AMD Adopts Zycus to Reach Procurement Goals

AMD reports 100% adoption with source-to-pay procurement
performance solution.

PRINCETON, NJ – 16 JANUARY 2014 –Zycus, a leader in source-to-pay procurement solutions, announced today that international technology company AMD (NYSE: AMD) has completed a transition to the Zycus Suite of Procurement Performance Solutions and is achieving notably high adoption rates with Supplier Performance Management, eSourcing and Advanced Spend Analytics implementations.

AMD began its upgrade to the integrated Zycus suite in 2011, replacing a standalone solution for eSourcing (Ariba) and legacy homegrown systems for both spend analysis and supplier performance management.

AMD procurement executives say Zycus’ agility and attentiveness have been key components in the successful global rollout of the new solutions. Karen Martin, AMD’sLead Source Manager and iSource lead, notes that “Zycus brings extensive experience, support and responsiveness to the table.” That support, alongside Zycus’ core ease of use, automation and process efficiency principles, has led to consistent and strong solution adoption.

Adoption of Zycus’ iPerform for supplier performance management has reached 100% across the Global Supply Management team, according to Katherine Berbel, AMD’s Lead Source Manager and iPerform lead, “100% adoption of the iPerform system gives us a truly global view of supplier performance and solid records retention. We are also achieving greater collaboration and process efficiency with suppliers since feedback is now automated and online through a supplier portal.”

Director of Procurement Garry Christie adds that Zycus iAnalyze for advanced spend analytics has been a huge value-add for his sourcing team. “The solution’s intuitive user interface has been essential to enabling our global team to continuously improve their analytics and reporting competencies and has significantly increased our efficiency in meeting requirements to understand spending.” 

In related news, AMD’s Alex Brown, Corporate Vice President Global Supply Chain Management was honored recently at the first annual Zycus Procurement Excellence awards for demonstrating inspirational leadership and excellence in adopting best practices and implementing procurement strategies.

Zycus announced the 2013 award winners at its annual Horizon conference held in October in San Antonio, Texas. Click here to access the full Alex Brown interview.

About AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)

AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and integrates technology that powers millions of intelligent devices, including personal computers, tablets, game consoles and cloud servers that define the new era of surround computing. AMD solutions enable people everywhere to realize the full potential of their favorite devices and applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information, visit www.amd.com

About Zycus

Zycus is dedicated to positioning procurement at the heart of business performance. With itsspirit of innovation and a passion to help procurement create even greater business advantages, Zycus has evolved its portfolio to a complete Source-to-Pay suite of procurement performance solutions which includes - Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management and Procure-to-Pay.With more than 200 solution deployments among Global 1000 clients, Zycus searches the world continually for procurement practices proven to drive competitive business performance.

To learn more about the Zycus, address e-mail to information@zycus.com or visit www.zycus.com

Clover Infotech wins CIO CHOICE 2014 Honor and Recognition for Excellence in “Application Delivery Platform” and “Database Solution Support”

Mumbai, 15 January, 2014: Clover Infotech Pvt. Ltd., a comprehensive IT services firm headquartered in Mumbai, today announced that it has won the CIO Choice 2014 Honor and Recognition in two categories - “Application Delivery Platform” and “Database Solution Support”. The Annual awards are coveted through an independent CIO voting survey from across the country on product performance, customer satisfaction and continued customer service.

 Commenting on the recognition, Javed Tapia, Managing Director, Clover Infotech, said “We had won the CIO Choice recognition in the “Database Solution Support category” last year. While we have won in the category again this year, we have also been conferred the CIO Choice 2014 recognition in the category “Application Delivery Platform”.

 “This recognition, especially since it is a result of votes by eminent industry CIO, underscores the expertise of the company across service lines. The recognition signifies Clover Infotech’s commitment, service efficiency and the trust bestowed on us by our customers. On behalf of the company, I thank the entire CIO fraternity and all our clients for this recognition. I am sure this will motivate us to improve and innovate further and provide the most efficient and cost-effective services to all our clients.”

  “CIO Choice trust seal is validation from CIO community trust in the recognized brand. By being voted by CIOs, Clover Infotech has proven their expertise in specific technology areas, places them among the top percentile of enterprise ICT vendors in India” said Anoop Mathur, President at Centre of Recognition & Excellence.


 Clover Infotech has a dedicated Application Development team with established practices across technology areas and has been serving multiple industries – predominantly BFSI. Clover Infotech’s “Database Solution Support” practice is sought by many reputed organizations across industry verticals due to its expertise in providing seamless database management services across technologies such as Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP among others.

