Company Profile Management Team News& Events Media Kit
2010
February 2010
Eka supports new LME cobalt and molybdenum contracts
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) software, announced support for the new Cobalt and Molybdenum contracts which commenced trading today on the London Metal Exchange (LME).Read on...
February 2010
EKA and ADN announce strategic partnership for the South American Commodity Markets
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, today announced a strategic partnership with ADN Technologies, a leading technology services provider servicing the South American market.Read on...
February 2010
Eka wins Nasscom Innovation Award
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of commodity software, announced today that it has won the NASSCOM Innovation Award under the “Best Market Facing Innovation – Business Model & Business Process” category. Eka will be felicitated for its outstanding contribution to the Indian IT sector at the forthcoming NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010 in Mumbai on the 10th February 2010. Read on...
February 2010
Superior Essex selects EKA for its risk management operations in North America, Europe and Asia
Eka Software, the leading provider of commodity trading and risk management software, announced today that Superior Essex has selected Eka for its risk management activities for its operations across North America and Europe. Read on...
January 2010
Traxys selects Eka Software Solutions
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of commodity software, announced today that the Traxys Group has selected Eka for its global trading and risk management software solution across base metals, concentrates, minor metals, ferro-alloys, industrial chemicals, rare earths and energy products. Read on...

January 2010
Eka in Top 50 of Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, announced today that is ranked in the Top 50 of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific program.Read on...

2009
November 2009
Leading Grain Trader selects Eka
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, announced today that Medsofts has selected Eka for its trading and risk management operations. Read on...
November 2009
Eka in Deloitte Technology Fast 50
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of commodity trading and risk management software, has been included in this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program for India. Read on...
November 2009
Eka Software named a Top Ten Software Company by Silicon India
Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, has been named as one of Silicon India’s Top 10 Software Companies for the year 2009. Read on...

November 2009
Eka strengthens Metals Practice with appointment of Daniel McEvoy as Global Head of Metals & Mining
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Daniel McEvoy as Vice President, Global Head Metals & Mining.Read on...

October 2009
Eka releases integrated Product for Base Metas, MetalConcentrates & Ferro Alloys
Eka, the leading provider of multi-commodity trade and risk management software, announces the release of its product for managing metal concentrates and ferro alloys.Read on...

October 2009
Eka secures US$10 million in Funding from Nexus Venture Partners
Eka Software Solutions, a leading global provider of multi-commodity trade and risk management solutions, announced that it has received a funding commitment of US $10 million from Nexus Venture Partners. Read on...

September 2009
Eka boosts senior team with the appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Amit Sureka as its new Chief Financial Officer.Read on...

September 2009
Eka in Nasscom’s Top Ten Emerging Software Companies from India
On August 28, 2009, Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of commodity trading and risk management software, was felicitated by
NASSCOM for being one of India’s top ten emerging software companies as part of its EMERGE forum. Read on...
August 2009
Eka opens New offices in North America and Europe to better serve customers
Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, announced that it has opened offices in Connecticut, North America and London, UK, in order to better service the growing demand for its products. Read on...

August 2009
GARMCO selects Eka for its Metal and FX Risk Management Activities
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of multi-commodity trade and risk management solutions, announced that Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill Co (Garmco) has selected Eka’s CTRM solution to manage its hedging and risk management operations. Read on...

August 2009
Oman Cables Industry selects Eka’s CTRM Solution to manage its risk management operations
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of multi-commodity trade and risk management solutions, announced that Oman Cables Industry (OCI), one of the leading and fastest growing cable manufactures in the Middle East, selected Eka’s CTRM solution to manage their hedging and risk management operations..Read on...
July 2009
Eka in NASSCOM EMERGE 50 in the category EMERGE Products for the year 2009
Bangalore, India, July 2009 - Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of commodity trading and risk management software, announced today that it has been nominated for the NASSCOM EMERGE 50 in the category EMERGE Products for the year 2009.Read on...

