VIDEO: Latitude 655 brings Silicon Valley to Sri Lanka
February 24, 2010 10:40 am
For the first time in
Monvia, a technology innovator that has
serviced many Fortune 500 companies in the US Market since 2004. Monvia has
worked closely with Latitude655’s team to build solutions for companies like
Yahoo! and Condé Nast. Those projects included sponsorships as well as internet
and social media applications that have reached hundreds of million users
at a time. “Latitude is an integral part of the Monvia team and with this
partnership has been able to deliver state of the art solutions to the
Latitude 655 was founded and is run by a
Virtusa founding member, Shanil Fernando, as a joint partnership with Monvia,
and focuses on the local market here in
Shanil Fernando, Chief Executive Officer
of Latitude 655, is the author of “The Internet Economy: @ the Epicenter of the
Biggest Shift Since the Industrial Revolution”, “Mobile e-Business: Keeping
Abreast of the Technology Curve” and “Sri Lanka as a Centre of Excellence for
Software Product Off shoring”. Having worked in the
“Our services are built around empowering
businesses. We provide solutions for two business problems that enterprises
face: How to increase the revenue of the company? and how to improve profit by
reducing cost and increasing productivity? We help businesses increase
revenue via new product innovation and reduce cost via efficiency innovation.
The services currently offered by us include IT consulting and technology
strategy, application development and integration, application maintenance and
support, next generation web development, application testing and skilled BPO
services. There are approximately 1 million online users in
“We have assembled a world class team to
form this partnership. Our partners are veterans in the global IT industry and
have been instrumental in luring high potential talent from local as well as
foreign companies and universities. We have established an intensive cross
training program where Latitude 655 employees will spend extended periods of
time in
“I believe Agile Development is how all
software will be developed in the future and is the core ingredient of our
methodology.
With Agile concepts such as high
performance teams, the ability to deliver fast in small iterations, with
regular client interaction, multiple checkpoints, and an adaptability to
changing requirements and circumstances, Latitude 655 is confident of
delivering world class software quickly and efficiently to Sri Lanka. “. Said
Chetan Narsude CTO of Latitude 655.