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Talentica participated at CeBIT 2013 which was held at Hannover, Germany, from 5 to 9 March, 2013. CeBIT is the world's leading high-tech event showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions. It traverses all the latest trends, market developments and new products.

CeBIT offers an international platform to users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.

“CeBIT gave us an opportunity to showcase our technology expertise in the various domains that we have worked in” says Ashish Nene, Vice President- Sales, “Talentica's advanced approach to outsourced product development has enabled us to help technology companies across the globe build innovative, scalable and well-architected software products.”

At CeBIT, Talentica showcased their technical knowledge and product development experience across the European market scene.

ABOUT CeBIT
CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations. Throughout the past 25 years, thousands of suppliers and users from all over the world have come together every year in the early spring at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software today announced that it is now one of the first AWS (Amazon Web Services) Partners ever to gain public designation as a Standard Consulting Partner.

Amazon Web Services offers a complete set of infrastructure and application services that enable you to run virtually everything in the cloud: from enterprise applications and big data projects to social games and mobile apps. APN is a network comprised of technology partners with commercial software and Internet services that have built solutions that run on, or are complementary to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

"As Consulting Partners, we will have access to a range of resources including sneak previews of new features via private betas and product roadmap briefings," says Manjusha Madabushi, CTO of Talentica Software, "This will help us to better help our customers deploy, run and manage applications in the AWS cloud.”

The AWS partnership will enable Talentica's customers to leverage their expertise at every stage of cloud enablement including design and development of cloud based products, migration of existing products to cloud and on-going optimization and management of cloud-based products.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software today announced the launch of MobileJira, an exclusive app built by the Talentica Mobile Team. MobileJira helps developers manage their JIRA® issues from the convenience of their smart phones. Jira® is a popular issue and project tracking software by Atlassian Software.

MobileJira provides many impressive features such as creating issues, filtering issue lists, supporting multiple users, adding or deleting logs and finally resolving/closing issues. MobileJira’s integration with BugSense makes it more user friendly and effective as a handy app.

MobileJira is the only Jira app among free and paid apps available on the Google Play Store that supports:

• Custom fields
• Adding attachments from Gallery, in-app files picker or camera
• Saving templates for fast issue creation

“While other apps offer most of the useful features in their paid version”, says Ashutosh Tripathi, Senior Engineer – Software development who heads the Talentica Mobile Team, “MobileJira provides access to some very useful features in its free version encouraging more users to download it and provide us with their feedback.”

MobileJira supports JIRA® 4.2.1 or later. Complete features are supported with JIRA® 5.0 on-wards. MobileJira is based on JIRA® REST APIs and requires JIRA server to run as a service. More details are available at www.confluence.atlassian.com

Download or/and review the app at Google Play Store.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software today announced the opening of a new office space in Pune. The company’s steady growth and addition of several new clients led to subsequent addition of employees. This second development center will better facilitate Talentica’s innovative technology pursuits.

“We are growing rapidly which made it imperative for us to take up a bigger space”, said Nitin Shimpi, CEO, Talentica Software, ”The new office is triple the size and we have designed it to provide engineers state-of-the art facilities to work in.”

The company provides superior offshore product development services to its clients and hopes that this larger and better space will allow them to continue doing the good work.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica participated at the DMA 2012 Annual Conference which was held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas from 13th to 18th October, 2012. DMA provides insight into the most relevant marketing trends and data strategies.

At the event, Talentica presented their technical knowledge and expertise to build core intellectual property for innovative technology companies.

“Talentica, since inception, has helped several media companies build scalable and well-architected products”, says Mayuresh Gokhale, Senior Manager-Business Development, “The DMA gave us an opportunity to showcase our expertise in the media and advertisement domain. It was also a great place to meet technologists and marketers from around the globe.”

DMA2012 Conference & Exhibition was the Direct Marketing Association’s flagship conference and the largest gathering of its members of the year. It’s where members and marketers alike flock from around the world to learn the latest on real-time, integrated, and direct marketing, discover cost-effective solutions partners, and network with each other to share insights and overcome challenges.

ABOUT DMA 2012
The Direct Marketing Association (www.the-dma.org) is the leading global trade association of businesses and nonprofit organizations using and supporting multichannel direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end-to-end direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today represents companies from dozens of vertical industries in the US and 48 other nations, including nearly half of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as nonprofit organizations.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software today announced that it has been recognized as one of the 100 best outsourcing service providers by Global Services Media and Neo Group. Talentica has made it to the list for the second consecutive year.

