Mahindra Satyam, the brand name of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., a leading global consulting and IT services provider, envisages Middle East companies can achieve competitive advantage by leveraging next generation applications. With an aim to share with existing customers, prospects, partners about its competency on some of the acquired products of Oracle and Fusion Middleware stack, the company hosted yesterday (October 24, 2010) the 'Oracle MENA Customer Roundtable 2010', at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai. Under its innovative signature theme - 'New World. New Possibilities', the event discussed how a re-energized Mahindra Satyam now looks at the 'New World' and innovates to create value for its stakeholders. Further, eminent speakers from Oracle and Mahindra Satyam, shared their success stories.
The event focused on four key aspects: 'CRM Services on Siebel and CRM on Demand', 'Corporate Performance Management using Hyperion', 'Application Development services using Enterprise 2.0 Services (Web Center, ADF, Portals, UCM, IDM and OBIEE)', and 'Enterprise Business Integration Services using Oracle SOA Suite'. Speakers at the event included senior Mahindra Satyam executives - Manojeet Chowdhury (Vice President & Head of MENA Region), V Srinivasa Rao (Vice President and Global Head of Oracle Practice), Ramkumar Vardharajan (Consultant - Corporate Performance Management), Madhavi Puranam (Asst. VP & Head - Fusion Middleware Practice) and Sankar Raman (VP & Delivery Head – MEA). In addition, twenty industry leaders from leading companies in UAE such as ENBD, Sorouh, TDIC, Dubai Silicon Oasis and others participated in the roundtable.
Speaking at the event, Manojeet Chowdhury, Vice President & Head of MENA Region, Mahindra Satyam, said, "Our long standing relationship with Oracle has allowed us to maintain various specializations in different areas of Oracle competencies, thereby enabling us to provide value to our customers. Given the challenges presented by the current business scenario, we are undertaking this initiative to help UAE-based firms leverage Oracle's next generation custom developed applications to boost their competitiveness in the market. Through this event, we are also aiming to increase awareness for Mahindra Satyam and Oracle in the region and forge strategic partnerships with local companies."
Having achieved an Oracle Platinum Partner status in December 2009, Mahindra Satyam maintains various specializations in different areas of Oracle competencies to provide value to its customers. The company's strong relationship with Oracle's product development teams allows them to gain early visibility into the product/technology roadmap of Oracle, and train its consultants on new technologies and solutions and building new competencies in quick time. Furthermore, the early access helps the company accelerate development of new preconfigured solutions, building PoCs and demonstrating the same to its customers, in addition to promptly resolving technical/product related issues, thereby avoiding bottlenecks during implementation.
"For over 14 years, our Oracle Practice has been innovating to add more business value to global customers by offering a comprehensive range of services built around Oracle global business units, technology acquisitions and new releases of applications. The advantages of being an Oracle Platinum Partner allows us to shorten development cycles, quickly deliver solution enhancements, provide excellent support services, and enhance customer satisfaction, thereby enabling us to thrive on delivering superior project, IT, and business value to our customers. We are confident that this roadshow will further strengthen our presence in the region, and help us achieve the goals we have set," concluded V Srinivasa Rao, Vice President and Global Head of Oracle Practice, Mahindra Satyam.
Mahindra Satyam's portfolio of Oracle services includes enterprise application services, technology services, database services, and consulting/advisory services, which involve Enterprise IT Strategy and Business alignment, Oracle-enabled Enterprise IT Architecture, Oracle Enterprise Applications consulting, PMO design and set-up for large Oracle programs related to Enterprise Solutions. As a testament to its commitment to Oracle and its expertise in Oracle products, the company has earned recognition from Oracle at various levels, the latest of which include being named as 'Oracle SOA Partner of the Year 2010 for ASEAN' and 'Oracle E2.0 Partner of the year 2010 for Asia Pacific'.
