Solutions Champ 2014: Bodhtree Consulting is the best in BI and Analytics

Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics

We crown the stalwarts of this industry yet again in our prestigious solutions Champ issue. This includes 12 prominent technologies - Cloud Services and Virtualization, Data center optimization, Networking solutions and services, Enterprise Mobility, Enterprise Storage, Managed Security, Managed Print services, Structured Cabling, Unified Communications, Business Intellligence, Power Solutions, BI & Analytics. Also in a first-of-its-kind, we list listed the top 5 system integrators of cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Ahemedabad, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata and also 10 top SIs from across the country. Read these detailed analytical reports exclusively on DQ Channels.

Here are the top 5 solution providers of Business Intelligence and Analytics:

Bodhtree Consulting

Pal Natrajan, CEO

The company has long standing partnerships with Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft and Tableau, specifically for BI services. Bodhtree looks forward to building partnerships with innovation firms that specialize in data discovery, advanced visualization tools and predictive analytics.nder BI Bodhtree specializes in healthcare & life sciences, hi-tech, manufacturing and government verticals. The overall business growth stands at 15% and has been consistent specific to BI services which is 30% of overall revenue last year.

Key projects in 2014 were design and development of a comprehensive data model and a robust data warehouse for a leading health insurance provider; big data framework and a customer segmentation model to predict customer behavior, for a global toys and educational products manufacturer; Real-time nuggets and updates, player performance analysis and historical trending to enhance audience engagement for a sports portal; KPI-specific dashboards using advanced visualization tools for a large pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Currently Bodhtree is managing 7-8 active BI engagements; in addition to the resources deployed as part of the professional services engagements.

“Bodhtree aims to provide simple solutions that can help our clients address complex business problems. As organizations adopt big data, transition to cloud and monetize internet of things, we look forward to enabling businesses with a strong foundation for future growth. Several of our clients used traditional BI tools and are looking to move to self-service BI solutions that empower business users to create KPI-specific dashboards for their power users, functions and leadership. We aim to complement their technology infrastructure with simple yet powerful BI solutions that can unlock the potential of their business data, and provide actionable insights for better decision making” said Pal Natarajan.

Team Computers

Ranjan Chopra, CEO

They also hope to cross Rs. 500 crores by the end of this fiscal year and target Rs. 2000 crores. They have completed more than 300 projects so far. As competitors KPMG and Ernst and Young are the ones Team Computers is going to brush shoulders with.Established in 1987 Delhi-based Team Computers has grown tremendously in 27 years. It has survived and has learnt through challenges of its almost three decade long lifespan and has emerged as pioneer in BI. “From six months of deployment to one week and one day of deployment” Ranjan Chopra, aims for big. Business Intelligence has been forte of the company ever since. In the previous year BI contributed to 20% revenue of the company which comprises of 300 completed projects in the year 2014. Maruti, Mahindra, Escorts, HDFC have been major revenue generating clients. Big deals on the other hand were cracked in sector like insurance, auto companies like Mercedes. Hence, verticals which are still working for Team Computers include insurance, auto, banking (Citi Union, L&T finance, Edelweiss etc.) and hospitality (Lemontree, etc.). Expanding geographically Team Computers is branching in Jaipur, Kolkata, and Pune. Over a span of one year Dell, Google, AWS have become important for the company and so the company is aiming for a more evident spot in the IT market.

VDA Infosolutions

Deepak Jadhav, Director

 DA Infosolutions was established in 2010. Hence, not very old but still its first year revenue was Rs. 35 crore. They established themselves with a clear goal of challenging the stereotype that only tier-I can serve better. They explored and found IT/ITeS and BFSI to be their verticals of choice.  In a span of four years VDA which started as an Infrastructure Services and System Integrator Company, today, is also a well-known IT solution provider offering support to various technologies like Cloud, high end RISC and Intel Servers, Enterprises Storage, DR-BCP and Security Solutions. Additionally it extends its services in IT Infrastructure and Data Centers, capacity planning, performance management, IS audits, & complex system Integration. The company’s business saw 30% growth in 2014 out of which 10% was contributed by BI. They also did a tie-up with EMC which since inception of VDA has been contributing in its growth. Now as a signature partner (highest level partnership) for EMC, the company will have skilled resources around EMC’s NAS/SAN, mid-tier, VMAX, BRS, Isilon and other offerings.    VDA also enjoys a very strong relationship with principal like IBM, Cisco, EMC, HP, VMware, Quest, Microfocus, Symantec and has arrangements for the back-to-back support for the uptime commitment. The Pune based VDA Infosolutions has support centers located at Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Goa, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Ahmedabad with over 400+ personnel’s involved in Infrastructure support.

AGS Sundyne Technologies

Ravi B. Goyal, Chairman & Managing Director

BI and analytics contributed between 5-10% of overall revenues, AGS Sundyne has now started targeting IT/BPO and Government sectors too for BI technologies. The contribution is not much as of now but it is expected to a good margin domain in the future. Apart from its India focus, AGS also has plans to explore Middle East and European markets. The plan was to add strengths into existing focus areas by creating specialized solutions for VDI, SaaS and Cloud computing.Mumbai-based AGS Sundyne Technologies has been deploying customized BI solutions across retail and telecom for the past couple of years. The installation of POS software included an entire managed services project with POS infrastructure at a leading retail conglomerate. Hence the BI solution was developed by AGS as an interface over existing OEM softwares to help the customer stay ahead of competition. In fact, 75% of AGS revenues CAME from the services arm, which has grown by a CAGR of 28% over the last few years.

Nalgan Technologies

Dheeraj Nallagatla, Chairman & CEO

Nalgan’s primary clientele has come from BFSI, pharma, telecom, retail, healthcare and IT/BPO verticals among others. Other than Microstrategy, Nalgan has been partnering with Cloudera for Big Data services and Gogrid as a cloud hosting partner.  Some of the BI applications are also developed on the Salesforce platform.onvert raw data into actionable insights, has been the mantra for Silicon Valley startup Nalgan Technologies. Founded in 2009, Nalgan Technologies based primarily in Hyderabad in India focused primarily on end-to-end data warehousing  as well as business intelligence services and solutions. Recognized in various for a as one of the most promising BI companies in India, Nalgan’s focus has not been only in BI applications but also on MicroStrategy managed services designed to bring flexibility and agility to business environment and the managed “Cloud BI” hosting solution packaged with expert services.