Over the last 7 years, the Agile Software Community of India (ASCI) has organized 35+ conferences in various cities of India. In 2012 we are planning our biggest event ever.
With 12 Stages, 146 Sessions, 125 Speakers from 18 Countries, Agile India 2012 is for sure the largest Agile and Lean conference in Asia. Check out the full conference program.
Agile India 2012 will bring together premier content and speakers in an international setting. ASCI will host 700 participants from all over the world in Bangalore, India. Check out the profile of the registered attendees.
Take advantage of this effective opportunity to market your company, products and services to the most influential people defining and leveraging agile software development practices today. We offer many sponsorship levels with excellent marketing opportunities and benefits within each category.
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Sponsor Liaison: Naresh Jain — Agile Software Community of India
Title Sponsor
Valtech
Valtech is a pioneering global technology and digital provider present in eight countries and listed on Euronext in Paris. As a full service digital consultancy, Valtech delivers value to its customers throughout digital projects—from strategic consulting to design, conception, development and optimization of business critical digital platforms. Valtech leverages agile methodologies to drive organizations' digital transformation, and helps global brands build business value and increase revenues through digital technologies, all while optimizing ROI and time to market.
Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a nonprofit organization with global membership, committed to advancing Agile development principles and practices. Agile Alliance supports those who explore and apply Agile principles and practices in order to make the software industry more productive, humane and sustainable. They share our passion to deliver software better everyday.
Gold Sponsor
Yahoo India
Bangalore is where Yahoo! has its second largest R&D center globally. Established in 2000, Yahoo! India R&D works with a mission to deliver product and technology innovation that create a significant business impact globally. The centre engages in end-to-end product development from concept through launch. The research arm, called Yahoo! Labs, focuses on basic and applied research in the areas of next-generation search, advertising and large-scale computing systems.
An integral source of Intellectual property at Yahoo! the Bangalore centre has yielded a 40% average year over year increase in idea submissions for patent consideration in the last three years. It has undertaken end-to-end development of more than 20 products providing best-in-class consumer experiences and online advertising products for both global and emerging markets. Some of its well-known products innovations are Yahoo! Cricket, OMG, Vertex, NGD Marketplace.
Mindtree
MindTree is a global IT and Product Engineering Services Company with deep knowledge in specific domains. MindTree is acknowledged as the best mid-size software services company in India for its capability to build, test and deploy solutions. The Company also places significant emphasis on culture, customer centricity and corporate governance. MindTree is ranked No. 1 among the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) India Award winners in 2010, 13th in NASSCOM’s listing of Top IT Software and Services Exporters in India (excluding BPO). In 2009, MindTree was ranked No. 2 in Asia and declared the overall winner in India in the Asiamoney Corporate Governance Poll.
Thoughtworks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile software development tools, and its products can be found in development organizations seeking sustainable Agile adoption. The company's Adaptive Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution provides a platform for managing all aspects of software development, from requirements definition and project management to test automation, quality assurance, and release management. Adaptive ALM comprises the integration of three products: Mingle (Agile project management), Twist (Agile testing), and Go (Agile release management). Each tool is available as part of a complete lifecycle solution or as a standalone product. Backed by more than 17 years of experience in Agile delivery, ThoughtWorks Studios is the product division of ThoughtWorks Inc., a pioneer in Agile development. ThoughtWorks Studios has over 400 customers in more than 20 countries, including 3M, Honeywell, BBC, eBay, Barclays, Vodafone, McGraw-Hill, and Rackspace. The company headquarters is located in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Digité
Digité, Inc. is a pioneering company based in the Silicon Valley and in India providing web-based, integrated, collaborative Lean/Agile Application Lifecycle Management (Agile ALM) tools and solutions for the Global Delivery Model. Swift-Kanban, built with guidance from Kanban guru David J Anderson, has quickly become one of the leading Kanban tools being adopted eagerly around the world. Digité Enterprise and CloudSpec from Digité provide leading-edge collaborative Agile ALM, PPM and Requirements Management tools that enable technology and project organizations successfully manage projects and applications and collaborate effectively with their customers. All solutions are available as SaaS and On-Premise Solutions.
APMG-International
APMG-International is a leading global Examination and Accreditation Institute. We accredit professional training and consulting organizations and manage qualification & certification schemes for knowledge-based workers. We have a global reach, with regional offices in the US, Europe, India, Malaysia, China and Australia.
Our qualification schemes cover a range of management disciplines including Project & Programme Management (PPM), IT Service Management and Change Management. Our broad range of qualification schemes includes the Cabinet Office Best Management Practice portfolio (including PRINCE2, ITIL & MSP), Agile Project Management and ISO/IEC 20000.
