Software Associates Kozhikode – news updates
28th January 2012 – Participated in the CafIT-IIMK panel discussion on the impact of FDI in retail in India
19th January 2012 – New Delhi office operational. Located near Govindpuri Metro rail station.
14th January 2012 – Annual sports day. Fun filled games comprising of scrabble. sudoku, chess, carroms, shuttle badminton, soccer, cricket., ball throwing, sack race and table tennis.
6th January 2012 – Shortlisted three students from PGP15 batch at IIMK to work on a sales and marketing project.
29th December 2011 – X'mas and new year celebrations. Gift exchange and cake cutting
29th October 2011 – Participated and showcased freight logistics ERP solution at the 48th Annual general body meeting of Karnataka goods Transport Association held at Hotel Canopy, MG Road, Bangalore.
19th October 2011 – Shortlisted 2 students from IIMK PGP15 batch for summers project on data analytics.
3rd October 2011 – Case study presentation at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) for second year PGP students on Demonstrating value in Business 2 Business Markets.
7th September 2011 – Grand onam celeberations comprising of Skit, group song, jamboree, traditional group dance etc followed by banana leaf sadhya
29th August 2011 – Healthcare management consulting services launched in Bangalore to address small and medium sized hospitals
20th June 2011 – Kolkata and Indore become direct sales locations for Freight logistics and healthcare ERP software solutions
7th June 2011 – Managing director co hosted NASSCOM Xpress pitch event at Chennai Emerge forum
4th April 2011 – Web division qualified for Microsoft Silver competency partner
8th April – Brainstorming session and presentation by IIMK PGP students on ERP strategies for Indian markets
24th March 2011 – India VS Australia World cup cricket 2011. Live from mini conference room
16th March 2011 – Double century mark for SA-H.I.S ERP software solution for hospitals. Now among the top ten providers in the country for mid range hospitals and nursing homes.
11th March 2011 – 20th year of excellence. Marina Residency, Calicut. Grand lunch followed by down the memory lane presentation, felicitations, singing, speeches, annual sports day prize distribution, and the dance floor was thrown open.
18th Feb 2011 – Bangalore sales office inauguration. Located in Kanakapura road, close to NICE road which connects to the NH4 Golden Quadrilateral. The home office will primarily focus on sales and marketing of SA-FMS, the ERP suite for Freight Logistics industry
26th Jan 2011 – Annual sports day celebrations at physical education college grounds. Round of indoor and outdoor games comprising of Cricket, Soccer, Shuttle badminton, Sprint. Table Tennis, Carroms, Suduko and Scrabble. SA patriots vs SA tigers.
10th January 2011 – Managing Director awarded by NASSCOM for special recognition and contribution towards the IT community at Kozhikode
30th September 2010 – Onam celebration – IMA hall. Fun filled day of entertainment comprising of skit, dances, singing, drama and mono act. Recognition for those who completed 5 and 10 years of service.
20th September 2010 – Kochi sales office inauguration – Handles SA-H.I.S, the largest selling ERP software solution for hospitals in South India and among the top 5 packaged vendors in the country
10th September 2010 – Iftaar party at new block. Grand Malabar cuisine. Guest included leading customers and suppliers.
3rd July 2010 – Idea JAM – A monthly first saturday initiative on innovation and lateral thinking.
11th March 2010 – Founder day meeting. New sales staff for Mumbai operations.
26th Jan 2010 – Annual sports day. Fun filled games. Shuttle badmintion, 10-10 Cricket, Soccer, Cycling, Sprint and walking competition for men and women.
1st Jan 2010 – New year celebrations. Cake cutting and vision 2010 discussions.
23rd December 2009 - X'mas tree lit up. Fun filled day of gift exchanges, Lunch and a short speech by head of web division
14th November 2009 – Project completion
Adding value to our customers. Celebrating our project success stories. Lunch and team building games at IMA Hall, Calicut. Morning session on #tweetup, sales performance review and Agile Scrum developer meet.
11th September 2009 – Iftaar
New block Lovely Iftaar party arranged by the group. Fantastic Malabar (Kerala) food.
