Partnership brings global talent management solutions and local expertise to country with fastest IT spending growth in APAC.

London/Hong Kong/Bangalore, 21 March 2011 - StepStone Solutions, a global leader in talent management solutions, is pleased to announce a partnership with Esika Infotech, one of India's most experienced IT providers in the talent solutions market. Esika Infotech will distribute, implement and support talent management solutions from StepStone Solutions in India. Both StepStone Solutions and Esika Infotech will contribute support to the market, ensuring that customers in India receive the localised, world-class solutions that StepStone Solutions customers currently enjoy in over 50 countries.

The partnership creates a greater market presence for both StepStone Solutions and Esika Infotech in India. Indian businesses can now enjoy professional system services in creating talent management solutions that increase business performance and streamline workflow, with a powerful combination of local talent knowledge and global product capabilities.

Erik Schmit, Managing Director APAC, StepStone Solutions, said: "We have seen strong growth in APAC for our solutions. India is the fastest-growing country in the region for IT spending and we expect it to be our next strong market. We will leverage our resources and manpower to support its growth. Esika's experience in consulting and software development will be a great asset for our customers. Our clients will receive customer-centered services with global talent management solutions that meet their local needs."

Esika notes that StepStone Solutions' products and support infrastructure closely meet India market needs in terms of information and skills transfer as well as product and expertise impact. Shiva Prased G. Desai, Managing Director of Esika, said: "We are delighted to collaborate with StepStone Solutions as strategic partners. We have had partnership experiences before with other global talent management players and we believe that this relationship with StepStone Solutions, an organisation that shares the same business vision as us, being customer- and service-oriented in its business will be extremely beneficial for the Indian market and us." Desai further added, "StepStone Solutions' technology perfects our contribution to upgrading of India's performance economy with fast, focused and extensive consulting services."

Matthew Parker, StepStone Solutions CEO, adds: "Our ability to deliver talent solutions that work in high-growth markets like India is growing all the time, and with partners like Esika we are enabling our customers to have the best of both worlds - superb talent management solutions delivered and supported by a company with real local expertise."

About Esika Infotech

Esika InfoTech is a provider of top-of-the-line solutions in Consulting and Software Development Services. Esika endeavors to reach the zenith of business excellence through competent people, cutting edge technology products, value-based service, and uncompromising quality, thereby ensuring complete customer satisfaction. Our business outlook revolves around Human capability, Technology and Quality. Our objective is to understand and deploy world class offerings to help companies maximize the efficiency and productivity of their workforce.

Esika is a company based in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. Esika is home to a team of highly motivated, well-educated, creative, technology-savvy, professionals. Our people have high levels of inter-personal and analytical abilities, understand different kinds of businesses and work together with our clients towards providing user-oriented solutions. Esika has a dedicated Center at Bangalore to provide a complete gamut of creative and technological services to clients.

www.esika.in