Innovation at Patni includes:

• creating solutions based on emerging and niche technologies for meeting the business needs of enterprises,
• enabling customers to derive business benefits out of next generation IT enablers, and
• adopting new processes for achieving operational excellence.

Recognizing that Innovation is a key driving factor for organizational excellence and competitive advantage, Patni has a dedicated team of professionals in the Product & Technology Initiatives group, whose focus is on innovation:

• Creating an environment for innovation and idea generation
  Patni’s innovation framework - iDeas - facilitates organization-wide idea generation, evaluation and incubation.
• Researching and experimenting with emerging technologies
  Through the Technology Initiatives  Group, Patni aligns with emerging technologies early in the life cycle and develops market-oriented business solutions.
• Creating opportunities for Patni to gain a competitive edge through business-value propositions
  The Business Analysis and Incubation Cell has a dedicated team for market research and Business Analysis. Through close interactions between the Technology Initiatives Group and the Business Analysis & Incubation Cell, Patni is able to create value for the customers through business value propositions and consulting frameworks and tools.

Patni innovations and thought leadership have enabled customers to derive value in their respective businesses. Examples of emerging technology incubation done in the recent past include: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), RFID, Multimedia and Mobile Computing.

Leveraging its experience and expertise across different industries and market research, Patni contributes to the industry and academia through thought leadership in areas of software development, migration and interoperability.