How it all started

It all began in the spring of 2008, when Confianz was formed as a software services company. We started off by helping companies set up their web presence, concentrating on opensource technologies. Confianz provided services ranging from web development and development tools, to telecom rapid action development solutions and worked on projects that demanded this skillset.

It was the time when the Great Recession hit the US, but towards the end of the year, we did win contracts from the United States and France and these took us from a 2 employee company to 10 employee company.

Being a Reliable Partner

Our passion for opensource technologies kept us on track. 2009 gave us wings to work on multiple geographies and more technologies. Our contracts matured into a long-term, recurring mode. Consequently, our headcount increased from 10 to 20 in no time.

The first major milestone was the setting up of a larger office in Technopark Trivandrum, which happens to be India’s first and finest IT park. This ensured that we had state-of-the-art facilities to serve a global clientele.

The way forward

Come 2010 we landed with opportunities in Oceania, including Australia and New Zealand. Technology provided all the tools that we required to solve business problems and we kept exploring advanced tools that hit the market. One interesting job we did was to build products for a top telecom company, which gave us experience with top corporations.

Quite interestingly, one of our team members had a passion to learn and build a team around opensource ERP systems and it opened a new vista of opportunities for Confianz. ERP, CRM and Electronic EPABX were added to our suite of tools to offer clients.

Gains with Pains

We landed in 2011 with some good projects on ERP. More coffee and overnight stays by a team that never gave up could be witnessed. With the end results being successful, the team set off for fun and refreshment.

We had frequent client visits from other countries by this time and created great relationships with them as well. Having now signed contracts for assigned product development teams along with working on multiple other projects, we became a 35 member company.

The growing up process

We were members of The FICCI, NASSCOMM and Indo Australian and German Chambers of Commerce. Our corporate heads had the opportunity to join delegations sent to Australia, Germany, the US and the Middle East that widened our horizons and threw open the gates of opportunity to work with businesses in these regions.

A multinational presence had been in our dreams and this was the year to realize it. We registered our subsidiary company Confianz Global, Inc. in the United States to mark the beginning of our increased focus on the US market. The business community could benefit from the solution suite we provided, which was efficient, cost-effective and value added.

A great year for Confianz

OpenERP development had become our forte and we did some serious work for clients across the globe. We set up a full time sales/support office in North Carolina, United States. We now had a solid client base on OpenERP from 15+ countries, who entrusted us with some great projects while we delivered quality solutions connecting industry standard software and hardware. Long term assignments for dedicated team building from Germany, Denmark and Dubai were acquired.

We were growing larger and had to ensure a uniform sense of responsibility and accountability across the organization. We adopted EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to manage our operations.

Odoo Experts

We set up a research team on low energy Bluetooth communication and big data analytics and conducted monthly hackathons on new technologies. We also started providing Odoo/OpenERP as SAAS along with Prestashop and Magento for the booming e-commerce community and were more than delighted on the response obtained. SMBs across countries now run our solutions.

It was time we had a deep introspection and plan on the direction to take for the future. 'Vision 2020' which detailed Confianz's seven year plan was unveiled.

7 Glorious Years

We welcomed the year with an exciting mission to launch our new logo and website, as a forerunner to our rebranding strategy. Most importantly, we rolled out Odoo v8.0 on a dedicated and shared platform using Amazon EC2 for the increasing community of users.

We aim to be one of the best software houses in the US by end of 2015 specializing in Odoo, product development (mobile/web) and dedicated team building. We started off with the mission to be reliable partners to clients and invent solutions that make life easier for them. Whatever we do, we do it with a focus on this ideology.

Clutch.co honored us with the award for Top ERP Consultant of 2016, this was such a great honor. Clutch.co is a data-driven field guide to assist businesses with their buying decisions. They interview clients, collect data, and compare competitors to provide businesses with honest, reliable recommendations.

Also this year we began offering Odoo IT support services to our Odoo clients, making us the first US company to offer 24/7 Odoo support.

We continued to grow in both employees and services offered. This year we began offering FTE (full time equivalent) resources. This is a great option for clients who need a dedicated technician but don't have the ability or resources to hire one directly to their company.

Odoo v11 rolled out at the end of the year and we began working with several clients to upgrade their platform the latest and greatest version of Odoo.