Anantara Solutions Pvt Ltd

Infobox_Company
company_name = Anantara Solutions Private Limited
company_
company_type = Private
slogan = The power of the continuum
foundation = 1995
location = Chennai, India
key_people = Prabhat G.B, Founder & CEO

services =Second Generation Outsourcing services combining Business Consulting and technologies such as Web Services,Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA),Composite Applications, Enterprise Applications including ERP, SCM, and CRM, Content Management and Portals, Utility Computing
homepage = [http://www.anantsol.com/ www.anantsol.com] |

Anantara Solutions Private Limited (Anantara) is an outsourcing company with headquarters in Chennai, India that defined [http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2007/09/the-real-deal-g.html Second Generation Outsourcing] . The company has offices in United States, Europe, Singapore and India. Anantara means "the continuum" in Sanskrit. The company was ranked among the [http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/31225412/Ten-startups-to-watch-for-in.html top 10 start-ups to watch in 2008 by Mint (A Wall Street Journal joint venture).] NASSCOM has named the company to its [http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=53050 IT innovation for 2007 list.]

Anantara Solutions was founded by G.B.Prabhat, co-founder of Satyam Renaissance Consulting and former Director, Consulting and Enterprise Solutions, Satyam Computer Services and his management team of eight partners. The eight members of the management team were senior executives at Satyam Computer Services, who built Satyam’s consulting practices from scratch.The company is funded by [http://helionvc.com/portfolio.htm Helion Venture Partners] in a syndicate,with the other investors being Walden International, SVB Financial Group and a Europe-based venture capitalist, Christian Wedell.

This new generation outsourcing company partners with clients to deliver innovative business solutions. The company works like a global manufacturing company. It designs solutions, buys components for the solutions from some 50 partner-network companies spread across India, China, Russia, Singapore, USA, Canada and Malta and assembles them into the final business solution. Renowned technology writer, Steve Hamm of Business Week commended that the innovative business model of the company could pose a serious challenge to the outsourcing status quo, not just in India but worldwide. [http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/bangaloretigers/archives/2007/09/a_new_model_for.html]

Service Areas

The company offers business solutions based on Second Generation Outsourcing that combine business consulting with various technologies such as

•Web services
•Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
•Composite Applications
•Enterprise Applications including ERP, SCM and EAI
•Content Management and Portals
•Utility Computing

The company has clients in 15 countries and provides services in various verticals like

•Manufacturing
•Retail
•Logistics
•Web 2.0 and online businesses
•Media and Entertainment
•BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance)
•Software Product companies

On March 12, 2008, Anantara announced its entry into Second Life Consulting.

External links

* [http://www.anantsol.com Anantara Website]
* [http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/31225412/Ten-startups-to-watch-for-in.html Anantara is one of the "Ten start-ups to watch"]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/bangaloretigers/archives/2007/09/a_new_model_for.html Steve Hamm on Anantara]
* [http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=53050 Anantara listed in NASSCOM's IT Innovators 2007 ]
* [http://sh.ccw.com.cn/cio/htm2007/20071026_334554.htm Computerworld speaks about Anantara]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/04/stories/2007100454941900.htm Anantara gets CARNEGIE MELLON University authorization]
* [http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/28001238/Better-tools-at-nextgeneratio.html Next Generation outsourcing]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/15/stories/2008031556081500.htm Second Life Consultancy]