Ramco partners with Sigmasoft Consulting to target SMBs

NEW DELHI: Ramco Systems has announced a partnership with Sigmasoft Consulting, an enterprise management solutions provider, to increase its focus on the Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment

in India. With this alliance, Sigmasoft will promote Ramco's e-applications, a robust ERP product that will provide SMBs in the manufacturing and pharma sectors with an end-to-end offering that includes software, hardware, implementation and support services.

Commenting on the alliance, Ramco Systems country manager and head — IMEA (India, Middle East and Africa) R Shankar said, "Our partnership with Sigmasoft, a player in the pharma and manufacturing verticals, demonstrates our long-standing commitment to the Indian SMB segment. This association brings considerable value to Sigmasoft in terms of greater market exposure and enhanced business opportunities. Ramco's comprehensive ERP solution is easy-to-implement, easy-to-use and easy to support, making it the right choice

for assured success."

Stated CEO of Sigmasoft Consulting MA Tuskeen, "We are pleased to be associated with Ramco Systems, the recognized leader in adaptive enterprise solutions with a demonstrated track record of delivering complex and mission critical solutions. We were in search of a broadband, top-tier ERP application with sizeable market equity and strong client reference base, we found the answer in Ramco Systems. Through this strategic partnership, Sigmasoft will go beyond the scope of addressing niche markets and deliver solutions across

various verticals."

The Indian SMB market in the year 2003 was estimated at $nine million. Currently the SMB segment in India comprises of over 20,000 companies in India having less than Rs. 200 crore turnover. According to Frost and Sullivan, the Indian SMB market will grow to $31 million by the year 2010.