| LONDON--(Marketwire - January 13, 2010) - | | | | User Experience, Sharad is responsible for building |
| Prolifics, the largest end-to-end systems integrator | | | | rich Web 2.0 applications, integrating systems on |
| specializing in IBM technologies, today announces | | | | the glass (Portals, Mashups etc), authoring and |
| significant expansion of its Portal and User | | | | managing content across enterprises, and |
| Experience Practice into the UK. Seeing | | | | establishing collaboration platforms. |
| tremendous opportunity in the collaboration, Web | | | | "Playing multiple roles at Prolifics for the past 7 |
| 2.0 and mobile computing markets, Prolifics has | | | | years, I have built a solid understanding of the |
| relocated Sharad Kumar, User Experience Practice | | | | business," states Sharad Kumar. "I am excited to |
| Director, to London to expand its focus around | | | | bring what I've learned to our UK operations to |
| Portal, Content Management and Collaboration | | | | provide greater structure and support for our |
| services. With over $10 million in portal business in | | | | overall business and specifically the User |
| 2009 and recently being awarded two prestigious | | | | Experience consulting services. Leveraging Prolifics' |
| IBM Lotus Awards -- "Best End User Experience" | | | | reputation as an industry leader, I want to extend |
| and "Best Industry Solution" -- Prolifics looks | | | | that and really make a difference for our UK |
| forward to replicating success seen in the U.S. | | | | customers. Analyzing a customer's business and |
| "With solid year-after-year growth, the Prolifics | | | | either giving them a competitive edge or solving |
| UK division welcomes Sharad and views the new | | | | their challenges with technology is what makes |
| practice as the perfect complement to its | | | | this industry exciting to me." |
| award-winning SOA and Governance practices," | | | | About Prolifics |
| says Nitesh Thakrar, General Manager Europe, | | | | Founded in 1978, Prolifics is the largest systems |
| "enabling them to add additional revenue streams | | | | integrator specializing in IBM technologies and |
| in the UK and across Europe." | | | | provides expert services including architectural |
| Sharad Kumar, who holds a MBA in Strategy and | | | | advisement, design, development, and deployment |
| Finance from NYU Stern School of Business, has | | | | of end-to-end SOA and Portal solutions. |
| over ten years of experience in technology | | | | Prolifics is a registered servicemark of JYACC, |
| consulting playing various roles including of | | | | Inc. d/b/a Prolifics. IBM and Lotus are registered |
| architecting complex systems, of managing | | | | trademarks of International Business Machines |
| accounts and of holding responsibility of technical | | | | Corporation in the United States, other countries, |
| pre sales. In his current role as Practice Director | | | | or both. |