Sunfire Technology is a unique initiative to enable the industries and businesses to use their full Information Technology potential in a significant way.
Sunfire Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a trusted technology partner, came into existence in 2008 to provide excellent IT solutions. The foundation of the firm was laid by Sanjay Kulkarni CEO, Managing Director & Founder of the firm. An industry veteran and technocrat, Sanjay holds over 32 years of expertise in different industry verticals. Moreover, he served in senior roles at reputed and successful companies. Sanjay did his graduation from Fergusson College, Pune. As the CEO, he is spearheading Sunfire’s growth and taking it on altitude.
“Business is all about people & the values they offer. As a CEO, I cherish spending my time building an eco-system that empowers my people to innovate, experiment & motivate each other. To ensure my customers’ success, I prefer practicing Sunfire’s core values -Integrity, Customer Service, Accountability, Teamwork & Innovation as an everyday agenda,” asserted Sanjay while talking about his role in the company.
Sunfire Solution Portfolio consists of various technology verticals like Virtualization, Storage, Computing, Networking, and Security. With their domain knowledge and expertise on every technology solution offerings, they have built their solution portfolio to offer various services like IT Infrastructure Consulting, IT Infrastructure Management, and Information Security Consulting to cater to every need of their customer.
Having headquartered in IT hub Pune, India, the company serves customers across Mumbai as well. Present-day, Sunfire is serving over 300+ satisfied customers across the country with its commitment towards customer satisfaction and help them to achieve their business goals to contribute to their organization growth.
JOURNEY SINCE THE INCEPTION
Well, it all started with a humble beginning. As a first-generation entrepreneur with limited resources, we started by providing primary IT components to our customers.
Although starting & running a business is never a bed of roses, we made our decisions with the gathered industrial experience & by listening to our guts!
So, while managing Sales, Deliveries, Customer Relations & other business gamut, the focus has always been on understanding customer needs & fulfilling the commitments in the best possible practice.
EXCLUSIVE SERVICE PORTFOLIO, SETTING APART FROM COMPETITORS
In this competitive market, the Sunfire team distinctively try to keep up with the cutting-edge technologies & imbibe innovation as a business practice.
Consequently, they are recognized for their expertise in Software-Defined Datacenter, Hybrid Cloud, Application Modernization, Digital Workplace, Enterprise Mobile Solution, Information Management, Enterprise Networking & Security, Intellectual Property Management, and Containerization & Microservices; as their key offerings.
Further, Sanjay Kulkarni added, “From the Professional Services aspect, we have built our expertise in Planning, Designing, Deploying & operationalizing the technologies. IT Business Transformational Projects coupled with Professional Services is also one of our fortes.”
VIEW ON THE CURRENT SCENARIO, MAJOR CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES
Keeping up with the trending technology changes isn’t always easy. Channelizing efforts towards skill refining & development, retention & re-skilling resources could be consuming.
However, these changing landscapes have also provided great opportunities, especially for companies like Sunfire; it is invested in thriving on upcoming & disruptive technologies. Sunfire Technologies also aims at excelling in providing consulting & advisory services to myriad industry verticals.
MOTIVATING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE WORKSPACE
The company culture has always promoted all the employees, including the leadership teams to personally invest in learning and gathering technical know-hows; while motivating each other. Not only does this foster creativity & innovation but it enables Sunfire to be at par with the shifting IT landscapes.
Sunfire’s policies like -Train-the-Trainer programs, Rewards & Recognitions and open platforms to experiment & present creative and innovative minds, also empowers to fuel passionate minds.
BUILDING LONG TERM CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
Some key principles that Sunfire follows to ensure strategic endurance:
- Do your homework right – ensure enough time is invested in analyzing & planning to enable seamless project execution
- Focus on practical & timely deliverables, to avoid over commitment.
- Offer innovative/ agile yet sustainable business models (A few projects where we implemented these approaches- OpEx & Pay Per Use, financial modelling of larger investments, optimized TCO and achieve an effective ROI helps bring value to our relationships with customers).
- Partnering with customers.
THE SECRET SAUCE BEHIND SUNFIRE’S SUCCESS
Sunfire Technologies recently celebrated 12 years of organizational success!
While Sunfire’s relentless efforts have always been customer-centric, they also believe in educating the customer, sharing the right practices & keeping it transparent. They only allow themselves into an engagement, when they can assure timely deliverables & customer satisfaction without quality compromises.
Although at times this commitment may seem challenging, collectively they make it possible.
JEWELS IN THE CROWN
- 2020: Commvault: Competitive Win Award
- 2019: VMware: Best Regional Partner Award
- A special feature in CIO Review magazine- Helping Customers Accelerate Their Digital Transformation Journey
- 2018: NetApp: Growth Partner of the Year
- TrendMicro: Best Partner Commercial Business
- Nutanix: Best Order in Education Sector
WHAT’S IN THE CARD?
Currently, Sunfire is looking forwards towards indulging in technical engagements & business partnering opportunities focused on delivering specific value propositions to customers. The futuristic focus would be on technical agility- adopting result-oriented technologies, opting for faster value realization and ROI based investment decisions.
