Cendura to launch new version of Cohesion, takes up ‘sales-driven strategy’

Srinivasa Rao Dasari / Hyderabad

Pavan Nigam	Thomas H Speeter

Cendura Corporation, is launching a new version of ‘Cohesion 3.0’ that will have five modules. The existing blueprint technology-based Cohesion 2.0 has three modules and two more —Intelligent Configuration Management (ICM) and Reporting—have been added. “Currently, Cohesion doesn’t cover mainframes and some network devices and we want to cover these platforms as soon as possible. The new ICM module is very complex and we are planning to simplify it,” said Thomas H Speeter, chief technical officer and founder, Cendura.

According to IT analysts, about 60-70 percent of the average IT budget is spent on application support and operations. Solutions such as Cohesion maintain and improve application performance resulting in higher RoI and operational efficiency. Cohesion 2.0 has three modules: configuration management, trouble shooting, and management and the company plans to add an automation module shortly.

“I expect the market size would be in the region of $25 billion world-wide. The licence for the software is priced at $1,00,000 for 100 machines. We are very keen on packaging our product to meet the requirements of various industry verticals. The Hyderabad centre actively participates in the development of blueprint technology. Our headcount is being increased to 50 in the next six to eight months,” Pavan Nigam, founder, chairman and CEO, Cendura said.

Nigam, who headed Healtheon earlier, has been part of Cendura since November 2001. The company has received about $16 million of funding so far. Headquarted in Mountain View, California, Cendura sees the Indian centre as a global start-up. It has about 70 employees at both locations. Cendura has plans for partnerships with Indian IT companies to market its product. New Enterprise Associates, Crosslink Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, which funded Cendura’s Series A round, also participated in the latest round of funding.