Business Wire IndiaGTM Catalyst Private Limited announced today its partnership with Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading provider of application development and deployment technologies. With it, GTM Catalyst Private Limited will offer local expertise and support to businesses leveraging the Progress solutions and will also make them available for purchase in Indian Rupees.
“We’re happy to welcome GTM Catalyst Private Limited as a channel partner for us in India. With them, our customers will have a local point of contact and assistance in leveraging our technologies,” said Mark Armstrong, Vice President and Managing Director International, EMEA & APJ, Progress. “India has a very vibrant IT community and we’re excited to grow our presence here and give developers and organizations more opportunities to succeed with us.”
According to GTM Catalyst, by purchasing Progress solutions in Indian Rupees, Indian customers can take advantage of the newly implemented Goods & Services Tax (GST) regime. Customers can easily adjust input tax credit for their purchases against other products purchased or services rendered. The Input Tax Credit facility implemented in the GST is expected to enhance profitability and competitiveness for Indian organisations worldwide.
As a Progress channel partner, GTM Catalyst Private Limited now offers the award-winning developer tools, Progress Kendo UI and Progress Telerik, as well as the leading content management system, Progress Sitefinity. With a complete JavaScript UI component library, Kendo UI enables developers to quickly build compelling, high-quality and high-performance responsive web apps using a framework of their choice. With Telerik they can leverage .NET technologies, including UI components, reporting and developer productivity tools, to boost their development efforts.
GTM Catalyst Private Limited is headed by Mr. Abhishek Kant, a software industry veteran with over 16 years’ experience in the software sales and marketing. In his earlier roles, Mr. Abhishek Kant has worked with large enterprises like Microsoft India and Tech Mahindra Satyam. In his last role, Mr. Abhishek Kant was heading the operations for Progress in India. “GTM Catalyst offers Indian enterprises access to a trusted partner in the local geography that they can reach out to at a short notice for technology suggestions and fulfillment. With INR billing for Indian enterprises, the transaction costs are lowered drastically,” says Mr. Kant.