CIO CHOICE 2014 Recognises Arteria Technologies for Excellence in Secondary Sales Data Analysis

Mumbai, 16 January, 2014: Arteria Technologies, a leading provider of Mobility and Portal solutions on SAP technology, today announced that it has been conferred with the CIO CHOICE 2014 in the category of Secondary Sales Data Analysis at the Red Carpet Night Event amidst 300+ CIOs from India.
Commenting on this occasion, Sriram Kanuri, CEO of Arteria Technologies said, “We are pleased and excited to have been recognized by the CIO’s of India, who have expressed their CHOICE.  This honor is an assurance of our growing presence in the market, thereby facilitating our growth and expansion in the segment. Our rapid-and easy-to-go-live Secondary Sales Solutions enables for large Dealer Connect and comprehensive dashboard viewing mobile capabilities. ”

“CIO CHOICE trust seal is validation from CIO community trust in the recognized brand. By being voted by CIOs, Arteria Technologies has proven their expertise in specific technology areas, places them among the top percentile of enterprise ICT vendors in India” said Anoop Mathur, President at Centre of Recognition & Excellence.

Arteria Secondary Sales Advantage solution helps to reduce the reporting time on secondary sales. Aimed at improving the supply chain related business analytics, Arteria’s Secondary Sales Data Analysis provides with strategic sales and marketing decisions for achieving better sales and performance results for the company.

About Arteria Technologies : www.arteriatech.com


Arteria is an SAP NetWeaver service partner, providing high-value strategic IT management consulting services certified by SAP. Headquartered at Bangalore, India, Arteria’s over 500 employees are a skilled in the enterprise application services, particularly SAP. Arteria provides customized solutions to ensure faster ROI to over 2000 clients globally. Arteria’s services range from evaluating the right SAP technologies, to derive measurable business benefits out of SAP installations. Arteria focuses on excellence in consulting services, leveraging new technologies in a proven, cost-effective fashion, specializing in the domain of Enterprise Application Services mainly in SAP and Integrated Business Solutions segments.

CIO CHOICE 2014 Awards Recognizes InfrasoftTech for its Outstanding Performance in Hosted Core Banking Solution on Private Cloud

Mumbai, 16 January, 2014: InfrasoftTech, a market leader with more than 130 Core Banking sites globally, today announced that it has been honoured with the CIO Choice 2014 honour and recognition in the Large Enterprises Vendors Category for their Hosted Core Banking Solutions. Hanuman Tripathi, Founder & Group Managing Director of InfrasoftTech received the recognition today at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai amidst 300+ CIOs from India.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Tripathi said, “Recognition of such a stature is an assurance that we are heading the right way. InfrasoftTech OMNIEnterprise™ hosted Core Banking Solutions serves the larger objective of providing world-class technologies to small banks without the associated hassles of CAPEX, Infrastructure & IT Manpower. We believe that they are contributing to the national mission of Financial Inclusion with our hosted core banking solution, which would help large numbers of financial enterprises to integrate with the National Payments Network and also comply with Reserve Bank of India risk management and reporting needs”.

“CIO Choice trust seal is a validation from CIO community trust in the recognized brand. By being voted by CIOs, InfrasoftTech has proven their expertise in specific technology areas, places them among the top percentile of enterprise ICT vendors in India” said Anoop Mathur, President at Centre of Recognition & Excellence.

About Infrasoft Technologies Limited: http://www.infrasoftech.com

InfrasoftTech is a specialist software products, solutions and services provider with a focus on global banking and financial services industry. For over 18 years, InfrasoftTech has been bringing about transformational change in the business models and growth of the enterprises it serves. InfrasoftTech’s OMNIEnterprise™ suite of solutions includes ‐ Core Banking Solution, Anti Money Laundering & Financial Crime Surveillance Solution, Microfinance Solution and Islamic Banking & Finance Solution.  InfrasoftTech is a market leader with more than 130 Core Banking installations across more than 3000 sites, with its universal banking solution. Every day, the company creates positive impact on the businesses of over 300 financial services institutions, globally. Infrasoft has broad market coverage in Europe and the Middle East, Central America, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, India and South Asia.

DMAi’s inaugural Marketer of the Year (MoY) awards gets Nita Kapoor as Chair; Ramesh Iyengar as Chair for second term at DMAi’s Hall of Fame(HoF) Selection Board

Mumbai, January 8, 2014: http://www.dmai.co/ DMAi, an apex not for profit, stands for the collective cause of advancing & protecting responsible data driven marketing & advertising has announced the appointment of Nita Kapoor as the Chairperson of DMAi 2014 Marketer of the Year Awards and Ramesh Iyengar as Chairperson of DMAi Hall of Fame which will take place on the sidelines of the DMAi 2014 Convention at New Delhi from 22^nd  to 24^th  January 2014.

