.
- Founded in 2003 to provide high quality services and solutions to
the world market.
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- Proven consulting methodology developed and perfected in house.
- Experienced professionals with requisite domain expertise.
- Established a proven international market presence through suc-
cessful implementation of high end technology projects.
- Consistent record of repeat customers.
- Maintained a phenomenal growth rate each consecutive year.
- State-of-the-art systems and technology to provide a professional
outsourcing services.
Vision: Empowering enterprise to achieve their business objective
through people, process and technology.
Lera endeavors to deliver IT products and services which are
High Quality
On-Time
On - Budget
Mission: Lera aims to foray into new markets and domains by becom-
ing Learning Organization speeded up by Collaborative Knowledge
Sharing.
Starting from providing solutions for Risk and Compliance,
Business Intelligence, Spend Data, Business Process Management
to implementing IT solutions for clients, Lera straddles this entire
space. Their innovative solutions deliver measurable value through
increased process efficiency thus helping businesses to take faster
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and better decisions.
2003: Incorporation with focus in software products and Services.
Resource & Project partnering. Tameness T24 Implementation at
MKB, Hungary – Partnered with Idem Soft
2007: Domain Extension to Batch Manufacturing, Logistics and Sales
Force. BPM Implementations in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
2008: Partnered with AL Ghandi Solutions, the 5th largest business
group in UAE. Strengthened R&D activities on real-time application
Vertical & RFID.
2009: Offshore Project Development Engagement from Europe and
Middle East. Product launched for Tameness T24 environment.
2010: First Implementation of model banking for prestigious banking
client in Asia. Two Business Process Management solution imple-
mentations for Leading Pharmaceutical companies in India.
"Pay for Performance" (appraisal system) project implemented for
one of the world's largest financial institutions.
2011: Successful Implementation of Business process management
solution at Olive Healthcare. Extended Software Services to Saudi,
Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Korea. Implementation of IT solution
to integrate country wide distribution network and HR solutions for
HARTEX Rubber.
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Integrity: Demonstrate transparency and absolute integrity in all
business commitments. Quality as a Habit
Demonstrate that quality is the foundation for success in business
and in human dynamics. Passion in Innovation
Exhibit creative thinking to overcome technology challenges and de-
sign flexible and reliable solutions to address business challenges
and exploit market opportunities. Global Perspective
Envision and develop solutions that meet local market needs and
empower customers to compete globally. Complete Customer Con-
tentment, Understand customer’s critical needs and design solutions
with passion and commitment to deliverables. Strive to provide the
best customer care in order to exceed customer expectations. Lera
offers customized and cost effective software development services
that extend across the spectrum of software development life cycle.
Lera focuses on the following to help the clients:
-What kind of technologies should be used for application?
- What new technologies are coming up?
- What will happen with current IT investments when requirements
change tomorrow?
- How does business benefit from IT innovations?
Lera focuses on business analysis and application development
consulting services. Their Business IT consulting engagements in-
clude:
- Information Technology Strategy
- Planning and design of custom software
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- Quality improvement
- Application performance assessing and development
- Gap Analysis
- Software project specifications creation
- Requirements management
They are one of the fastest growing companies in the
offshore development space, having helped wide range of organiza-
tions in their quest to cutting their costs, while maintaining and in-
creasing the level of software. They develop high quality software
applications that match customers unique business processes and
drive their competitive advantage. Lera has successfully delivered
cutting edge solutions in client server and Internet environments us-
ing proven development methods, detailed processes and standard
tools. They help clients in choosing the technology that is right for
them ensuring that the ultimate decision is driven completely by cli-
ent’s preferences and IT requirements. Lera develops client/server
applications involving advanced three-tier architectures and adopting
popular front-end and back-end tools like COM / DCOM, Active X,
CORBA and Java with industry standard RDBMS like Oracle, SQL
Server etc. Lera covers the entire spectrum of web based applica-
tions including new web-based development applications, web-
enabling legacy applications, developing portals, transaction pro-
cessing services, b2b and b2c e-commerce solutions like supply
chain management, direct marketing systems, vendor management
services, retail services and financial services.
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It is a known fact that replacing legacy applications is a complex &
costly exercise. And also the hard fact is - it is imperative for the or-
ganizations to move to newer technology platforms to maintain the
competitive advantage.
In the last few years the concept of application moderniza-
tion has evolved, wherein replacing the legacy system is not re-
quired, instead, the legacy system itself is modernized to meet ever
changing business needs. Modernization helps organizations to re-
duce operational and maintenance costs while enhancing the appli-
cation functionality and introducing services. This increased flexibility
is crucial for companies that are considering move to a service ori-
ented enterprise.
