| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Services, Outsourced Product Development |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | 5300 Stevens Creek Boulevard,Suite 450, San Jose,CA. 95129, USA |
| Key people | Praveen Kankariya CEO, Jerry Malec President & Pankaj Mittal Senior VP-Engineering & Chief Technology Officer |
| Services | Product Engineering,QA & Testing, Performance Engineering |
| Revenue | Privately held |
| Employees | 1100+ March 2008 |
| Website | http://www.impetus.com/ |
Impetus Technologies is a Software Product engineering and Software R&D Services provider based in India that creates software products for software and technology companies. Many of these products have been award winning products.[1] Since 16 years, the company has been providing outsourced software product development solutions to its clients across the globe.
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The company was founded in 1991 by Praveen Kankariya in Indore, India. Software was a relatively new industry at that time in India and Impetus was among the first companies in the country that was building software products and offering product design and development services.[2]
The first product developed by Impetus was for the Newspaper Industry. The product automated the news acquisition process from various wire services, consequently saving valuable resources like time and manpower for the clients. This product was deployed at more than 200 publication houses across India.
Impetus developed many software products and in 1996, Praveen Kankariya moved to USA to establish Impetus’ operations there. He realized that to be successful, the company’s products needed to be seen and experienced by international markets. The first International account for Software Product engineering Services bagged by Impetus was 3M in the year 1995. Interestingly, 3M is still a client of Impetus.
Impetus core competence lies in Product Research, Design and Development and the core focus of the company is on Software Product engineering services. Impetus provides services in
Impetus has been involved in hundreds of product launches for its global client base since its inception.[3] & has been growing at a phenomenal growth rate and recorded 75 % growth in 2006[4]
The company works in diverse domains of mobile & wireless, digital media, performance marketing, internet advertising, network security, telecom, finance, healthcare, supply chain management, CRM, collaboration management etc. Some of the clients associated with Impetus include:AzoogleAds , Kronos Incorporated , D&B, PeopleSoft, KnowNow, 3M, Sennari, Servigistics, etc.....
Impetus has set up a division called Impetus Labs or iLabs which works on exploring the latest and emerging technologies and new domains like mobile, wireless, digital media, speech, IPTV and VOIP etc. The company has further set up Centers of Excellence which work on experimenting with new ideas, facilitating creation of new tools and frameworks. These Centers of Excellence include
Impetus has been a regular host of Barcamp Delhi [14] (unconference) and Open Source Camps. In 2008 company had organized technology conferences like:
For online seminars under which topics include such as:
Fresh initiatives for 2009 Impetus had started a series of online seminar such as
Impetus has a tie-up with Parivartan Sanstha,[21] an NGO, dedicated to the education of slum children in Indore as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility program.
Impetus is headquartered in San Jose, with Sales Offices in Boston, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and Richmond. The company has several development centers of its wholly owned subsidiary in India in Indore, Noida and Hyderabad.[22]