Project Management Institute
PMI is the world’s largest project management member association, representing more than half a million practitioners in more than 185 countries. As a global thought leader and knowledge resource, PMI advances the profession through its global standards and credentials, collaborative chapters and virtual communities and academic research. And, now with more and more organizations applying Agile techniques in the management of successful projects, PMI has responded by launching an Agile Certification in February 2011 to support practitioners who want to demonstrate to employers their level of professionalism in Agile practices of project management.
Silver Sponsor
Aconex
Aconex is the world’s most-used online collaboration platform for the construction and engineering industries. It is used to manage information on projects worth over $270 billion, in 70 countries. The 50-strong development team in Melbourne, Australia, has been using Agile for the past two years. Aconex has been recognised with a number of industry awards for fast growth, unique culture and client success. It is a dynamic organisation with an environment that fosters professional development and innovative thinking.
Conference Bag & Agile Development Practices Stage Sponsor
Rally
Rally is the recognized leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM). They are dedicated to helping organizations embrace Agile and Lean development practices that increase the pace of innovation and improve product quality. According to a study by QSM Associates, software-driven companies that rely on Rally’s Agile ALM products and services are 50% faster to market and 25% more productive than industry averages. The company’s experienced services group, including training through Agile University, guides companies through the organizational change required to become innovative, Agile businesses. Rally’s products, including AgileZen, currently support more than 2,500 corporate customers, 82,000 projects and 154,000 users in 60 countries.
Stage Sponsor
Equal Experts
Equal Experts India develops object-oriented enterprise systems for global clients. Equal Experts' consultants are creative problem solvers and passionate technologists, experts at developing simple solutions to complex problems. By harnessing the power of agile development techniques and open-source technologies, they have become synonymous with innovation, quality and delivery in challenging environments.
Conscires Agile Practices
Conscires Agile Practices helps organizations create an environment of success by empowering and engaging people using lightweight processes. Conscires specializes in a variety of programs including Certified ScrumMaster and Product Owner Trainings, Agile and Scrum workshops and consulting services across the US, UK and India.
Target Process
Software developers have the right to work with a simple, visual and powerful agile project management tool. Since 2006 TargetProcess has been working to make this happen.
Thousands of teams in over 40 countries rely on TargetProcess to manage Scrum and Kanban projects, track bugs and talk to their customers.
GoodAgile
GoodAgile is a leading provider of Agile training and consulting in India. Headed by Pete Deemer, author of The Scrum Primer and co-founder of The Scrum Foundation with Dr. Jeff Sutherland, GoodAgile works with the leading product and services companies in India to help them gain competitive advantage through agile thinking and practices.
Xebia
Xebia is an Agile Software development and consulting company having presence in India, France and The Netherlands. Xebia collaborates with Agile thought leaders of the world like Jeff Sutherland (Co-creator of scrum), Pete Deemer and Sanjiv Augustine. Xebia is known for quality software and its unique knowledge sharing culture.
Telerik
TeamPulse is a simple and intuitive project management and collaboration software inspired by Agile best practices. TeamPulse will help you streamline your development processes and start delivering better software faster. Some of the tool’s unique features are its integration with Microsoft TFS and the web-based portal for capturing stakeholder feedback.
GE India Engineering Operations (IEO)
The GE India Engineering Operations (IEO) team, comprising of more than 2000 engineers are developing technologies in India for global products across energy sector. IEO works towards a localisation strategy that is driven by innovation for the Indian markets. Based out of 3 primary locations, namely Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai, IEO has Engineering teams for Power & Water, Oil & Gas and Energy management verticals. In the last few years the team has grown significantly in terms of work scope; business impact and team strength and continues to focus on advanced technologies that enable GE to meet customer demands for cleaner and more efficient products.
Lunch/Meal Sponsor
Atlassian
Atlassian products help innovators everywhere plan, build and launch great software. More than 17,000 large and small organizations – including Citigroup, eBay, Netflix and Nike – use Atlassian's issue tracking, collaboration and software-development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time.
Media Sponsors
IEEE Software
IEEE Software's Mission: Building the community of leading software practitioners. The bimonthly magazine offers pioneering ideas, expert analyses, solid advice, and thoughtful insights for reflective developers and managers who want to keep up with rapid technology change. You’ll find:
- Hands-on information about today’s tools and technologies
- Insights and advice from columnists Grady Booch, Frank Buschmann, and others
- Experience reports on successful and not-so-successful projects and practices
- Lessons learned and best practices from real-world, world-class experts
- Tutorials, overviews, analyses, case studies, and debates
Peer-reviewed articles and columns illuminate all aspects of the industry.
Connectivity Partner
Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to Indian consumers.
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)
Tata Communications has succeeded in building an excellent domestic network infrastructure that provides Information Communications and Technology solutions to SMEs across the country. This infrastructure is adequately backed by skilled manpower and 24X7 customer service supports to ensure seamless connectivity.
