InterSystems to increase its Indian ISV strength

In its bid to cement its Indian operations, US-based InterSystems Corporation
is embarking on a plan to increase the number of Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
partnerships in the Indian region. The company is targeting segments like
healthcare with the help of its Cache product offering. It is a
multi-dimensional database that combines objects and SQL, thus eliminating
object-relational mapping.

"The whole idea of Cache is to enable web application development at
extraordinary transaction processing speed with massive scalability and
real-time queries against transactional data-with minimal maintenance
requirements. All this presents a unique opportunity for system integrators and
ISVs who design and implement big and small database solutions for their set of
clients," informed, Henry Adams, Country manager Africa, Gulf and India,
InterSystems.

In order to market its product range in the country, the company is working
in India under the partnership of Mtech India. Keeping the potential of the
Indian market in mind, InterSystems has started a division with Mtech in order
to better understand and address the market needs.

HENRY ADAMS Cache will enable web application development at good transaction processing speed with scalability and real-time queries

"There is a huge potential that remains to be unlocked in this market.
We set up this division in April 2005 with an aim to supply products and do
skills transfer for the ISVs that we work with in this region," he added.

As a direct result of this initiative, the company is now working closely
with 20 ISVs in this region. Moving forward it is planning to work with more
than 50 quality partners in the Indian region by the end of this year.

"Ideally we would like to work with the best of the partners in this
region. Over the years, India as a country has transformed itself from a
body-shopping destination to a place where quality IT solutions are being
built. We are not looking at big numbers, however ISV partners should be well
committed to work with us. With the help of our partners in India — Mtech
— we would be working with at least 50 ISVs by the end of this year. We
would then look forward to doubling this figure every year," Henry
explained.

ZIA ASKARI