360° Partnership is a proprietary concept of Sonata, with prime focus on the Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Depending on their business needs, ISVs can choose their level of association with us. We offer a host of services that includes technology expertise, value-addition, product development, accelerated co-development, quality assurance & testing and product re-engineering, along with business consulting & marketing.
We define each technology partnership within a long-term business proposition. Through 360º Partnership, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can:
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Maximize value from their engineering budgets |
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Focus on their core competencies and allocate resources to meet long-term strategic goals |
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Achieve time-to-market goals |
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Manage competitive edge by adapting quickly to the evolving technologies |
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Mutually leverage respective domain strengths |
The Sonata Advantage:
Focus on ISVs & an established Track Record
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Servicing offshore needs of ISVs since 1994 |
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More than 3500 man-years of services rendered to global ISVs |
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Over 35 satisfied ISVs in diversified industry domains. |
Cost leadership
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More value: At least 30% to 40% more returns for the same engineering budget |
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Extended Lab: Outsource/ offshore to meet peak loads and non-core skills requirements |
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Ramp-up abilities: Vast pool of in-house resources and rapid scaling-up |
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Better products: Superior product engineering SEI-CMM level 5 processes |
Best Practices
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Best-of-breed practices to handle distributed development environment, multiple-versions, time-constraints and go-to-market goals |
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Centralized quality management system (QMS) |
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Project management processes benchmarked with the best in the industry |
Strategic Partnerships
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Technical partnerships and multi-tiered relations with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle etc |
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Trained & certified resources |
Forward-looking R&D
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Core research group (CRG)- consists 8% of the development resources at Sonata. |
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Provides the edge aided by emerging technologies |
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Helps build reusable components |
Intellectual Capital
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Highly performance-oriented |
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Continuous Skill Upgradation |
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Knowledge portal for systematic acquisition, creation and sharing of knowledge |
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