“The global service provider landscape is increasingly getting complex; but buyers are looking at vendors with scale, skill, or both in delivering business outcomes and not cost-savings alone. The companies on the Global Services 100 list have demonstrated their ability to deliver complex solutions and services, manage global customers, and sustain successful financial performance.” said Ed Nair, Editor, Global Services.

“Being featured in this list for the second time strongly underlines that we are carving a niche for ourselves in outsourcing landscape”, says Nitin Shimpi, CEO- Talentica Software , “Talentica will continue to innovate and build products on the cutting edge of technology.”

2012 GLOBAL SERVICES 100
The Global Services 100, now in its seventh year, is a tool for buyers of business and technology services to identify and select the right vendor. The study is done under the guidance of Neogroup, a globalization advisory firm. Service providers opt-in to participate in the study that is conducted online. The GS100 analytical model is based on four key criteria: performance and leadership, quality and maturity of customers, breadth of services offered, and spread of global delivery capabilities.

ABOUT GLOBAL SERVICES
Global Services is a media platform with a portfolio that includes digital magazines, website, events, newsletter, webinars, and customized solutions. Its audience consists of senior executives, sourcing professionals, technology, and functional leaders with more than 1000 large organizations mainly in North America and Europe. Global Services is owned by CyberMedia (India) Limited. www.globalservicesmedia.com

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software today announced that it has been named as one of the Top 25 Best Companies to work for by the Great Place to Work Institute®. As per the comprehensive survey carried out by the Great Place to Work Institute, employees of Talentica showed an exceptional trust in their employer. What stands out is Trust Index at Talentica is way higher than the average of India Inc!

“To be able to know that we are on the right path is in itself an achievement” said Anindita Dey, Assistant Manager – HR, Talentica Software, “The rank certainly adds to the honor and the pride. We thank Great Place to Work Institute® for providing us this insight.”

Talentica is known for its employee force hired from the premium colleges of India. It has successfully created a work culture that follows the definition of a Great Place to Work - one where employees trust the people they work for, take pride in what they do and enjoy the company of people the work with. Talentica won this accolade once in the past when it was ranked among the Top 50 Best Places to Work in 2010.

Around 600 companies participated in the Great Place to Work survey this year. The study uses a unique employee-centric framework that measures the levels of trust, pride and camaraderie prevalent in an organization. The Great Place to Work® framework is based on over 27 years of research of the best workplaces across the globe from employees' point of view.

ABOUT GREAT PLACE TO WORK® INSTITUTE
Great Place to Work® Institute is a pioneer in studying and recognizing best workplaces around the world. For over 20 years, and in 40 countries, The Great Place to Work® Institute has been conducting studies to identify & understand the Best Workplaces among the great places to work.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software, a Pune-based offshore product development company, today announced that it has renewed its Microsoft Gold Partnership Status. Talentica has successfully met the steep program requirements to add two new competencies - Software Development and Web Development - to its kitty.

As a Gold Certified Partner, Talentica demonstrates expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to consistently meet their customers' needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits – including access, training, and support – continuing to provide them with a competitive advantage in the outsourced product development industry.

“To ensure that partners are well-versed in the latest technologies, Microsoft takes us through rigorous testing process”, says Manjusha Madabushi, CTO of Talentica Software, “It is a matter of pride that we are certified in two new competencies besides retaining the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status. This will certainly help us understand and address the needs of our customers better.”

Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each Competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. Within select Competencies, there are Specializations that focus on specific solution areas that recognize deeper expertise within that Competency. Serving as a specialized path to earning those Competencies, Specializations give direct access to the tools and resources that support that specific area of focus.

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

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Talentica Software today announced its inclusion in Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers, now in its 29th year.

“The Software 500 helps CIOs, senior IT managers, and IT staff research and create the short list of business partners,” says John P. Desmond, editor of Software Magazine and Softwaremag.com. “It is a quick reference of vendor viability. And the online version, to be posted soon at www.softwaremag.com, is searchable by category, making it what we call the online catalog to enterprise software.”

