

For the 9th straight year Persistent Systems has been named among the top service providers in eight segments in the annual Zinnov Zones for ER&D 2021 ratings – consumer software engineering, enterprise software engineering, digital engineering, AI engineering, software cybersecurity, software platform engineering, and AI/ML engineering in BFSI, as well as in the US geography.
Engineering services spend to build digital infrastructure and build new connected products and services.
Software engineering services to build, architect, scale and manage enterprise grade platforms and services.
Software engineering services to imagine, design and develop SaaS enabled, consumer focused products and experiences.
ER&D services for identity access management, application security, network security, data security, Infrastructure security etc.
Includes platform strategy & architecture, platform application development, boxed platform solutions, platform support and modernization.
ER&D services pertaining to AI for designing & developing a device, equipment, assembly, platform or application.
Zinnov is a leading global management consulting and strategy advisory company, with core expertise in Product Engineering and Digital Transformation. The annual Zinnov Zones ratings have become one of the most trusted reports globally, for both enterprises and Service Providers to better understand the vendor ecosystem across multiple domains such as ER&D Services, IoT Services, Media and Technology, etc.
The 2021 report assessed ~50 global Service Providers across various industry verticals and micro-verticals for their product engineering expertise. The ratings are based on multiple dimensions including maturity of delivery and services capabilities, scalability, growth rate, financials, innovation and IP, ecosystem linkages, and feedback from enterprise buyers.
Sandeep Kalra, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Persistent Systems
Sidhant Rastogi, Managing Partner, Zinnov
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Jiani Zhang is President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems. Prior to this role, Jiani was the General Manager of Industrial Sector for Persistent Systems. Jiani has extensive experience in management consulting, marketing, product development and technology management. She also holds expertise in building and growing a business with P&L responsibility and leading teams in business strategy, offering & product development, go-to-market, and sales execution. Prior to Persistent, Jiani has also served as Director of Offering Management for IBM Watson IoT Platform and Head of Offering Strategy for IBM Industrial IoT where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.
Vice President, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals
Jeffrey helps CIOs and digital leaders succeed by working with them to improve their software delivery capability and by helping them assess the relevance of emerging software technologies. As a 25-plus-year software industry veteran, he’s helped clients improve their development shop culture, apply Agile and continuous delivery best practices, and build successful developer ecosystems. Jeffrey’s been a developer; managed development teams; built award-winning commercial development tools; and, over the past decade, has helped Forrester clients navigate mobile, cloud, IoT, DevOps, and low-code technologies and tools.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffrey has been with Forrester since 2006. Prior to joining Forrester, Jeffrey worked at IBM, Rational Software, and was part of Accenture’s Advanced Systems Group.
Education
Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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