Their Application Modernization Services helps their cli-
ents in transforming their legacy applications to an environment that
is flexible to accommodate changing business demands. This is ac-
complished by introducing Web services, SOA, concepts in the ex-
isting environment.
Lera take a phased approach in implementing the mod-
ernization services. Below are the high-level activities:
-Detailed study of the problem
- Deriving at the best possible solution
- Customizing the application with approved solution
Through modernization services they offer to their customers the fol-
lowing benefits:
- Extended Application Lifecycle
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- Enhanced usability / higher productivity applications
- Enhanced integration with other applications
- Give good scope for futuristic enhancements
- Reduced Technology Risk
Lera's Packaged Application Framework implementa-
tion maximizes the value of an organization by modeling system and
process changes. Their services and alliances cover packages for
Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Manage-
ment, and Enterprise Resource Planning.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Lera's ERP Solution facilitates company-wide integrated information
systems, covering all functional areas and performs core corporate
activities. Their ERP solution has a broad look in Process integrity,
Application security, Infrastructure integrity and Implementation in-
tegrity.
Their ERP solutions will help t0 the organization:
Gain new market insight
Adapt quickly to market changes
Respond to customer requirements in real time
Extend proprietary processes within new software acquisitions
Extend processes beyond the organization
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Supply Chain Management
Their SCM solution is a web service based. Their Solution being
modeled is that of a Retailer system.
Their supply chain management solution include :
- Sales and Operations Planning
- Fulfillment Management
- Collaborative Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
- Order Management
- Warehouse Advanced Visibility Enterprise Solution
- Forecast to Plan
- Source to Pay
- Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling
- Supplier Collaboration
- Procurement Management
- Track and Trace
Benefits:
- Makes outcomes more predictable
- Imposes discipline across the organization
- Allows your staff to focus on running your business
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- Achieves on-time, on-budget results
Business Analysis Services: Lera is a consulting firm which is
specialized in assisting companies and organizations to articulate,
map, document and analyze the business and operational process-
es with a view on process improvement.
Their approach to process mapping and consulting will help to:
- Find out how processes work and why they behave the way they
do
- Identify the process improvement opportunities
- Establish performance oriented objectives
- Reveal opportunities towards standardized processes
- Document best practices, standard operating guidelines and pro-
cedures
Oversee major business process improvement, redesign or
- reengineering initiatives
Lera offers Testing Services to wide range of IT seg-
ments. Lera has strong testing expertise on enterprise solutions.
Lera provides one stop solution for testing any enterprise applica-
tions. Lera has an offshore testing team who are skilled software
testers capable doing quality consulting, in all the stages of soft-
ware development lifecycle includes planning, designing, debugging,
executing, analyzing, reporting and tracking issues till closure.
They have a strategic Staffing Division with extensive business in-
terests in the areas of sourcing and selection. They are fully qualified
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to offer clients the best solutions for manpower needs and fulfill Tal-
ent needs of various industries. As a global company, they can also
identify candidates beyond your immediate geographic area to in-
clude those willing to relocate. In addition to their ongoing recruit-
ment efforts, they also maintain an extensive database of candidates
to support their searches for the right match. They follow a time test-
ed and advanced hiring process of finding and identifying the right
talent by traversing end-to-end on the recruitment value chain, right
from sourcing to screening to interviewing to bringing people on
board. This enables them to provide customers with resources for a
vast range of technology and functional positions which are High
Quality, On-Time and On-Budget.
The applicants they present to the customers are care-
fully pre-screened. They are committed towards attracting and de-
veloping the best talents in the industry. They focus diligently on
finding people from functional areas that closely match their needs
and constantly reinvent their people networks trough a variety of
means. Whatever the talent customers are looking for, they are just
the right resource to find it.
Lera offers diversified solutions in the areas of Risk Man-
agement, Business Intelligence, Spend data management and Busi-
ness process management to enable enterprises meet the challeng-
es in their respective areas of business.
Their Solutions include:
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing
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- Spend Data Management
- Business Process Management
Their solution addresses any BI need – from flexible
ad hoc reporting and analysis, to dashboards and visualization. It al-
so provides powerful data integration and quality as well as pre-
packaged data mart solutions.
Benefits:
- Connect People to Information Effectively and Efficiently
- Better decision making
- Easy access to data
- High speed processing
In recent years, BPM has emerged as a principal management dis-
cipline that bridges the gap between business and IT.
Organizations continue to face intense pressure to improve business
processes, maintain profitability, increase productivity, and increase
shareholder returns. Adding to that, the traditional approaches to
process modeling makes it difficult to accurately align business re-
quirements with IT deliverables. Lera’s “CodeBrix” is a next-
generation BPM framework that provides the business users with
the ability to create new applications, by making use of its powerful
features.
