Among
the fastest growing IT companies today, Polaris has as its
focus, projects for Global Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance
Companies, Retail Chains and Manufacturing Organizations across
20 countries. With CEO Arun Jain at the helm, Polaris has
consistently grown by 100% every year, for six years now.
Started in 1993, Polaris services Clients today through offices
in North America, Europe, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
With over 6,000 person years of experience in technology, Polaris
has successfully managed offshore development centers through eight
Strategic Business Units.
Retail Banking, Credit Cards and WebLab
Investment Banking
Risk Management; Component Warehouse
Enterprise Knowledge Management
Migration, Maintenance and Re-Engineering of Front-End Banking Solutions;
Insurance; Testing and Validation; Retail Banking
ERP Solution-BaaN and Oracle Apps; EIP-Top Tier
Private Banking, E-Commerce, Siebel Practice
BankNow - Retail banking package; BankWise-Strategic Consulting
Their 1,30,000 square feet Software Development Foundation
is situated at Navaloor on the Old Mahabalipuram Road.
Address: Polaris Software Lab Ltd., 713, Anna Salai,
Chennai - 600 006 Phone: 852 4154
SSI
Starting
off as a training institute, Software Solutions Integrated (SSI)
was incorporated on 1st January, 1991. Still retaining Education
as the core contributor to revenues (around 58 % of the total revenues),
SSI, under the leadership of Chairman and CEO Kalpathi S. Suresh,
is today a major player in emerging technologies training. SSI
Education has 500 centres across India, Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Bangladesh, Nepal and South Korea.
The other divisions are Software and Enterprise Solutions. SSI
Technologies boasts a client list that includes Barclays
Capital, UK, Volbroker, UK, Just Commodity, Singapore,
Bombay Oilseeds and Oils Exchange, India. Among the customers
of SSI Enterprise Support Group are Wipro, Satyam Infoway,
Star TV, HCL Technologies, BHEL and LIC. As on September
30th, 2000, SSI had a workforce of 2,125 (SSI Education employing
1,400 of them). SSI's GDRs are listed on the London Exchange. The
company's knowledge division is accredited with ISO 9001 certification.