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Kolkata-based information technology firm Starlite Infotech has signed an agreement with Spanish open-source solutions provider Openbravo which is aimed at providing the enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
"While big business houses are well served by IT companies with various business solutions, the SME market is under-served in all emerging markets including India," Openbravo chief executive Manel Sarasa said.
"There is a lot of potential in this sector in this country," Sarasa said, mentioning that this firm is into similar partnerships with 12 other firms.
This deal will enable Starlite to derive technology expertise from the Spanish solutions provider.
"We will be front-ending the plans. Openbravo will not have any equity participation in our company," said the chief technology officer of Starlite,G.P. Samanta.
Starlite's general manager Raju Paul said his company was looking at a turnover of Rs.250 crore-Rs.300 crore by March 2011.
The services provided by the firm will include IT infrastructure management, application development (like payroll and hospital management solutions), testing and quality assurance services, Paul added.
