BANGALORE, INDIA: Intelligroup, a global provider of outsourcing services and ERP - focused Lifecycle Management partner, was recently awarded ' The Best Implementation Award ' by SAP, USA for their successful implementation at the Hyderabad - based SHV Energy (SuperGas) . They have also been ranked as ' Strong Performers ' in SAP arena by Forrester.

The Intelligroup has done a number of Oracle EBS (11i and R12) projects for customers from mid-market as well as large enterprises. This includes new implementations, global rollouts, upgrades, testing, and application support helping customers optimize business operations and integrate disparate systems with Oracle EBS.

Talking to CIOL, Alok Pant, senior vice president, Global Marketing and Alliances, Intelligroup, talks about the company’s inroad into Indian market, adoption of SOA and new projects with partners. Excerpts:

CIOL: How open are Indian SMBs in adopting Service-oriented architecture (SOA) ?

Alok Pant: Indian SMBs are definitely adopting SOA , though in a small way. SOA is relatively a new technology and the early adopters were only very innovative enterprises. It takes years before a technology is accepted and adopted on a large sale, and it 's true about SOA as well. The most existing early adaptors of SOA were enterprising and innovate. But I see a trend where more enterprises will be coming forward to adopt SOA in the next two to three years.

CIOl: Is SOA adoption vertical specific? How affordable is the technology ?

AP: SOA can be adopted by firms irrespective of the vertical they belong to as it brings many cost and flexibility benefits. Being relatively a new technology , we have seen high adoption of SOA among hi-tech and life sciences industries. In the next couple of years there should be a vast change in the trend with more business across verticals adopting SOA.Given the advantages that SOA brings to the adopters , it certainly makes for wise investments. One can hope for long term benefits by adopting SOA and also make the company more competitive.

CIOL: How is Intelligroup performing in India ?

AP: This year has been a very successful year for Intelligroup and we have added two new customers. Discussions are on with few other customers as well. Our customers in India include Srinivasa Hatcheries Ltd., Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, Hindustan Liver Ltd, Nagarjuna Fertilizers among others.

CIOL: Any new emerging technology that Intelligroup is planning to focus on ?

AP: Business Process Management (BPM) is another emerging technology that is expected to make it big in the future. BPM is a method of efficiently aligning an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It is a holistic management approach that promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility and integration with technology. We, at Intelligroup, are working with our partners to develop solutions that can go hand in hand with SOA.