Lera Technologies vision for building software products and
solutions is coupled with a deep understanding of domain-specific
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requirements and are designed to help customers in a specific
vertical market to customize, implement and integrate the busi-
ness processes, and ease IT problems that are unique to the ver-
tical. Through years of accumulated project experience, Lera has
excellent appreciation of business needs & processes in the fol-
lowing industries:
- Banking Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI)
- Life Sciences
- Health Care
- Engineering
The increasing regulatory pressures, increasing costs of new drugs,
quality inspections, fines and industry wide risks associated are ma-
jor challenges faced by firms of life sciences industry.
Healthcare costs continue to rise. The market participants
face pressure from litigations, malpractices. The demand for
healthcare products has been increasing time and again. Healthcare
providers need to strengthen their systems to meet the increasing
demand. The increasing regulatory compliances like HIPAA
are also bigger challenges for the healthcare providers.
Engineering Sector is characterized by intense global
competition, visible business cycles and competition from new
players who offer low cost products. Sharp focus on low operat-
ing costs by the players in the industry would be the key to en-
hance profit margins. Their solution helps firms of engineering indus-
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try to understand the spending analysis and thus provides all the
features to control and reduce corporate spending.
From enterprise application integration consulting, through product
evaluation and implementation, Lera has the expertise and experi-
ence to ensure continuous, secure, and actionable flow of infor-
mation across the enterprise.
At Lera, I understand the importance of technology in
bringing customized solutions to the market. For over seven years, I
have been committed to pioneering advanced technologies. Lera
ensure that their technology is flexible and robust by using industry
best practices as a foundation, and Lera is constantly looking for
new ways to improve. Today, I implement your solutions using the
latest technologies available in the market.
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is gaining popularity
nowadays in the market. Many vendors and companies are planning
to migrate to an SOA environment due to the flexibility that it offers
for adapting systems to business process and technology changes.
Forward-thinking architects and developers are addressing the com-
plexity of the applications and IT environments with SOA which
serves as a blue print for a flexible, adaptable and reusable for de-
veloping enterprise applications as modular business services that
can be easily integrated and creating a truly flexible & adaptable IT
infrastructure. Lera exalts this trend by building their solutions using
the SOA framework.
Lera engages with its clients to evaluate current and future
integration needs, and assist with the assessment of disparate eco-
systems. Their consultants can also help identify specific problem
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areas and provide customized EAI solutions. Lera consulting mod-
el is an integrated logic/conceptual model called – ‘Enterprise In-
tegration Model (EIM)’. It aims at intercepting knowledge at eve-
ry level of the client’s organization through the following four
knowledge levels.
Clients:
1 Bank of America
2 THALES
3 Commercial International Bank
4 BOS
5 BANK Leumi
6 Bank Albilad
7 MKB Bank
8 TEMENOS
9 Medilux
10 Hartex
11 Olive Health care
12 Glochem
13 AL Ghandi Solutions
Lera invest in their people and their technologies, and consistently
deliver Quality Services to their global customers.
Lera promotes and motivates their team of professionals to be at the
top of their game. Lera have a strong culture where talents are rec-
ognized and collaboration is rewarded.
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Lera Technologies
Plot #1, New SBH Colony, West Marredpally, Secunderabad-26,
Andhra Pradesh. Tel: +91 40 27700000
Email: [email protected]
Company B: With the aim of taking enterprises to the next level of opti-
mization by giving business value to the technology, DSR was start-
ed in January 2000.
Chief promoter and CEO of the company, Sree Duddilla, is
a visionary and a competent component architect. He teamed up
with highly competent and experienced management and technolo-
gy experts. Core management of the company has over 80 man-
years of industry experience and international exposure.
Vision: "Leadership through Innovation in Enterprise Process & Ser-
vice Function Management Products & Solutions"
Achievements: DSR's Enterprise Optimum is an Enterprise Process
Management tools that confluence Business Processes and Tech-
nology to meet organizational needs. Enterprise Optimum provides
the ability for an organization to identify the enterprise processes,
understand the interactions within the processes and validate the
improvements that are necessary to reach the desired outcome im-
proving bottom-line financial results beyond what can be achieved
solely through statistical methods. Enterprise Optimum empowers
the Enterprises to conduct businesses through Process, Program,
Portfolio and Project Management.