On these appointments Vatsal Asher, CEO, DMAi noted “With such stellar industry participation, the DMAi has leapfrogged from the past into the present and is poised for the future. I welcome the new chairpersons for the MoY & HoF programs to further the collective cause. With such an eminent chair & jury members, we am certain the MoY will serve as the new gold standard for marketers in the days to come. The HoF has been now established as the standard for lifetime achievement & contribution. I also wish good luck to the eligible contenders for the citation & induction”

The Marketer of the Year Award is fashioned closely on the lines of the program at the global DMA. The program however has been re-modeled to serve the needs of the fraternity here. It is a joint citation for an individual & the company.

This program accolade honors the achievement, innovation, and inspiring leadership of an individual & the company whose work represents the very best in data-driven marketing industry. The individual & company being considered will have exhibited corporate and social responsibility through the innovation and implementation of new products, services, processes and growth within the last 12 months.

Those being considered have had a positive impact on the marketing community and excelled at connecting data and the consumer through data-driven marketing.

Speaking at her appointment Nita Kapoor said, “I believe DMAi has a great idea going. I volunteered my time because recognizing and bringing forth visionaries and exhibiting their transformations have a larger impact than we assume. Responsible & sustainable marketing is the call of the times. Sharing the best practices in play can benefit the entire industry.”

The jury members for the DMAi 2014 – MoY Awards now include Abhsihek Malhotra - Vice President & Partner at Booz & Co; Ambar Chowdhury - Principal at Deloitte; Arvind Wable - CEO & Executive Director at Draftfcb Ulka; Holger E. Metzger - Managing Director at TMRC Impact; Piyush Mathur - President at India for Nielsen; Rajesh Kumar - Head of Marketing, SAP Indian Sub-continent at SAP; Reena Ramachandran - Member Task Force, Performance Division at Cabinet secretariat; Sanjay Sharma - Group Creative Director at FCB Ulka; Sanjay Thapar - CEO, India at Bates and Sanjiv Kapur - Chief Marketing Officer at Citi

The DMAi Hall of Fame, now in its third year, honors Digital & Direct marketing professionals who have made outstanding career contributions to the practice, growth, and stature of the direct marketing process. It celebrates the spirit of direct & interactive marketing with innovation, collaboration, and creativity.

In line with DMAi's continuous efforts to create recognition for marketers who have made a difference in the way brands communicate with customers and raised the standards and level of professionalism in marketing. The DMAi Hall of Fame will recognize scholars, marketers, creatives and entrepreneurs who have impacted the direct & interactive industry.

DMAi's Hall of Fame is modeled along the lines of DMA Hall of Fame, the most prestigious award bestowed in the direct & interactive marketing community. DMAi Hall of Fame will felicitate lifetime achievers in two categories - living & posthumous and as many as four individuals can be inducted every year to serve as an inspiration for future generations and encourage excellence.

In the past the DMAi has inducted Drayton Bird, UK, Winnifred Knight, SA, Late Vivek Basrur, R Sridhar, B S Nagesh & Ramesh Iyengar.

According to Iyengar, “I have the proud distinction of being the first Indian inductee to the DMAi Hall of Fame and I am delighted to serve the DMAi & the fraternity for the second term as the chairperson of the selection board. Like the previous year this year too we have an eminent board of selectors that will bring about rightful recognition to the truly deserving.”

The selection board members including Jodie Sangster, Chairperson of the IFDMA, Winnifred Knight, - Managing Director and Owner, The Marketingsite.com; Ashok Ananthraman, Ex-ITC, Aditya Atri -Loyalty and CRM Consultant; Leena Basrur - Executive Chairman, Direxions Marketing Solutions Pvt Ltd; Raj Bhatia- Managing Director, UCP Loyalty Marketing Pvt Ltd; Nabanita Chaudhri- CRM Consultant, Nespresso SA; Kayzad Hiramanek- Senior Vice president Customer service& operations, ICICI Prudential life insurance; USA; Ramesh Ratan- CEO – Bell & Howells,  Director, Joyanto Mukherjee - SVKM's Harkisan Mehta Foundation Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication; and Shankar Seetaraman.

With the annual DMAi convention having expanded manifold, The DMA International ECHO Awards India edition has been retained back in Mumbai and will happen in June 2014.

