BWI: Sify Technologies Appoints Natesh Mani as President – Consumer Infrastructure Services

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Sify Technologies Limited
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 05:49 PM IST (12:19 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, People; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Sify Technologies Appoints Natesh Mani as President - Consumer Infrastructure Services


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Wednesday, August 12, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq National Markets: SIFY), a leader in Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced the appointment of Natesh Mani as the company's President - Consumer Infrastructure Services. Natesh brings with him rich experience with diverse responsibilities over the last 27 years.

Commenting on his appointment, Raju Vegesna, MD and CEO, Sify Technologies, said, "We are very excited to have Natesh Mani on board. He joins us at a critical juncture, as we have just completed consolidating and reconstructing the company's Consumer business. Natesh's rich experience in Marketing, Sales Operations and Channel Development will play a pivotal role in strengthening and growing the Consumer business."

Mr. Natesh Mani said, "I am very happy to join Sify at a time when the company is poised for growth and looking to significantly enhance its services portfolio. Sify has always been a pioneer and leader in Internet services, and I hope to contribute to its path breaking history with new initiatives in the consumer access business."

Natesh's last assignment was with Xerox, as Director - Middle East & Africa, where he was responsible for a turnover of US$ 200 million per annum. Natesh's career has taken him to 56 countries around the world, and enabled him to gain valuable exposure and insights into business challenges in diverse environments.

About Sify

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching 550+ cities and towns in India.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, network and communications solutions, security, network management services, enterprise applications and hosting. Sify is recognized as an ISO 9001:2008 certified service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP solutions and integrated security solutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 certified for Internet Data Center operations. Sify has licenses to operate NLD (National Long Distance) and ILD (International Long Distance) services and offers VoIP back haul to long distance subscriber telephony services. The company is India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings.

Sify also caters to global markets in the specialized domains of eLearning Services and Remote Infrastructure Management Services. The eLearning Services business designs, develops, and delivers state-of-the-art digital learning solutions catering to for-profit, non-profit organizations, and governmental organizations in the fields of hi-tech, engineering, environment, healthcare, education, and finance. The Remote Infrastructure Management Services provides dependable and economical solutions around managed services, hosting, and monitoring.

Consumer services include broadband home access and the ePort chain of cyber cafés across 250 cities and towns. Sify.com, the popular consumer portal, has channels on news, entertainment, finance, sports, games and shopping. Samachar.com is the popular portal aimed at non-resident Indians around the globe. The site's content is available in 8 Indian languages, which include Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil, Punjabi and Gujarati in addition to English.

For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business, please see the discussion under the caption "Risks Related to Our Business" in the company's report on Form 6-K for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. David Appasamy, Investor Relations, Sify Technologies Limited, +91 (44) 22540770 Ext: 2013, david.appasamy@sifycorp.com
Ms. Trúc Nguyen, Grayling Investor Relations, +1-646-284-9400 Ext: 418, truc.nguyen@us.grayling.com
Mr. Christopher Chu, Grayling Investor Relations, +1-646-284-9400 Ext: 426, christopher.chu@us.grayling.com
Ms. Stacy Dimakakos, +1-646-284-9417, sdimakakos@hfgcg.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY, SIFY.O

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