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DSR's Schedule Optimum is an end-2-end Service Func-
tion Management Solution which fuses Customer Service Manage-
ment, Contract Management, Workforce Management, Service Sup-
ply Chain, Field Force Management, Automated Dispatch and Mo-
bile Technician, deploying efficient Scheduling Engine as fulcrum to
control and monitor Service Functions. The foundation of Schedule
Optimum is the Powerful Scheduling Engine, built on Intelligent Al-
gorithms, based on Scheduling Techniques and Methodologies.
Strengths
- Entire intelligent architecture
- Products featuring EAI technology
- Scalable products and well-merited technology
- Matured technology and management teams
The products are of high business value because of the
technology prowess gained through proficient usage of XML and
loosely coupled components built on intelligent algorithms using
COM+, .NET & EJB. J2EE is more than just a Java technology plat-
form. it is a complete enterprise development philosophy. Develop-
ing component-based enterprise applications and deploying Java
application on multi-tier distributed object architecture, majoring:
- Components that hold presentation and business logic
- Containers that provide context for components
- Connectors that provide access to legacy enterprise database
systems
Clients of DSR Company
1. NASCO
2. Sun plus Data Group
3. NOAA
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4. TATA
5. Allianz Cornhill
6. Speck
7. Government of India
8. IT & C
9. Nvionics
10. APIA
11. Spice net
12. Ricoh
13. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
14. Mitsubishi Motors
15. Broward country
16. E Governance
17. Omicron
Partnerships start with investors. DSR also extends it to em-
ployees who can be the source of the technical base that mon-
ey just can’t buy." - Sree Duddilla, CEO
"I at DSR understand and appreciate that employees
are the lifeblood of any organization. DSR provide great career op-
portunities for professionals across the industry. One of their goals is
"Dedication to their employees". They offer excellent career op-
portunities for tapping and retaining their people with them. DSR en-
joy an open and casual work-culture.
DSR Solutions
Suite 105, May Fair Gardens, Road #12, Banjara Hills
Hyderabad, AP 500 034 INDIA.Phone: +91 040 23302292
+91 040 23302293
Fax: +91 040 23302296 Email: [email protected]
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Company C:
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solu-
tions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global
businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match.
TCS offers a consulting –led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-
enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Deliv-
ery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software
development. Tata Group, one of the India’s largest industrial con-
glomerates and most respected brands. TCS has over 160,000 of
the world’s best trained IT consultants in 42 countries. It has reve-
nue of over $6.3 billion.
TCS is established in 1968, it has grown to its current posi-
tion as the largest IT services firm in Asia based on its record of out-
standing service, collaborative partnerships, innovation and corpo-
rate responsibility. It has proud of its heritage as part of the Tata
Group, founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868 and one of India’s most re-
spected institutions today.
Mission: To help customers achieve their business objectives by
providing innovative, best-in-class consulting, IT solutions and ser-
vices. To make it a joy for all the stakeholders to work with them.
Vision: To be one of the top 10 global companies by the year 2013.
Values: Leading change, integrity, respect for the individual, excel-
lence, learning and sharing.
TCS’ ability to deliver high quality services and solutions is
unmatched. It is the world’s first organization to achieve an enter-
prise wide maturity level, using the rigorous assessment methodolo-
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gy. Additionally its integrated quality management system integrates
process, people and technology maturity through various estab-
lished frameworks and practices including IEEE, ISO 9001: 2000,
CMMI, SW-CMM, P-CMM and 6 - sigma.
TCS has a strong network of partners with a joint objective
of helping their customers become high-performance businesses by
maximizing the value of technology investments. Its partner pro-
grams are specifically designed to jointly work on partner tools, and
receive necessary training, support and resources on partner tech-
nology products.
TCS’ global alliance mission in partnering with organiza-
tions is to ensure that TCS and the partner organization derive the
maximum benefit of their relationship, in terms of services and prod-
ucts growth.
Subsidiaries: CMC Limited (India)
APONLINE Limited (India)
C- Edge Technologies Limited (India)
MP online Limited (India)
Tata American International Corporation (USA)
Tata Consultancy Services Belgium
Tata Consultancy services Sweden
Tata Consultancy Services Singapore
TCS Fusty Limited (Australia)
Tata Consultancy Services Canada
Tata Consultancy Services Morocco
Tata Consultancy Services South Africa etc.
Innovate to minimize time-to-market and optimize investments in
an environment characterized by technology obsolescence and dy-
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namic evolution. Leverage TCS’ High Tech solutions and experience
in engineering services, business process transformation, end-to-
end IT solutions and infrastructure services to maintain operational
excellence and market leadership. TCS’ High Tech industry offering
provides comprehensive solutions for Computer Platforms and Ser-
vices companies, the software industry and professional services
firm.