The nominations for MoY & HoF are both open till 8 January 2014. The jury for the MoY meets in Delhi on 18 Jan and the selection board for the HoF meets on Jan 10 at Mumbai. The new recipients & inductees will be honored at a glittering ceremony on 23 Jan 2014 at the opulent Radisson blu, Mahipalpur, Delhi on the sidelines the 3^rd Annual DMAi Convention. Apart from the awards program the 3 day convention from 22^nd to 24 Jan will have 100+ speakers, 164 intense sessions, 15 Dynamic Conference streams.

About DMAi

About DMAi - http://www.dmai.co/

As an apex, not for profit DMAi, since 1992, brings about collective action for advancing & protecting responsible Data Driven Marketing and Advertising. As the key to making marketing relevant and provide sustained customer engagement DMAi advocates for creating industry standards for ethical conduct and effective self-regulation of the Data driven, Marketing & Advertising community. DMAi is also co-founder of the International Federation of DMA’s.

The DMAi, in recent times, has successfully conducted two annual global conventions drawing participation from over 125 corporations from India & afar. DMAi also sets stage for learning opportunities & intra vertical networking forums like-Day Learning Events called Master classes, peer to peer networking forums like the UNWIND, the CxO Roundtable. As a platform for motivation, the DMAi has established a credible Awards & Recognition program with industry participation. The DMAi Awards instituted in alliance with the DMA International ECHO Awards aim at providing global recognition for response driven and result oriented marketing. The Hall of Fame awards felicitates individuals with lifetime awards for their noteworthy contribution.

25000 MSMEs of India Now Successfully Credit Rated by SMERA Ratings Ltd.

• SMERA is a SEBI & RBI Approved Rating Agency
• SMERA enables ratings for various long and short term bank loans
• Facilitates MSME build confidence in customers, employees as well as suppliers

Mumbai: January 08, 2014: India’s leading bank loan credit rating agency, SMERA has recently completed 25,000 MSME ratings in India. This milestone was achieved by SMERA in 8 years of its operations. SMERA Ratings Ltd, is a pioneer in MSME ratings and is also approved by RBI & SEBI. Within a short span SMERA ratings have established a credible track record within the lending fraternity with MOU’s with 36 Banks in the country. The popularity of credit ratings within the MSME sector was possible due to affordable cost of rating facilitated by the subsidy provided by the MSME Ministry, Govt.of India and efficient execution of the scheme by NSIC (National Small Industries Corporation).

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Parag Patki, CEO, SMERA Ratings Ltd, said “The MSME sector is the backbone of any economy, and the heath of the MSME sector is critical to ride the forthcoming wave of economic revival for the country. We expect increasing opportunities for the MSME sector with the Indian Government taking measures to improve investment climate along with initial signs of economic revival in the developed economies. SMERA believes that better managed, efficient and SMERA rated units are eminently positioned to harness these opportunities”.

He further added,” SMERA remains committed to facilitating the growth of the MSME sector in India through its Credit Ratings Services and is looking forward to participate in the orderly growth of the sector”
Mr. Virendra Goyal - Vice President- SME (Sales), said “The MSME sector has a huge growth potential in India and the penetration of credit rating culture in the MSME sector is yet low. SMERA, in association with MSME development institutions, Ministry of MSME and the Lender fraternity will continue to work towards improving the adoption and thus penetration of credit ratings within the MSME sector.”

Mr. Ashutosh Satsangi-Vice President (Operations) said, “SMERA has rated the companies diversified across sectors including Metal and Metal products, Electrical and Engineering Goods, Capital Goods, Textile, Plastic, and Food & Agro along with the companies in to Trading and Auto Ancillary business. The portfolio is geographically diversified with the Western region contributing the most to the total rated universe of SMERA with 42% followed by Northern region contributing to the tune of 28%. Contribution from Southern region and Eastern region stands at to 24% and 6% respectively.”
Many MSME’s have derived monetary as well non-monetary benefits by availing SMERA’s Credit Rating services, besides building confidence in their customers, employees as well as suppliers.

About SMERA – http://www.smera.in/


SMERA is registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as a Credit Rating Agency (6th in India). The Company has received accreditation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as an External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) under BASEL - II norms for undertaking bank loan ratings. SMERA is also empanelled as an approved rating agency by the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) under the "Performance & Credit Rating Scheme for Small Industries", approved by the Ministry of Small Scale Industries, Government of India. SMERA with its Registered and Head Office in Mumbai, currently operates from 13 locations spread across the country.