Patni the Sage one in India

Sage Software India announced the appointment of Patni Computer Systems Ltd has been chosen as a Sage Software business partner for positioning and implementing Sage CRM SalesLogix solutions in India. SalesLogix reportedly has over 45 customers in India across a number of verticals.

As for near-future strategy, Sage Software India managing director Thomas Abraham stated in the announcement that “Sage Software India is targeting manufacturing, insurance and financial services companies in India with this partnership in the initial stages…”

Patni intends to launch solution frameworks in early 2007.

Sage CRM SalesLogix v7 was released in August 2006 and is designed to assist advertising sales reps manage dealings with media buying agencies and clients. Inclusive in the software are features such as customer profiling, prospects, agencies, media buying houses, and customer interaction history. According to company figures, SalesLogix is employed by 300,000 users at over 7,300 companies.

Sage Software is a provider to more than 2.6 million small- and mid-sized business customers in North America. Sage products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now has 5.0 million customers served by 10,500 employees worldwide.