June 2009
AWB selects EKA for its Grain Trading Operations
Bangalore, India, June 2009 - Eka Software Solutions the leading provider of commodity trading software, announced today that AWB (ASX: AWB) has selected Eka for its grain trading, operations and risk management in Europe and India. The implementation is a vital part of AWB’s Global IT strategy to have a common software platform for all of its geographically dispersed agri operations.Read on...

April 2009
Eka Software Solutions becomes a NASSCOM member
Bangalore, India, April 2009 – Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software, is pleased to announce its membership to NASSCOM, the apex industry association representing the Indian IT industry.
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Key Hires at Eka Software Solutions
Bangalore, India, April 2009 - Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trade and Risk Management software, announced the appointments of Mr. Achuth Rao as Vice President - Product Management, and Mr. Gautam Bhattacharya as Vice President - Professional Services. Read on...

March 2009
Eka Software Solutions announces the appointment of Rick Nelson as Head of Global Sales
Eka is pleased to welcome on board Rick Nelson, who joins as Head of Global Sales. Rick will be responsible for Eka’s global sales organization and North American operations. Read on...

2008

October 2008
Eka Software Solutions and Wipro Announce Strategic Partnership for the Food & Beverages industry
Eka Software Solutions and Wipro today announced a strategic partnership to service the global Food and Beverages industry. The partnership assumes immense significance in light of highly fluctuating commodity markets as firms get more and more exposed to greater risk, along with constant pressure on margins. Read on...

August 2008
Expansions at Eka Software Solutions
Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of software for Commodity Trading and Risk Management is currently expanding its operational presence globally to meet the ever increasing demand for its solutions worldwide. Read on...

June 2008
Republic House AG selects Eka for their Metal Trade & Risk Management Operations
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of multi-commodity trade and risk management solutions, announces that Republic House AG, a Swiss based international commodity trading company engaged in the physical trading and conversion of metals and minerals, has selected Eka for their complete business operations. Read on...

May 2008
CHS Europe SA selects Eka for their Grain Trading operations
Eka, the leading provider for multi-commodity trade and risk management solutions, announces that CHS Inc, the US based Fortune 500 grain major and the world’s largest farming cooperative, has selected its platform for their Grain trading operations in Europe. Read on...

Eka launches Cotton Trade and Risk Management Solution
Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of commodity trade and risk management solutions launches its products, solutions and services for  the Cotton Commodity Trading industry. We are looking at bringing our solution to the various Cotton growers, producers, millers, ginners , traders, importers, exporters and end – users across the world. Eka is working with cotton experts from Australia and USA to bring a comprehensive offering to the cotton market and capture the nuances of cotton trade. Read on...

2007

November 2007
Eka announces the launch of its new corporate website
Eka Software Solutions, a leading provider of commodity trade and risk management software is pleased to announce the launch of its new corporate website. Read on...

October 2007
Al Bogari General Trading – Dubai, selects EKA software to manage their Business
Al Bogari General Trading LLC, a Dubai based Company involved in export, import, trading and re-export of general merchandise including chemicals and foodstuffs with specialization in export of dates selected Eka to manage their commodity trading business. Read on...

August 2007
Noble Metals, one of the World’s largest non-producer providers of Aluminum select EKA to manage its global business
The Noble Group an established supply chain manager of alumina and aluminum to the industry and a supplier of semi-finished and finished aluminum products to customers has selected EKA’s Commodity Trade & Risk Management (CTRM) solution for Metals to manage their global trading Operations stretching from India to Australia and the United States to Europe. Read on...

March 2007
Eka appoints Mr. N. Karthikeyan as Chief Operating Officer
Mr. N. Karthikeyan has joined Eka Software as Chief Operating Officer. Karthik will oversee Eka’s ability to provide consistent services to its clients across the globe, with a very high focus on customer, people, process and technology. Read on...

