Tuesday, December 19, 2000

Four young men who met at Ampersand in the mid - nineties pooled in Rs. 75,000 to start IQura Technologies. They spoke with passion about this start up venture which plans to touch a 2 crore by 2001.

IQura Technologies is a focused provider of solutions for e-business enabling and management. IQura's expertise in web applications, portals, marketplaces, e-commerce and back - office management systems is enhanced by its reusable Internet components suite and proven delivery model.

The company's primary focus is towards development of business application software, which include Internet/Intranet solutions and client/server database applications. Their expertise ranges from simple corporate web sites to complex Site Server - based sites on the Internet/Intranet business side. They are proficient in business application development from desktop applications to n-tier client/server and e-commerce solutions. The primary platforms that they work on include Windows NT Server, Microsoft Exchange Server and Internet Information Server (IIS), Linux Server, Apache Web Server. Development tools include Visual Basic, Visual C++, VJ++, HTML, Java and PHP3. IQura has expertise on Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, Access databases, MySQL and PostGreSQL.

Clientele

In a short span of two years, IQura has delivered quality web solutions to a host of prestigious clients. They are currently working in the US, UK and Indian markets. Their client list includes major software companies, hot Internet start-ups, manufacturing companies and services companies. A partial list of their customers include Satyam Infoway, Satyam Computers, Inspectech Corporation (USA), Millenium Communications, UK, Huntington Software Solutions, USA, Cyber India Online, Spice Telecom, Hindustan Lever, Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Desk-to-Desk Cargo Limited, Selfdiscovery.com, Convergent Software.

The portfolio for IQura's e-business and management services include Turnkey Web Content Sites, Web Applications, E-commerce - retail business stores, Gaming Sites, Content Management Tools, Corporate Sites, Intranets & Extranets, Bots, Spiders and Winsock Applications, Multilingual Websites, Web - Enabling Legacy Applications, Engineering Automation, Web Site Maintenance, Content Sourcing and Management, Decision Support Systems, Wizards, etc., Custom Solutions.

Partnerships

IQura's successful partnerships include partners in the areas of energy, automation, etc. The illustrious list includes Satyam Infoway, IT2Automate, a joint venture between Towler Automation and IQura Technologies, and Microsoft Corporation, USA.