Inatech at OPN Days

Following our success at the recent Oracle events held in Belgium and Dubai, we took a progressive leap forward by participating in the “OPN Days- India” event held in Bangalore at Chancery Pavilion. The event came as an eye opener with key participation from various Oracle partners located across the Silicon Valley. The theme of “OPN Days” was targeted and addressed for all Oracle partners trying to leverage on the latest technology offered by Oracle.

The event started with strategic key notes delivered by Mr. Kaushik Mitra, director for Oracle channel sales practices, India. The session set out with a clear projection of Oracle’s concept in terms of completeness, openness and integration. A quick note on the recent acquisitions Oracle has successfully secured and the future road map in terms of amalgamation and takeovers was well depicted.

The subsequent sessions addressed by other delegates including Kulbushan Chand, Sunil Iyer & Pradeep Moondra threw light on benefits of contributing to the partner network program and how a partner gets rewarded for remaining a reckoning force in the area of technology and development. With clear transitions of Oracle thoughts, the event highlighted recent developments around Oracle technology and practices. Regarding the economic downturn, the event also highlighted various programs and sessions Oracle has created. This includes sessions like week long boot camps and night camps conducted by Oracle to which a partner can enroll from across the globe.

The event also showcased the potential business opportunities lying in the Indian market, predominantly comprising of commercial segment i.e. SMBs. The vision framed by Oracle, turns out to be a yardstick to measure the instant success achieved. Oracle’s vibrant force is evident with the customers ranging from every industry vertical including Telecom, Automobile, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical etc.

Towards the end of the event, the highlight was to sustain the strategic approach and practices Oracle and its partners has adopted to be the number one in technology segment. By combining with strategic companies, Oracle strengthens its product offerings, accelerates innovation, meets customer demand more rapidly, and expands partner opportunity.

Arun, Roopak and myself attended from the Inatech team as part of the company’s Certified Advantage Partner Badge. For 30 years, Oracle has been working with partners to broaden their offerings, create new revenue streams, target new markets, and grow
Businesses.

Karthik Das.

Inatech looks forward in Bangalore

The Inatech team met in Bangalore to review last year’s results and to prepare for the coming year as we continue with our expansion and development internationally. We spent the whole day discussing trends and developments in IT, systems, services, softwares and opportunities within outsourcing.

The Review Meeting was followed up by Dinner at Hotel Ramada.

The harvest festival in India

While Chennai celebrates the harvest festival "PONGAL", this day is celebrated across the south asian region by various names - Makara Shankranthi in Karnataka/ Bangalore, Pedda Penduga in Andhrapradesh/Hyderabad, Lori in Punjab and also Thingyan in Myanmar (Burma).

It is certainly harvest season in most of the region and each state has it's own version. In some states you'd see very colorfully painted bulls where they make them jump across a bed of coals. In parts of the country, it is time for "flying kites". It is also a day which sees millions of devotees taking a "holy dip" in the major rivers of India eg. Ganges, Cauvery etc at dawn.

The day actually has a astronomical significance. It is the day when the Sun enters the constellation of Capricorn (Makara in local lingo) on it's journey. Simply put, this is the day, the Sun enters it's northward journey from the nadir of the winter solstice.

People across a wide swath of the continent prepare a special mixture - they cut cubes of Jaggery, Copra etc and mix it with Sesame seeds, broken peanuts to make a snack that is loved and enjoyed by over a billion people. Each region has it's own name for this - "Yellu Bella" in Kannada, "Til Gul" in Marathi etc.

From the MAC Support team

Christmas in Bangalore

Inatech Bangalore celebrated Christmas in its truest spirits by having our own Santa Claus (played by Naveen Bhargav) distributing gifts to all the employees.

We also had a Christmas tree wonderfully decorated.