Invensys Acquires India's Skelta Software

Invensys Operations Management has acquired Skelta Software, a privately held software company headquartered in Bangalore, India. Founded in 2003, Skelta provides enterprise-wide business process management (BPM) and advanced workflow software solutions for companies in several industries, including manufacturing and infrastructure operations.

The Skelta BPM suite offers capabilities for business process modeling and execution, and provides business rules management, forms management, document management and business activity monitoring. It also includes connectors to Microsoft offerings such as SharePoint, BizTalk and Office. The business will continue to be managed by Skelta's existing executive team, adding approximately 130 employees to Invensys operations in India.

"This acquisition further extends our Enterprise Control System strategy," said Sudipta Bhattacharya, president and CEO, Invensys Operations Management. "Simply put, Skelta technology will enable Invensys Operations Management and our global network of ecosystem partners to deliver new, easy-to-configure workflow, collaboration and process-centric applications.

"This, in turn, empowers our customers and partners to be more productive and innovative as they strive to achieve productivity excellence. Every business needs the flexibility to respond to new business challenges in real time. By extending our open Wonderware System Platform and InFusion Enterprise Control System offerings, we further accelerate the development of applications that improve collaboration and workflow across people, systems and documents."

For Skelta Software, CEO Sanjay Shah said: "Combining our strengths accelerates the development and delivery of solutions that help customers improve collaboration and empower their workers with actionable information, driving real-time process improvements and increased profitability.

"Our customers will continue to work with the same strong Skelta team and continue to receive the same excellent products and services, but now they will be backed by an industry-leading company with global capabilities, allowing us to further expand our suite of BPM software, services and solutions."