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Corporate Profile Thinking Minds Inc. January 15 th , 2003 Confidential

Thinking Minds Inc. is a niche market IT services company based in Rhode Island, USA, offering innovative software solutions and services to clients in North America. We specialize in ERP implementation, custom software development, and offshore development centers. Our expertise also extends to E-commerce, enterprise management, and education solutions.

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Corporate Profile Thinking Minds Inc. January 15 th , 2003 Confidential

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  1. Corporate Profile Thinking Minds Inc. January 15th , 2003 Confidential

  2. Table of Contents • 1. Functional Team Structure • 2. Company Overview • 3. Target Market Segments • 4. Corporate Objectives • 5. Products & Services • 6. Market Trends • 7. Core Service Initiatives • 8. Methodology • 9. Client list • 10. Technical Details

  3. Functional Team Structure

  4. Company Overview • Niche market IT Services Company based in Rhode Island , USA also utilizing an extensive Non-United States based (offshore) infrastructure to provide managed software solutions to clients in North America. • Core expertise and technical competence in ERP implementation. Specialist in integrating ERP software like SAP / PEOPLESOFT and Business Process Re-engineering includes Custom Software Development, Maintenance and Support Services, as well as dedicated Offshore Software Development Centers (OSDCs) for certain clients. • Development and marketing of standard products in the areas of manufacturing, hotel and property management, hospital management, and so on • Thinking Minds provides custom solutions for E-Commerce, Enterprise Management and Education through purposeful Online Communities. Sale of solutions in the area of business to business web applications. • Innovative Multi System Integrated Solutions for Intranet, Extranet and Collaborative Commerce.

  5. Company Overview .. Contd.. • Instrument interfacing / systems programming. • The Company has state-of-the-art offshore software development facility located in India that enables it to provide high quality, cost-effective services to clients in a resource-constrained environment. Thinking Minds’ offshore development center in India has received approval as a 100 % Export Oriented Unit, from Software Technology Parks India and recognized by Department of Electronics, Government of India. • Experienced Management, Ample Skilled Human Resources and Proven Methodology. • Right mix of Onsite and offshore facility to optimize cost benefit to the client. • In 1999 and in 2000, offshore development assignments were executed for clients in US, Cyprus, and Singapore.

  6. Company Overview .. Contd.. • DEVELOPMENT STAFF STRENGTH CONCENTRATED ON WEB SERVICES • Total Employees / Consultants 21 • Project Directors 2 • Project Managers 3 • Business Analysts 4 • Developers/Engineers 9 • Graphics Designer / Artist 2 • The group also maintains a team of 47 in 2 different offshore centers in India.

  7. Target Market • Higher Educational Institutes , Universities implementing Peoplesoft solutions. • Fortune 1000 Companies implementing SAP & Peoplesoft ERP software. • As an ASP (Application Service Provider) of enterprise applications for enterprises which cannot afford their own MIS department. • Cost cautious but quality centered enterprises who are willing to develop offshore capabilities.

  8. Corporate Objectives • Specialized in different aspects of implementation in various modules of SAP and Peoplesoft. • Identify unfulfilled business requirements of ERP customers and develop customized solutions to fill the gap. • To create customized solutions for collaboration over the web to electronically enabled business interactions of corporate that runs seamlessly from internal and business partner through to customers and investors. • Creating the right fit of E-business services and solutions for now and in the future. • Provide cost effective and high quality solution development and 24/7 support using a mix of onsite and offshore facilities to resource constrained corporations.

  9. Market Scenario • 3000 Universities across US and Europe are implementing Peoplesoft solutions. • SAP and Peoplesoft customers are more demanding to fill the business gaps in these softwares. • There is an unprecedented constant demand for web initiatives from small to large corporations. • Lowest unemployment in US history creates more and more outsourcing opportunities in the tight labor market. • Right mix of onsite and offsite services reduce cost.

  10. Core Service Profile SAP / PeoplesoftWeb Solutions • Business Process Re-Engineering User & Group Management • Project Planning Access Control • Reports Development Subsites • 3rd Party Interfaces/Integration Workflow Management • Financial, Dis. & Manufacturing Modules Content Management • HRMS/ Student Admin. ecommerce • User Support B2B, B2C Collaboration • Troubleshooting Personalization • Upgrade Services Aggregation Services

  11. Domain Expertise • Knowledge of business management systems and processes typical to manufacturing and distribution environment, government and education environment. This covers Finance, Materials Management, SCM, Marketing, HRMS, Student Administration , PPC, Costing, and so on. • Capability to look through the business needs and design intelligent solutions for any type of business applications. • Knowledge of systems areas and device interfacing • Many years of experience in handling large databases and complex financial and back-office systems for global corporations.

  12. List of Important Clients of Thinking Minds Inc. • Benmargroup International, KY USA • Duke University, NC USA • Empoweredmedia Inc., NY USA • GlobalsourceIT Inc. , Milwaukee WI • Holiday Inn. International (Fortune 100 ) • Siemens (Fortune 500) • Tecnozone International, NY USA • University of Rhode Island , RI USA • Virtual Hatcheries Inc., KY USA

  13. List of Important Clients of Thinking Minds….Contd.. • Geofarry Manners India Ltd. • C & M Group of companies • Panchavati Group Of Hotels , India • Rishabh Instruments Pvt. Ltd. India • iOps (Internet Operations) Pte Ltd, Singapore • Cadbury Schweppes Beverages India Pvt Ltd • CG-Lucy Switchgears , India. • Biostar Pharmaceutical Ltd Pune,India. • Many more small to medium industrial corporations.

  14. Methodology Thinking Minds uses the following proprietary and proven methodology PLAN - Scope - Detailed Project Plan - Communication Plan - Kick-off Meeting - Current & Future State - Change Management Plan DESIGN - Technical Environment & Database - Configuration & Setup - Conference Room Pilot - Design specifications for Modifications, customization and new development.

  15. Methodology - cont’d... BUILD - Develop Modifications - Develop Training Materials - Develop Reports - Develop Conversion Scripts TEST - Unit Test & System Testing TRAIN CLIENT CONVERT (GO LIVE) AFTER GO LIVE SUPPORT

  16. Software Architecture Web Server (e.g. Aolserver, Apache, IIS, iPlanet, weblogic) XSL Stylesheets | Servlets Presentation Servlet Engine (e.g., Tomcat, Resin, BEA WebLogic) Presentation WUI Toolkit Application Logic APIs(Java Classes) Object Relational Mapping Framework Data Data Model Oracle RDBMS

  17. Hardware Configurations database servlet engine web server small-scale deployment database clustering servlet engines database web servers servlet engines web servers large-scale deployment medium-scale deployment

  18. Technical Details … • The architecture is highly scalable, and to date has supported up to 40 requests per second on small computers running the Oracle database, the Web server, and several other sites on other IP addresses. America Online itself successfully handles 2.5 billion requests per day with an almost identical architecture (AOL Server + Sybase + Unix). If you would like to look at web sites built using this architecture, please refer to http://www.scorecard.org. • The use of the specially developed modules in Oracle: Oracle is the world's most popular database , enterprise class e-business platform. Thinking Minds have developed a comprehensive set of integrated software components that support rapid deployment of sophisticated web applications and web services. With modules for content management, commerce, collaboration, personalization, and marketing and analysis the framework provides one flexible and extensible platform for every core e-business application.

  19. Quality Assurance • An independent QA cell is set up that is responsible for design of quality objectives and quality plans for the development team • The activity covers for software change requirements and version control. • It is also expected to take care of logistical issues in offshore development. • Company intends to adapt to CMM (Capability Maturity Model) in near future.

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