Syntel Signs Systems Integration Partnership with Aras

Syntel (News - Alert), Inc., a global Information Technology services and Knowledge Process Outsourcing firm, entered into a partnership relation with Aras, a premier enterprise open source Product Lifecycle Management software solution provider.

As per this agreement, Syntel will be able to offer its clients the Aras Innovator suite, a powerful, full-featured open source PLM solution with advanced technology for highly flexible, scalable and secure deployments across the extended enterprise.

The scalability and flexibility of Aras PLM platform's Web-based, open architecture is a great match for Syntel's innovative solution culture.

"We are very excited to team up with Aras to offer our clients an open source option to meet their PLM challenges," said Avinash Salelkar, VP and Head of Syntel's Manufacturing and Automotive practice, in a release.

"Aras Innovator is gaining traction in the marketplace, and we believe that more and more global companies will turn to Aras to reduce their product development costs and transform complex PLM processes. By combining this cost effective solution with Syntel's global delivery service, our clients will be able to create a significant competitive advantage in terms of greatly enhanced speed and dramatic cost reduction."

With the help of Aras solutions, customers can collaborate and innovate more effectively during new product development and introduction.

Aras’s open source business model eliminates expensive software licensing costs and thus lowers total cost of ownership and delivers faster time to value.

In related news, Syntel, Inc. signed an implementation partnership with Pyxis Mobile, provider of the only cross-device mobile application development platform designed to meet keep pace with today's fast-paced mobile technology environment.