Aditi Technologies
 | |
| Private | |
| Industry |
IT Services IT Consulting |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Pradeep Singh |
| Headquarters |
Bangalore, India Bellevue, WA, United States |
Key people |
Pradeep Singh, Founder & Chairman Pradeep Rathinam, CEO Vineet Arora, COO |
| Services | Cloud, BI, Enterprise Social, Digital Marketing |
Number of employees | c. 1600 |
| Website | www.aditi.com |
Aditi Technologies is an IT company, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States with the largest center in Bangalore, India. Aditi was acquired by Symphony Teleca in April 2014. On 9 April 2015, Harman International Industries Incorporated acquired Symphony Teleca Corporation.
Corporate history
Early years
Pradeep Singh founded Aditi Technologies in 1994 after nine years in management positions at Microsoft, including General Manager of the Windows 95 mobile services group. Aditi began as a Microsoft Service Shop providing support services to Microsoft customers around the globe.
In 1999, Talisma (A Customer Relationship Management division of Aditi) was spun off in 1999. The founding of Talisma was driven by the concept of supporting customers through various modes of communication using Internet. Pradeep Singh spent the next 10 years in Talisma building the company. In 2008, Campus Management acquired the Talisma brand and Talisma Corporation Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore and its higher education business unit based in Bellevue, Washington.[1]
Growth period
In 2003 Pradeep Singh came back to Aditi and he shifted the focus of the company to the Outsourced Product Development space, an area that Aditi spent its first 12 years exclusively servicing Microsoft.[2]
In 2004, Aditi partnered with PI Corporation for developing software targeted at the Linux environment.[3] Since 2006, it was involved in Product development and software testing based on Microsoft’s software platforms. In October 2007, Pradeep Rathinam was appointed as President[4] and then Chief Executive Officer of Aditi Technologies. In August 2010, Aditi Technologies partnered with Quest software to migrate and upgrade customers to SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Online.[5]
In 2011, Aditi forayed into Cloud Services space with the acquisition of Seattle based Cloud Computing start-up Cumulux. With the acquisition, Aditi invested $5 million in Azure Acceleration Lab an Azure-based rapid application development offering to strengthen its Cloud Computing capabilities.[6] In May 2013, Aditi expanded its cloud capabilities with the acquisition of Get Cloud Ready, thus entering the AWS market.
On 10 April 2014, Aditi announced that it was being acquired by Symphony Teleca for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, Sanjay Dhawan took over as CEO and Pradeep Rathinam was appointed as President, with Aditi becoming an independent business unit of Symphony Teleca. Aditi employs nearly 1600 people globally.
Acquisitions
- In 2007, Aditi Technologies acquired Parlano based MindAlign who was engaged in developing Enterprise Collaboration Applications and product IP-based solutions for global financial services institutions company[7]
- In 2010, Aditi Technologies acquired Infospace India development centre, who was engaged in online product development, software engineering and product testing[8]
- In Nov 2011, Aditi acquired Seattle-based cloud-computing start-up, Cumulux for an undisclosed amount.[9]
- In May 2013, Aditi Technologies acquired Hyderabad based Cloud Consulting company Get Cloud Ready,[10] which was started by Janakiram MSV. Get Cloud Ready provides Get Cloud Ready framework, which helps customers with cloud adoption and operations across cloud platforms.
References
- ↑ Early days of Aditi and Talisma
- ↑ "Aditi sells Microsoft's development culture back to the West". information-age.com. Vitesse Media. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "PI Corp, Aditi Tech to develop next gen Linux product". thehindubusinessline.com. The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Aditi Technologies appoints Pradeep Rathinam as President of Aditi US". siliconindia.com. InfoConnect Web Technologies India Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ Technologies partners with Quest software
- ↑ "Aditi Tech acquires cloud computing start up Cumulux". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Aditi Technologies Acquires MindAlign 6".
- ↑ "Aditi to acquire Infospace India Development Centre". timesofindia-economictimes.
- ↑ "Aditi Tech acquires cloud computing start up Cumulux". timesofindia-economictimes.
- ↑ "Aditi Technologies acquires Get Cloud Ready". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 10 June 2015.