BPM and CRM player Pegasystems has great expectations from its first developers conference in India
Pegasystems Inc., a global player in businesses process management (BPM) and customer relationship management (CRM), hosted its Pega Developers Conference 2013 for the first time in India at Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) recently.
By Pankaj Maru.
“At Pegasystems, we have a culture which celebrates innovation. Our vision for the Pega Developers Conference is to create a world-class knowledge sharing platform to enable the growing Pega community to get hands-on exposure to our latest technologies,” said Alan Trefler, Founder and CEO, Pegasystems, during his keynote address at the conference.
“India is a region with immense talent and we are excited to receive such an overwhelming response to the Pega Developers Conference. We are confident that at the end of this conference, there will be a great takeaway for all attendees in terms of practical ideas and new strategies for growth and innovation,” added Trefler.
One of the key reasons for the two-day conference to be held in India this time is the fast-growing ecosystem here that includes Pega professionals, developers, partners as well as customers.
According to the US-based company, India has a strong base of 12,000-plus Pega certified professionals, while globally the Pega community is around 20,000.
In the past few years, India has been very strategic to Pegasystems’ software research and development activities. In fact, the company has set up two R&D centers, one each in Hyderabad and Bangalore, and the total staff strength is expected to touch 900 by end of 2013. These centers are highly involved in core engineering and software product development along with supporting the company’s customers globally.
A new version
The conference coincided with the launch of the company’s latest software platform, Pega 7, which is touted as a quantum leap by the company. In fact, the two centers in India have played a major role in the development of version 7, which can help large enterprises and organizations to automate business processes and customer experiences.
“The Pega ecosystem is seeing a huge explosion in India and that is why we hosted the conference here. We anticipate more engagement from developers as well as customers in the ecosystem,” said Suman Reddy, Vice President and Managing Director, Pegasystems Worldwide India.
The conference acted as a platform for knowledge-sharing for the growing community of Pega designers and developers in India, and brought together delegates from some of the world’s largest organizations, including JP Morgan Chase.
“We use Pega technology to support our business initiatives globally and an initiative such as Pega Developers Conference 2013 provides all the participants with tremendous opportunity to enhance their skill set and drive increased productivity for their organizations. I am delighted to see such a wonderful response to this event,” said Rachna Bahadur, Managing Director, Global Group Manager, Centralized Operations – Information and Services, JP Morgan Chase.
Other top officials of Pegasystems (Mike Pyle, Senior Vice President of Engineering; Kerim Akgonul, Vice President of Product Management and Steve Bixby, Senior Director, Product Management) were also present during the conference and shared insights into the company’s latest products and solutions as well as their business impact on organizations. Over 1700 people attended the meet.