“Talentica is a trusted and strategic Software Engineering Partner”, said Ashish Nene, VP- Business Development, Talentica Software. “This recognition is an endorsement of the value and innovation we provide to our customers worldwide.”

The ranking is based on total worldwide software and services revenue for 2010. This includes revenue from software licenses, maintenance and support, training, and software-related services and consulting. Suppliers are not ranked on their total corporate revenue, since many have other lines of business, such as hardware.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com.

ABOUT DIGITAL SOFTWARE MAGAZINE AND SOFTWAREMAG.COM
Digital Software Magazine, the Software Decision Journal, has been a brand name in the high-tech industry for more than 35 years. Softwaremag.com, its Web counterpart, is the online catalog to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and services companies. Software Magazine and Softwaremag.com are owned and operated by King Content Co.

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Talentica Software today announced that it has become an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider. With this membership announcement, Talentica joins a growing group of companies that build next-generation software solutions on the AWS infrastructure platform.

Having already designed, implemented and maintained software products on the cloud, Talentica is well placed to deliver AWS solutions to the global market. Being listed as an AWS Solution Provider allows Talentica’s position as a Cloud Specialist for enterprises to leverage AWS’ cloud services.

The AWS Solution Providers Program is designed to enable Systems Integrators (SIs), Interactive Agencies, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and Channel Partners to broaden their suite of offerings and expand their markets and customer base.

“Becoming a member of the AWS Solution Providers Program is a significant step in furthering the exposure and availability of our cloud engineering services,” said Manjusha Madabushi, CTO, Talentica Software. “We will continue to bring innovative cloud engineering services to the market using Amazon Web Services."

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
At Talentica, we help technology companies transform their ideas into successful products. We have successfully built core intellectual property for several customers in their journey from pre-funded startups to a profitable acquisition. We have the deep technological expertise, proven track record and unique methodology to build products successfully. Our customers include some of the most innovative product companies across USA and Europe. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com

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Talentica Software today announced that it has been ranked as one of the world’s best outsourcing service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). Talentica has been recognized as one of the Rising Stars for the second subsequent year.

“The companies on The Global Outsourcing 100 and The World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors lists are proven leaders and rising stars,” said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett, also chair of the judges’ panel. “They are the companies you want to partner with to achieve success and better outsourcing outcomes.”

“We are honored to be recognized as one of the world’s best outsourcing providers.” says Manjusha Madabushi, the CTO of Talentica. “We will continue to innovate and partner with our customers to build world class technology products."

Talentica also features in three subcategories – Best 20 Rising Stars by Industry Focus – Technology, Best 10 Companies by Region Served and Top 20 List Climbers.

Companies were judged on four critical characteristics: size and growth; customer references; organizational competencies; and management capabilities.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
Talentica helps technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica's developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. We work for some of the world's most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com

ABOUT IAOP
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 110,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit www.iaop.org

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Talentica Software has been recognized as one of the 100 best outsourcing companies by Global Services Media and Neo Group. Talentica has made it to the list alongside tech biggies such as Infosys, HP, HCL, HTC, Capgemini, Wipro and GlobalLogic.

“The global services industry has gone clearly beyond the paradigm of ‘more work at lesser cost’. Companies are routinely seeking business outcomes, and in some cases, new forms of business value. Service providers who can deliver on these fronts make it to the GS100 and its categories.” said Ed Nair, Editor, Global Services.

“At Talentica we work towards making great products”, says Nitin Shimpi, CEO, Talentica, “The fact that we have made it to the GS 100 list at the first attempt is an endorsement of our deep technological expertise and experience.”

“The firms that are recognized in the GS100 list show a higher level of focus on client needs, employee development and process improvement. They continue to be providers of choice in the market.” said Atul Vashistha, Founder and Chairman, NeoGroup.

The GS100 model for analysis is based on four primary pillars- Management Excellence, Customer Maturity, Global Delivery Maturity and Breadth of Services Portfolio. Hundred best companies they are; chosen through a rigorous methodology that evaluates each company across multiple dimensions, measured both quantitatively and qualitatively.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
Talentica helps technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica's developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. We work for some of the world's most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com

ABOUT GLOBAL SERVICES 100
GS100 is the annual survey and analysis of the global ITO-BPO industry done by Global Services in association with NeoGroup. The survey recognizes service provider excellence and maturity to serve the global market. The GS100 is a benchmark in the global ITO and BPO industry because of its rigorous methodology, exhaustive coverage, and value to the services buyer community. For the complete research study visit http://microsites.globalservicesmedia.com/gs100

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Talentica Software has been ranked amongst the fastest growing technology companies for the second consecutive year by Deloitte. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years.

