Impetus Ranks Among Top 20 Global R&D Service Providers

A recognition which validates Impetus as the preferred R&D services partner to the global business leaders

New Delhi, September 17, 2009: Impetus Technologies (www.impetus.com), a pioneers in outsourced product development and engineering services today announced that it has been ranked among the top twenty Global R&D Software Service Providers in India, China and Eastern Europe by Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Zinnov’s ‘Global R&D Service Providers Ranking’ is the first-of-its-kind and most comprehensive rating on the top Global R&D Service Providers across India, China and Eastern Europe.

“I would like to congratulate Impetus, on making it to top 20 global ranking on R&D service providers. In order to help business leaders in spearheading global engineering initiatives in their organizations and to facilitate them in identifying right partners, thereby help enable them serve customer needs better, we at Zinnov, looked at conducting this first-of-its-kind study”, said Mr. Pari Natarajan, Chief Executive Officer, Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

A robust methodology was adopted to perform ‘R&D service provider’ rating wherein from a list of 100 global vendors, Zinnov arrived at a final list of top 20. Companies were judged on an exhaustive list of parameters including an organizations R&D capabilities, innovation & expertise, business model ,people strength and investment in R&D to name a few.

Speaking on the achievement, Mr. Praveen Kankariya, CEO, Impetus Technologies said, "We are delighted and honored to be recognized by Zinnov Management Consulting. It is a testament to our focus on maximizing R&D output, increasing emphasis on the product development lifecycle thereby accelerating the overall productivity, and above all, our world-class work force.”

Impetus stays at the bleeding edge of technology and through its labs and research focus, delivers forward looking solutions for long term client success. Impetus ongoing investment and focus in research in emerging technology areas , translates into a huge advantage for its clients.

About Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd:
Founded in 2002, Zinnov -- meaning Zeal in Innovation -- is a leading management consulting company providing services in the area of Offshore Advisory, Market Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 companies. Zinnov works collectively with clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.

About Impetus:
Headquartered in San Jose, Impetus Technologies provides outsourced software product design, R&D and related services to leading global software product companies. Impetus has been involved with hundreds of product launches over its decade-long association with its clients ranging from enterprise class companies to innovative technology start-ups.

Impetus works on cutting-edge technologies to develop a variety of next-generation products for a range of vertical domains. From enterprise applications that optimize supply chains and credit portfolios, to solutions for the emerging rich media and digital content verticals; and from products for wireless networks and mobile handsets to software for network forensics and communication monitoring, Impetus’ emphasis on continuous innovation adds significant value to its clients’ technology initiatives.

Impetus was founded in 1991 as a software product development company and Impetus Infotech India Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated in 2000.

Impetus has been recognized at various platforms, including being ranked in Red herring 100 Asia 2008, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2008 and was among the NASSCOM Top 100 IT Innovators 2007. Impetus received the Best Software Exporter Award in 2007 and 2009 for the state of Madhya Pradesh and also The Economic Times, Acer, Intel “Smart Workplace Award 2008”. Impetus has been also featured in Gartner’s ‘Cool Vendors in IT Services and Sourcing’ report for 2009.

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