TCS creates value through its:
Complete Services model: A comprehensive service portfolio o IT
solutions, business consulting, product engineering services, infra-
structure services to focus on core competencies and drive global
service standards.
Partnerships and Alliances: Mutually exclusive capabilities that en-
sure successful go to market initiatives, enhanced product perfor-
mance and segment specific solutions.
Focus on innovation: Dedicated innovative labs, infrastructure sup-
port and Tata research center development provide access to lead-
ing edge technologies, engineering methodologies and embedded
printer solutions.
The High-Tech product and service range is broadly classified in to ;
- Business
- Product Engineering
- Technology
TCS started their relationships in 005 to support internal operations
of the organizations Year over year TCS delivered cost savings and
set a strong focus on continuous improvement.
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The five segments serviced by High Tech at TCS include:
- Computer platform and service
- Software Industry
- Professional services
- Electronics Industry
- Semiconductor Industry.
Computer Platform and services focuses on PC manufacturing and
other computer manufacturing, product engineering, warranty man-
agement, storage and printer solutions.
Software industry focuses on business applications infrastructure
software, information management software, any software products
brought by non business users.
Professional services focuses on accountancy, tax, audit, advisory,
management and marketing, HR and employment.
Electronics industry focuses on audio, video, and games console
products, electronic equipments and instruments, test and meas-
urement of equipment manufacturers.
Semiconductor industry focuses on chip makers who de-
sign, manufacture and sell the chip, Fables manufacturing, foundry
companies.
TCS Pvt. Ltd.
Hi-tech City, Hyderabad, AP 500 038 INDIA.
Phone:+9104024402292
+9104024402293 Fax: +91 040 24402296
Email: [email protected]
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Company D:
InfoTech Enterprises is a company made up of dedicated
Engineers and IT professionals that provide technology solutions to
manufacturing companies to automate and improve the efficiency of
their business and plant floor processes. They are a full-service In-
formation Technology and Automation consulting firm that delivers
systems in the manufacturing automation and supply chain arenas.
Since 1992, InfoTech has operated from its base in Southeastern
Wisconsin on the principle that "our clients" success defines "our
success".
The InfoTech team is committed to the satisfaction of their
customers in every aspect of their service. Their highly skilled team
of professionals has come to customers with a depth of experi-
ence giving them the flexibility and the means to provide the most
cost effective solutions that deliver on functionality and require-
ments. They have the experience needed to improve their plant
floor operations: from Operator Interfaces to Supervisory Control
And Data Acquisition (SCADA) or Manufacturing Execution System
(MES) applications involving robotics and Automated Guided Vehi-
cles (AGVs) to integration with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
systems.
InfoTech realizes that each customer's requirements are
unique. That is why they take time up front to listen to their custom-
ers and ask a lot questions to determine their specific needs. It look
for the most cost effective solution that meets their customers' re-
quirements. Whether the integration of an off the shelf package or
the development of a custom solution, customer satisfaction is their
first priority. They believe the key to their success is in building trust-
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ing relationships and they have a history of satisfying repeat cus-
tomers
InfoTech was founded in 1992 with the intent to create a
company that would attract the most experienced and skilled profes-
sionals to provide high quality IT services. Over the years team
members have come to them from diverse backgrounds with a depth
of skill and experience which puts them in an excellent position to
provide a range of solutions for their customers. In 2004 InfoTech
began a partnership with an automation and robotics integrator. The
combination of extensive industry and project management experi-
ence enables customers to deliver turn-key solutions to the custom-
ers.
InfoTech follow a set of core values that stress the im-
portance of people in their business. It understands how important it
is to treat clients with respect and to operate with the highest degree
of integrity. They strive to provide clients excellent service to build
trusting relationships and an excellent reputation. They maintain an
environment where highly skilled people desire to be. All of this ena-
bles them to provide the best service to the clients at the best value.
Services provided by the InfoTech
InfoTech’s expertise spans the range of technologies that exist in an
organization from the plant floor to the top floor. This enables to pro-
vide solutions that range from point solutions all the way to enter-
prise wide systems. Their extensive project management experience
also allows them to do complete turn-key solutions for their custom-
ers. Below is a list of services it offers to the clients.
Consulting in
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Information Technology
Automation Design & Analysis
Automation Integration
Business Process Design
Software Development
Project Management
Solution Architecture
Systems Design/Engineering
Custom Software
Testing
Implementation & Support
Package Software Integration
Some of the clients of InfoTech:
1 Miller Coors \ Miller Brewing Company
2 SC Johnson
3 RF Technologies
4 Paperless
5 Consolidated Papers
6 General Electric - Medical Systems
7 General Electric - Aircraft Engines
8 General Electric - Osmosis