Deliberates the future of analytics, mobility and the cloud and the evolving role of India as a center of innovation

Symphony Teleca Corporation (STC), the services organization dedicated exclusively to helping clients manage the global convergence of software, the cloud and connected devices, today hosted a discussion on the future of private equity investing and Indian innovation with leading software industry investor, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani of Symphony Technology Group, alongside Symphony Teleca Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Sanjay Dhawan.

Through the course of the session, Dr. Wadhwani discussed STG’s global investment strategies in detail, including why he considers cloud-based software, analytics, and mobility some of the most promising grounds for investment in 2013 and beyond. The session also discussed about the evolving role of India as an innovation hub for clients globally.

Symphony Technology Group (STG), a strategic private equity firm with the mission of investing in and building software, data and technology-enabled services companies, provides transformation expertise to enable its portfolio companies to deliver more value to clients to retain and attract the best talent and to achieve best-in-class business performance. All STG portfolio companies are expected to grow through innovation. STG’s current portfolio consists of 13 global companies with combined revenue of more than $1 billion and thousands of employees spread across North America, Europe and Asia.

“The convergence of software, connected devices, the cloud and analytics are creating unprecedented new market opportunities globally, in which India will play a pivotal role,” said Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, Chairman and CEO, Symphony Technology Group. “Strengthening Indian entrepreneurship in the technology domain to accelerate economic development in the country while contributing positively to the global business scenario is the primary mission of Symphony Technology Group, and I look forward to a lively discussion at the event.”

Dr. Romesh Wadhwani is the founder, Chairman & CEO of Symphony Technology Group. Dr. Wadhwani founded STG to focus his 30 years experience in enterprise software with his passion for building great companies. Romesh currently serves on the boards of directors of STG companies SymphonyIRI Group, Symphony Services, Lawson (NASDAQ: LWSN), MSC Software and Shopzilla. Dr. Wadhwani was the founder and former chairman & CEO of Aspect Development, Inc., until the company was purchased by i2 Technologies, one of the largest enterprise software mergers at the time.