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iGATE Patni is an information technology firm headquartered in Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

, USA. The company was founded by Bala and Ashok Trivedi. iGate Patni specializes in business data processing and uses a structure known as iTOPS (integrated Technology and Operations Systems) to meet customer demands. Services provided include: IT consulting; application development, data warehousing, business intelligence solutions, ERP/enterprise solutions, BPO/business service provisioning, infrastructure management, testing/independent verification and validation, and contact center services. Offices are located in 16 countries and serve businesses in various fields. While the US has long been its operations center, the company is undergoing an aggressive expansion into India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. By 2012, the company wants to be a billion dollar organization, for which association should be with 100 of the global 1000 clients.

IT Services

The company focuses more on productivity, quality, and knowledge management. The network of its contented customers has benefited through the collective role of the investment strategies, technology and business outsourcing. Some of the services offered are:
  • Technology Consultancy
  • Application Development and Maintenance
  • Data Analytics
  • Independent Verification and Validation
  • Infrastructure Management Services

Indian branches

iGATE has development centres and/or regional offices in the following Indian cities: Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, Hyderabad, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Gandhinagar, Noida
Noida
Noida , short for the New Okhla Industrial Development Area, is an area in India under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority . Noida came into administrative existence on 17 April 1976 and celebrates 17 April as "Noida Day". It was set up as part of an urbanization...

 with White Field, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

 as its Indian Headquarters.

On October 29, 2009, iGATE expanded its Global Delivery facility at its corporate campus in Whitefield, Bangalore. The new facility provides 115,000 sq.feet of additional workspace with features like LED
LEd
LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....

 and Solar Power
Solar power
Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...

 lighting, an ozone-friendly air conditioning system, organic waste converter and a water recycling system.

Global units

Apart from India, iGATE has its branches in the following nations: United States of America, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Malaysia, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 with its global headquarters at Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...


-- It is to be noted that iGate Patni has closed its operations in France after losing the contract with GE Capital France in May 2006. iGate continues to be a GE Capital global contractor in many other countries for very large GE projects. --

Employees

Employees of iGATE are called with a nickname iGATORs. As of May 31, 2011, the global headcount of iGATE Patni is 26000. Apart from their regular corporate activities, iGATORs participate in Public
Public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individuals, and the public is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science,...

 Welfare
Welfare
Welfare refers to a broad discourse which may hold certain implications regarding the provision of a minimal level of wellbeing and social support for all citizens without the stigma of charity. This is termed "social solidarity"...

 Projects like Renovation
Renovation
Renovation is the process of improving a structure. Two prominent types of renovations are commercial and residential.-Process:The process of a renovation, however complex, can usually be broken down into several processes...

, Computer training to village students, Sponsors of Habitat for Humanity projects, Thanks god it's Monday @ office campus etc.

Awards

  • In International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ (IAOP) 2010 Global Outsourcing 100 List:

a) Ranked No 35, significant leap from No 59 in 2009
b) Named best 20 Global Outsourcing Leaders in UK and for the second successive year in Canada
c) Placed as one of the Top 20 global IT companies serving the Discrete Manufacturing Industry
d) Named as a leading IT vendor for the Insurance Industry
  • iGATE Patni Ranked No.2 in a survey conducted by Data Quest Magazine for "IT BEST EMPLOYERS".

  • CNBC-TV18 Survey ranks iGATE as No.1 employer of choice in India in IT/ITeS Sector.

  • Named as 2010 Global Services 100 provider for the third year in a row.

  • Ranked in the FINTECH 100 2010 for the third year in a row.

  • Awarded LEED (leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certificate for new delivery facility in Bangalore, India.

  • Won the Bronze Award from the League of American Communications Professionals LLC (LACP) in the 2009 Vision Award Annual Report Competition.

  • iGATE’s printing governance solution wins the Best IT implementation of the year 2010 – Green IT category from PC Quest Magazine, India.

  • The company has been assessed at CMMI Level 5, Six Sigma methodologies and is COBIT, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, ensuring the highest levels of quality and data security

  • Won the prestigious Performance Excellence Trophy against the IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award Criteria 2009 in the Service Category.

  • It has been ranked the second best employer in India across all industries in the Business Today-Mercer-TNS Best Companies to Work for survey.

Competitors

iGATE's competitors in most of its business arenas are Infosys
Infosys
Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...

, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American global provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Its headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States and is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500...

, Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...

, Wipro
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

, Keane
Keane (company)
Keane Inc a unit of NTT Data Corporation is a U.S.-based Information Technology services firm. It offers Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources....

 and Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra Limited is a provider of information technology , networking technology solutions and business process outsourcing services to the global telecommunications industry. Headquartered at Pune, India...

.
iGate bought Patni Computers, the 6th Largest IT company in India for $ 1.22 Billion.
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