“We feel honored to be included in this list for the second consecutive year,” says Manjusha Madabushi, CTO – Talentica Software, “This definitely endorses that our customers have chosen the right partner for their global product development ventures. We will continue to add value to their business through our technological excellence and commitment.”

The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific is an annual ranking of the region's fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies. Award winners are selected based on percentage revenue growth from 2005 to 2009. Currently in its 9th year in Asia Pacific, the Technology Fast 500 program award is sought by technology companies across the world.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
Talentica helps small and mid–sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica's developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. We work for some of the world's most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com

ABOUT DELOITTE

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 140 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and deep local expertise to help clients succeed wherever they operate. Deloitte's approximately 170,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence.

Deloitte’s professionals are unified by a collaborative culture that fosters integrity, outstanding value to markets and clients, commitment to each other, and strength from cultural diversity. They enjoy an environment of continuous learning, challenging experiences, and enriching career opportunities. Deloitte’s professionals are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities.

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity.

Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms.

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Talentica Software announced that it has been listed as one of the Top 100 companies in Asia by Red Herring. Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Asia, celebrating these startups' innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Red Herring's Top 100 Asia list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

"Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Asia to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Talentica Software embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Talentica Software should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong."

"We feel honored to be part of such an illustrious list comprising the leading technology companies of Asia", says Nitin Shimpi, "We will continue to innovate and partner with our customers to build world class technology products."

Red Herring's editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in Asia.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
Talentica helps small and mid–sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica's developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. We work for some of the world's most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products. For more information on Talentica Software, visit www.talentica.com

ABOUT RED HERRING
Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information visit www.redherring.com

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Talentica Software announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring's top 100 Asia award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the Asia business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

"This year was especially difficult," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Talentica Software shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we're faced with the difficult task of selecting the Winners of the Top 100 Asia Award."

Finalists for the award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the mobile, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Asia forum in Shanghai, November 15–16, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on November 16 at the event.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
Talentica helps small and mid–sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica's developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. We work for some of the world's most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products.

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Talentica participated in Adtech Conference, London. Adtech is an interactive advertising and technology conference and exhibition. It shows blend keynote speakers, topic driven panels and workshops to provide attendees with the tools and techniques they need to compete in a changing world.

Talentica exhibited its expertise in building and handing the various challenges of coping with the scalability issues of media applications. Being consumer-oriented, media applications need to be user friendly, interactive and intelligent.

“Adtech was an opportunity for us to showcase some great work that we are doing in the domain of media applications“, says Ashish Nene, VP- International Sales, “We shared our experience of building Admarvel, an ad-aggregator product from scratch.“

“To sustain in such a competitive market, media applications will have to find ways to reach out to more and more customers“, says Manjusha Madabushi, CTO -Talentica Software, “Therefore it is imperative that integrate with various devices and different platforms.“

The session was insightful for the attendees since she discussed what the typical challenges one might face when taking the application from one platform to the other.

ABOUT TALENTICA SOFTWARE
Talentica Software helps small and mid-sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica’s Build–Operate–Transfer service enables its customers to extend their R&D teams offshore and cut R&D costs by over 40% while continuing to innovate. Unlike other offshore consulting companies, Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica's developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. Talentica works for some of the world's most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products.

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Talentica Software today announced that it has been ranked as one of the world’s best outsourcing service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). Talentica has been recognized as one of the Rising Stars of the year 2010.

“As the economy recovers, partnering with the world’s best outsourcing providers and advisors will be more important than ever” said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett and chair of the judges’ panel. “The Global Outsourcing 100 and The World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors help companies easily identify those partners that will help them emerge as leaders”.

“Outsourcing certainly helps cut R&D costs and leverage global talent but it is imperative to identify the right outsourcing vendor amongst the many options that one has”,says Manjusha Madabushi, the CTO of Talentica. “We are honoured to be recognized as one of the world’s best outsourcing providers.”