1st September 2009 – Onam
New block Floral carpet @ office premises. Awards for best performers. Payasam fest. Songs. Onam greetings
15th August 2009 – Independence day / Onam gala
Group of 80+ assemble at Goteeswaram resorts Beypore. The team displayed amazing talent in group activities such as dancing, acting and singing. Lunch in traditional Kerala style
14th July 2009 – AOL basics
Group of 8 participate in mind refreshing art of living programme
4th July 2009 – Sales matters !!
Cross selling skills workshop by Manas Jaiswal. Awards for top performers. Sumptuous lunch followed by group games and fun.
13th March 2009 – Team building
Group of 14 go on a two day driving tour of hidden Nilgiris spanning Parsons Valley, Emerald and Thaishola.
19th February 2009
Birthdays Cake cutting for those celebrating during Jan and Feb 2009. Lots of goodies to eat.
11th March 2009
Founders day Ganapathi homam pooja at the new block.
8th February 2009 – Personality development
Training on how to improve body language.
11th January 2009 – Sales training
Sales training workshop for implementation and support personnel.
6th December 2008 – Training
Full day workshop by professional trainer for sales and implementation staff followed by project presentations for group learning. First session at the new premises.
15th October 2008 – Project deliveries and birthdays
Another round of birthday celebrations and successful project deliveries for clients in India and United Kingdom.
17th September 2008 – Iftaar
Group participated in Iftaar party. Traditional Malabar snacks and savories 1st October 2008 – NASSCOM membership for web application development division. Now serving clients in 9 countries
30th August 2008 Empowering IT @ Malabar
Group participated in the forum stall at the gala Tech talent fest @ Kozhikode. Nasscom and Kerala IT mission sponsored event to promote Kozhikode.
29th August 2008 – Onam gala get together
Group get together at Malabar gate hotel. Games, skit, songs, presentations and awards followed by traditional banana leaf lunch.
12th June 2008 – Grand lunch
Fantastic lunch spread to celeberate a series of projects for clients in United States and United Kingdom. Q2 target achievement for products division. Fun and games at local resort. Games included quizzing on – what if I were to become the CEO.
20th February 2008 – sharing success
Birthday celebration for Jan and Feb. Cake cutting initiated by our senior most employee who turned 60 something. Six of us this time including the HR manager and one of the directors. The cake is getting bigger day by day, so are the slices.
19th – 20th January 2008 – GOA
Q3 target achievement celebrations in South Goa. Relaxing weekend in less crowded beaches of Benaulim and Colva playing soccer, cycling, walking and singing. Choicest of goan cuisine comprising of fish xacuti and chicken vindaloo.
10th November 2007 – Elathur
Q2 target achievement celebrations at a private resort in Elathur. Lots of outdoor games for team building exercises and ice breakers for freshers, recognition for top achievers and excellent Malabari biriyani for everyone.
25th August 2007 – Onam
Onam, our regional festival was celebrated in traditional grandeur at our new office premises. We served a well spread banana leaf sadhya, which was followed by a drama, mono act and tumbola.
14th July 2007
Quarterly targets achieved. Full day of food and dancing at a local club.
12th May 2007
Project team meet for grand lunch at Mezban to celebrate successful delivery of 4 overseas projects on time and within budget.
24th November 2006 – Mercara
16 of us took a driving tour to Coorg district in Karnataka. We stayed at Kushalnagar, in a dormitory attached to the Tibetan monastery and experienced the serenity and warmth of the Buddhist community. Most of us used chopsticks for the first time and enjoyed momos
4th November 2006
Half yearly get-together at a local club. Music, singing, dancing,speeches, games, birthday celebrations,awards and a grand lunch. Equity provision for two senior employees.
24th June 2006 – Nilgiris
Nine of us had a grueling trek across the lush greens of Parson valley and forests of Avalanche, located in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu.
11th March 2006 – 15 years
We complete 15 years of service in the Malabar region. That is a long time in the IT industry where one has witnessed many perish with tall claims, false promises, unrealistic investments and core competency failures. We had a full day outing at a local leisure centre that unleashed the creativity of our technical minds. Lots of fun and games, snacks and refreshments. Awards were given to three of our senior people for completion of 10 and 5 years of meritorious service respectively.