CHENNAI: ICICI Infotech, a leading provider of end-to-end IT solutions,
today announced the launch of Orion Advantage, an end-to-end, micro verticalized
ERP solution designed to meet the specialized demands of the SMB industry. Orion
Advantage comes bundled with an HP dual processor Xeon server, Oracle 9i
database, Windows 2003 server and Windows Cal. Orion Advantage is the ideal
packaged solution for micro verticals within the engineering, auto ancillary,
pharmaceuticals, chemicals and IT distribution industry.
The complete Orion Advantage pack (15 user license) is available for a base
price of only Rs 9,90000. In addition to all the hardware and software
components mentioned above, the cost also includes implementation support from
the ICICI Regional Delivery Center. The solution will assist SMB's to
cost-effectively streamline their entire range of business processes, starting
from sourcing raw materials from suppliers to offering after-sales support.
Commenting on the launch of Orion Advantage, Manoj Kunkalienkar, Executive
Director and President, ICICI Infotech said, "Over the years with Orion, we
have continuously catered to SMB's with a business solution, made for their
specific needs. Leveraging on our domain expertise gained over the years, we are
introducing Orion Advantage, a business solution specially designed keeping the
specific requirements of the micro verticals of SMB's in mind. It is a solution,
which we are confident will empower SMB's to effectively face their business
challenges."
"At ICICI Infotech, we see SMB's as a strategic growth market which
we plan to tap in a phased manner starting with Orion Advantage. Our long term
goal is to be a leading solution provider in the SME segment," he
added.
Commenting on Orion Advantage and Trident Pneumatics win, Kanthi R,
Business Head at Orion Advantage said, "The competitive ERP market for SMB
is currently growing by 15 per cent to 20 per cent. There is a clear need to
adopt systems which are micro verticalized and provide faster ROI. Orion
Advantage, developed at our Chennai Development Centre will address this
requirement. With this niche solution, we are confident of capturing 10-15 per
cent of the ERP market for the SMB by 2005."
Elaborating on Trident's decision to implement Orion Advantage, Natarajan,
Managing Director, Trident Pneumatics said, "To maintain our leadership
position in the compressed air treatment product space, we realized that we
required a solution, which understood our business needs completely and also met
our budget. Orion Advantage, a micro verticalized solution increases operational
efficiency, shortens production processes, ensures optimal time and resource
management and thus fulfills all our all business requirements.
CIOL Bureau