The Global Outsourcing 100® includes companies that provide the full spectrum of outsourcing services such as business process outsourcing, customer relationship management, financial management and information and communication technology management.

ABOUT IAOP:
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 100,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit www.iaop.org.

About The Global Outsourcing 100:
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is in its fifth year of compiling its annual ranking of the world's best outsourcing service providers and advisors -The Global Outsourcing 100. As part of The Global Outsourcing 100, IAOP also introduced a new list in 2009, The World's Best Outsourcing Advisors. The Global Outsourcing 100 and its sub-lists are essential references for companies seeking new and expanded relationships with the best companies in the industry. The lists include companies from around the world that provide the full spectrum of outsourcing services - not just information technology and business process outsourcing, but also facility services, real estate and capital asset management, manufacturing and logistics. They include not only today’s leaders, but tomorrow's rising stars. The World's Best Outsourcing Advisors is geared specifically to companies that are outstanding global outsourcing advisors and consultants. In addition to being part of The Global Outsourcing 100, the new list of advisors ranks the top consultant, legal and related advisory firms globally, and is a valuable reference tool for companies needing expert advice and guidance with their outsourcing projects.

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Talentica Software today announced that it has been ranked as one of the Best Companies to Work for in India by Great Place to Work Institute ®. Talentica participated for the first time this year and straight made it to the Top 50. According to the Institute, the employees of Talentica have pride in what they do and enjoy the company of people they work with.

Talentica is an organization with employee strength of only 104 but they have been successful in creating a strong collaborative work culture where employees’ opinions are valued. There is a strong family feeling in the organization.

“We are exulted and honoured to be recognized by the Great Place to Work Institute®. It feels great to share space with industry stalwarts such as Google and Intel”, says Nitin Shimpi, CEO – Talentica Software. “We definitely owe this success to our employees who helped us reach here. We aim to maintain the same work culture to scale newer heights.”

ABOUT GREAT PLACE TO WORK® INSTITUTE:
Great Place to Work® Institute helps organizations create cultures where trust flourishes. Identify the Best Companies to Work For involves:

• Conducting Employee Surveys
  Employees are asked to share their experiences in the workplace.
• Assessing Company Culture
  Management is asked to share the practices and programs offered to employees.
• Benchmarking companies that illustrate what great workplaces do differently.

Great Place to Work® Institute is a pioneer in studying and recognizing best workplaces around the world. For over 20 years, and in 40 countries, The Great Place to Work® Institute has been conducting studies to identify & understand the Best Workplaces among the great places to work.

About Talentica Software:
Talentica helps small and mid–sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica’s developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. We work for some of the world’s most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products.

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Talentica participates in Web 2.0 Expo co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb. This event showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. This annual multi-track conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and companies to foster stronger Web 2.0 communities.

Talentica will exhibit its technical edge in developing state-of-the-art web 2.0 applications using technologies such as PHP, Ajax, J2EE and Silverlight. Talentica will also demonstrate its expertise in building social media applications such as Facebook & Opensocial based applications.

“We aim to use this expo as an opportunity to showcase the excellent work that we have been doing in the Web and mobile domain till date”, says Ashish Nene, VP – International Sales, “Talentica specializes in building highly scalable products that receive millions of hits every day. We help our customers extend their reach from the web to mobile by way of Android and Iphone applications.”

Talentica helps technology companies leverage a global team to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica’s VP International Sales, Ashish Nene will attend this event. This will be a platform where he will meet entrepreneurs from various domains and help them understand the viability of offshore product development as an option.

About Talentica Software:

Talentica Software helps small and mid – sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica’s Build– Operate–Transfer service enables its customers to extend their R&D teams offshore and cut R&D costs by over 40% while continuing to innovate. Unlike other offshore consulting companies, Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica’s developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. Talentica works for some of the world’s most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products.

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Talentica, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Custom Development Solutions, recognizing Talentica’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Talentica has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

“We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers,” said Nitin Shimpi, CEO and Co–founder of Talentica, “The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers.”

“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,” said Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long – term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies. Today, Microsoft recognizes Talentica as a new Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”

As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, Talentica had to declare a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each Competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. Within select Competencies, there are Specializations that focus on specific solution areas that recognize deeper expertise within that Competency. Serving as a specialized path to earning those Competencies, Specializations give direct access to the tools and resources that support that specific area of focus.

