Saama Technologies, Leader in Business Analytics Space, Expands Pune Presence With New Branch

PUNE, India, January 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Saama Technologies, a leading pure-play business analytics solutions and services company, today announced the opening of a second office in Pune, expanding its presence in the area. The new office facility significantly increases available space for the company's burgeoning growth and provides a central location for achieving delivery excellence for its global clients located all over US, Europe and India.

The center, located in the Nyati Millennium, Viman Nagar, Pune, was inaugurated by Kenneth Coleman, Chairman of Saama Board of Directors. The guests of honor included, Founder and CEO of Saama, Suresh Katta; Chief People Officer of Saama, Maya Marcus and Technopreneur, Deepak Shikarpur.

The center will accommodate approximately 200 professionals, and will deliver a full range of business analytics and data management applications, business intelligence-managed services and our Intellectual Property (IP)-led solutions to global clients in the financial services, healthcare, insurance, high technology, media and retail industries.

"In parallel with India operation expansion, Saama is increasing its presence by adding two more branch offices in the US. Seven offices around the globe will further help the company increase its competitiveness to meet the demands of a fast-changing global business landscape." said Suresh Katta.

Saama started operations at Pune in October 2004 to provide data management services to global clients, and has since then grown its presence in Pune to more than 300 professionals, delivering a broad range of services from the company's existing facility.

"By creating high-value jobs, enhancing the local talent pool, and engaging actively with academia and the local community, Saama has brought to Pune benefits of its industry-leading growth, and industry-acclaimed business and technology insights," said Deepak Shikarpur.

"Pune is among our key global delivery centers that provides a broad array of capabilities across industries and service lines. The new development center further strengthens our integrated global delivery capability, and our success in leveraging the best talent globally," said Suresh Katta.

Vasant Shetty, Head of India Operations, Saama said, "In our focus to help customers drive operational efficiencies and provide business insights with best in class efforts, we have benefited immensely from the rich talent pool and high-growth ecosystem provided by Pune. We are committed to growing our operations in Pune by expanding existing facilities and adding new ones."

About Saama Technologies, Inc.:

Saama Technologies is one of the largest pure-play business analytics services company in the industry. Based in Campbell, CA, Saama has over 15 years of history in implementing business analytics, big data, predictive analytics and data management solutions for global clients in industries such as life sciences, healthcare, insurance, financial services, high technology, media and public sector. Saama serves these clients from its offices in US, Europe and India. Saama can be reached at http://www.saama.com

Primary Media Contact: Amit Shah, amit.shah@saama.com, +91-20-66071500 Ext. 371, +91-800-797-7327, +1-408-385-3314