Patni Computer Systems

Infobox Company
company_name = Patni Computer Systems Limited
company_type = Public BSE|532517
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foundation = February 10, 1978
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key_people = Narendra Patni (Chairman & CEO)
industry = Information Technology
services = Software Services & Outsourcing
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revenue = $ 662.91 million (2007)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 15,000
parent =
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homepage = [http://www.patni.com/ www.patni.com]
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Patni Computer Systems Ltd., is a provider of Information Technology services and business solutions. The company employs over 15,000 people, and has 23 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific,as well as offshore development centers in 8 cities in India. Patni's clients include more than 200 Fortune 1000 companies. Patni has registered revenues of US$ 662.91 million for the year 2007.

History

Patni Computer Systems Limited was incorporated as Patni Computer Systems Private Limited on February 10, 1978 under the Companies Act, 1956. In 1988, by virtue of Section 43A of the Companies Act, the Company became a "deemed public company" and subsequently on April 15, 1991 it was then converted into a private limited company. By virtue of its turnover exceeding prescribed limits under the then-applicable Section 43A of the Companies Act, on July 1, 1995, the Company became a deemed public company and consequent to the deletion of Section 43A from the Companies Act, 1956, the Company was converted to a private limited company on June 27, 2002. The Company was again converted to a public limited company on September 18, 2003.

In 2004, Patni came out with an initial public offering (IPO) of 18,724,000 equity shares in the price of Rs 230 per share for a face value of Rs 2 each. In the same year, Patni acquired Fremont, California based Cymbal Corporation for a sum of US$78 mn. Cymbal's acquisition allowed Patni to enter $60 billion IT services market in the telecom vertical which was previously not available to Patni on their business landscape. This acquisition also allowed Patni to spread it's Non-GE Business, and added a development center in Hyderabad, India.

In December 2005, Patni listed its ADRs on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker PTI.

Patni added 21 new clients taking the client number count to 336 and reported revenues to US$ 182.6 million (Rs. 7,837.1 million) during Q2 2008.

Board of directors

*Louis Theodoor van den Boog - Executive Director
*Michael A Cusumano - Independent Director
*Arun Duggal - Independent Director
*Arun Maira - Independent Director
*Pradip Shah - Independent Director
*Ramesh Venkateswaran - Independent Director
*Abhay Havaldar - Alternate Director to Mr. William O Grabe

Key industries

*Financial Services
*Manufacturing
*Telecom
*Independent Software Vendors (ISV)
*Product Engineering
*Retail
*Media & Entertainment
*Energy & Utilities
*Logistics & Transportation
*Life Sciences

In addition to these, Patni serves its customers through following Horizontal Business Units across various industries:
*Enterprise Application Services
*Remote Infrastructure Management
*Customer Dynamics & Intelligence
*Engineering Design & Embedded Services
*Process Consulting and V&V
*Customer Interaction Services & Business Process Outsourcing

Global locations

Asia Pacific

* India: Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Noida, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar
* Australia: Melbourne, North Sydney
* Japan: Tokyo
* UAE: Dubai

North America

*Canada:Toronto
*U.S.A:Cambridge, Cincinnati, Jersey City, Atlanta, Costa Mesa, Southfield, Bellevue, Milpitas

Europe & UK

*Germany: Frankfurt
*Sweden: Kista
*The Netherlands: Schiphol-Rijk
*UK: London

Patni Knowledge Park, Airoli, Mumbai

Patni Computer Systems Ltd. Patni Knowledge Park IT-1, IT-2, TTC Industrial Area Thane-Belapur Road Airoli

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Acquisitions

*April 2003: Acquired "The Reference Inc.," a company incorporated in Massachusetts, USA for a consideration of about US$ 7.5 million, through its wholly owned US subsidiary, Patni Computer Systems Inc. The Reference Inc. has provided Patni with specialised skills and domain expertise in the financial services industry segment.
*November 2004: Acquired "Cymbal Corporation" for a sum of US$78 million. Cymbal's acquisition allowed Patni to enter the IT services market in the telecom vertical, gaining expertise and operations in the provision of services to clients in the telecommunications industry.
*June 2006: Acquired "ZAiQ Technologies," a design and verification company, in Woburn, Mass. Through the transaction, Patni obtained ZAiQ’s Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design capabilities and Intellectual Property (IP), as well as expertise in Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and System-on-a-chip (SoC) technologies.
*July 2007 : Acquired Europe-based "Logan-Orviss International (LOI)", a leading independent specialist telecommunications consulting services company. The consideration includes an upfront cash payment on completion of the transaction as well as performance-linked incentive payments on achieving financial targets over a three year period. LOI ended a profitable year with revenues of Euro 11.8 Million in 2006. [cite web |url=http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2007/LOI_Telecom.pdf |title=Patni acquires Telecoms Consulting Specialist |accessdate=2007-10-04 |date=2007-07-02 |format=PDF |publisher=Patni ]
*July 2007 :Acquired N.J.-based "Taratec Development Corp." through Patni Computer Systems Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for an aggregate price of $27.2 million in cash including contingent consideration. With more than $20m in annual revenues, Taratec is a leading consulting company in the life sciences industry providing integrated business, information technology, and regulatory compliance products and services. [cite web |url=http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2007/Taratec.pdf |title=Patni Acquires Life Sciences Services Company Taratec for $27 million |accessdate=2007-10-04 |date=2007-07-23 |format=PDF |publisher=Patni ]

References

* cite press release
title = Patni Life Sciences launches PatniADEPT
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = June 2008
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2008/PatniADEPT.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni completes India’s first SAP ERP implementation at a temple trust
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = June 2008
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2008/SAP_ERP_temple.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni launches atoms™ for telecom and media companies
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = May 2008
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2008/Atoms_Release.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni announces Automated Framework for Insurance
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = May 2008
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2008/Patni_Announces_Automated_Framework_Insurance.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Schindler partners with Patni for revolutionary elevator technology
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = May 2008
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2008/Schindler_enhancement_testing_services.html | accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni strengthens its European business operations with three key appointments
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = April 2008
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2008/Patni_strengthens_in_Europe.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni wins Golden Peacock Award 2007 for Training Excellence
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = Dec 2007
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2007/Golden_Peacock_Award_Final.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni Announces Enablement Services Based on Oracle SaaS Platform
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = Nov 2007
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2007/SaaS-Oracle.html
accessdate =

* cite press release
title = Patni announces US$ 200 million deal with UK-based The Carphone Warehouse
publisher = Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
date = Nov 2007
url = http://www.patni.com/newsroom/press-release/2007/CPW-Patni%20Pressrelease_Oct1707.html
accessdate =

External links

* [http://www.patni.com/newsroom-press-release.html Patni News ]
* [http://www.patni.com/ Patni official website]
* [http://www.patniblogs.com/ Patni Blogs]
* [http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=LJWSAENRYOVO2QSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=197001143 Top 5 Engineering Service Providers — Winner Patni Computer Services] , January 31, 2007