The Custom Development Solutions competency is designed for partners that specialize in demand generation, technical and sales learning opportunities, and early adopter initiatives across Microsoft developer technologies, with an emphasis on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. These partners deliver focused value for specific communities of developer partners through Application Infrastructure Development, Smart Client Development and Web Development.

“Our developer partners enable us to deliver high–quality solutions and applications to our customers, ” said Joe Marini, Director, Development Tools Ecosystem at Microsoft Corp. “As the demand for applications built on the Microsoft platform continues to grow, there are more opportunities for providers of custom – developed applications than ever. The Custom Development Solutions Competency provides partners with a way to showcase their expertise delivering custom – built solutions to customers, to enhance partners’ revenue opportunities and positioning them for growth.”

“Today’s organizations demand mobility and accessibility anytime, anywhere and anyplace,” said Brian Goldfarb, Director of the Developer Platform Group at Microsoft. “Together Visual Studio, .NET, IIS, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server provide a solution for our customers for developing next – generation Web applications designed to meet the ever – growing needs of these businesses.”

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.

About Talentica Software:
At Talentica, we transform your product ideas to success.
Talentica Software specializes in setting up offshore development centers for small and mid – size software product companies across the US.

Talentica is a brainchild of two successful technocrats who are driven by a strong conviction that dedicated offshore teams can revolutionize the way globally competitive companies can do business.

Our customers are small and mid – sized product companies across USA and Europe. We help startups as well as established product companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and cut R&D costs with our unique Build – Operate – Transfer model.

Our advanced approach to offshore product development brings in the best talent available to work with you as one team. You get a dedicated team that

• Specializes in building well architected, scalable products.
• Integrates closely, shares the product vision and goals with your core team.
• Works effectively with minimal communication overhead infrastructure.

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Talentica Software today announced that it ranked as one of the regional winners in the 4th Employer Branding Awards. Talentica has received awards for the Best Talent Management Practices and Innovative Retention Strategies.

Talentica respects individual aspirations; hence they set the right expectations for potential employees at the initial stages of hiring. Talentica has an attrition of 7% which is way below the industry standards of 18% per year.

Talentica’s HR Manager, Sheetal Pote said, “We feel honored to have received these awards, especially when it’s so difficult to attract and retain talent in this industry. And this is an indication that whatever we are doing, we are doing it right. This will inspire and motivate us further!”
About Talentica Software (I) Pvt Ltd
Talentica Software helps small and mid–sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica’s Build – Operate – Transfer service enables its customers to extend their R&D teams offshore and cut R&D costs by over 40% while continuing to innovate. Unlike other offshore consulting companies, Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica’s developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. Talentica works for some of the world’s most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products.

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Talentica Software today announced that it ranked as one of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years.

Talentica grew 114.3 percent during this period.

Talentica’s CEO, Nitin Shimpi, credits the employees with the company’s 114.3 % revenue growth over the past five years. He said, “We feel honoured to have received this award. I owe this award to my employees. Their hard work and commitment towards excellence has driven us this far and will take us further ahead.”

“Attracting enough customers to attain such fast growth over three years makes a strong statement about the quality of a company’s product and its leadership,” said Ian Thatcher, partner in charge of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific program. “Talentica Software has shown the right stuff for growth.”

Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific selection and qualifications
The Technology Fast 500 list is compiled from Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Asia Pacific programs, nominations submitted directly to the Technology Fast 500, and public company database research. To qualify for the Technology Fast 500, entrants must have had first year operating revenues of at least US$50,000.

Entrants must also be public or private companies headquartered in Asia Pacific and must be a “technology company,” defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; Manufactures a technology related product, or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology.

About Talentica Software (I) Pvt Ltd
Talentica Software helps small and mid–sized technology companies take advantage of global talent to reduce time to market and R&D costs. Talentica’s Build–Operate– Transfer service enables its customers to extend their R&D teams offshore and cut R&D costs by over 40% while continuing to innovate. Unlike other offshore consulting companies, Talentica is focused on core development for ISVs and Web 2.0 companies. All of Talentica’s developers are experienced engineers from the top 15 engineering schools in India – ensuring that its clients get much higher productivity and better quality without a high communication overhead. Talentica works for some of the world’s most innovative companies – ranging from startups to companies with established products.

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