January 2007
Noble selects EKA to manage its global coffee and cocoa business
EKA is pleased to announce that the Noble Group has selected its Commodity Trade & Risk Management (CTRM) software to manage its Global Coffee & Cocoa business. Noble is one of the largest commodity trading firms in the world, it is Vietnam’s largest coffee merchant and Asia’s largest Robusta coffee bean merchant. Noble is also a serious player in Arabica coffee with operations in Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru and Colombia. Read on...

2006

December 2006
Eka ramps up its operations in India
Eka Software Solutions, a leading software product development organization that provides solutions for commodity trade and risk management has ramped up its operations in Bangalore, India. The current ramp up of 75+ people is getting set to meet the increased demand of Eka’s CTRM [Commodity Trade and Risk Management] solutions worldwide. Read on..

Eka moves into a new campus in Bangalore, India
Eka Software Solutions has re-located to a new campus in the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore to accommodate its increase in the strength of employees this quarter. Read on..

Eka adds advanced analytics for position and P&L analysis to its latest release. This version will also enable the web services based integration with other sub systems

September 2006
Remia, one of the world's leading food producers selects Eka 

The Savola Group, a large food producing organization of the Middle East select Eka 

August 2006
Erpasa, Spanish biofuels trading organization selects Eka for their global supply chain and trading business 

July 2006
Ducab, one of the largest copper cable manufacturers in the Middle East selects Eka for their commodity risk management operations 

June 2006
Eka adds metals to its multi-commodity platform.

Seda Solubles, a leading manufacturer of soluble coffee selects Eka 

March 2006
Leading Belgium based multi-commodity trader selects Eka 

February 2006
Leading Belgium based multi-commodity trader selects Eka 

Eka hires metals subject matter expert (SME) to extend domain competency 

2003-5

December 2005
Eka launches industry’s first comprehensive, multi-commodity platform focusing on all agri-based commodities, covering, softs, grain, cereal, oils, edible oils, animal feeds, and minors

May 2005
Louis Dreyfus , one among the world's leading processors, traders and merchandisers of various agricultural and energy commodities selects Eka 

December 2004
Eka launches next version the solution that extends the trading and risk management solution to include all soft commodities

April 2004 
Tristao, a leading Brazilian coffee trading company selects Eka for their global commodity operations. 

March 2004
Coffein Campaigne, the world’s largest decaffeination company selects Eka for their coffee procurement, trading and tolling operations.  

January 2004
Andira , leading Netherlands based coffee trading company selects Eka for their commodity trade and risk management operations

December 2003
Eka releases version 2.0 of the solution that extends the trading and risk management solution to include all soft commodities

December 2009
Eka at the 7th Annual Global Grain Conference in Geneva
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of Commodity Trading and Risk Management software for global commodity markets was a key sponsor at the 7th Annual Global Grain Conference in Geneva in November 2009. Read on...
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Eka Software a key sponsor at the LME Metals Seminar 2009
Eka Software Solutions, the leading provider of trade and risk management software for global commodity markets, was a key sponsor at the 2009 LME Metals Seminar held on Monday, October 12, 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London. Read on...

August 2009
Eka’s participates in the Australian Grains Industry Conference 2009
Eka Software Solutions participated in the Australian Grains Industry Conference 2009 held on July 27-29, 2009 at Melbourne. Read on...

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July 2009
Eka Software a key sponsor at the World Wire & Cable Conference
Eka’s managers were sought out by delegates who wished to learn more about the industry’s best practices based on Eka’s knowledge as a leading solution provider to some of the top companies in the CTRM space.Read on...



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June 2009
2009 IGC Grains Conference
The need for visibility, streamlined operations with manageability and risk mitigation in relation to today’s volatile commodity markets was a point for active discussion when some of the key decision makers from the world’s leading grain companies interacted with Eka’s managers at the IGC Grains conference.Read on...



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May 2009
Eka Software Solutions at the 14th World Aluminium Conference.
Eka Software Solutions presented its Commodity Trade and Risk Management [CTRM] solution for Metals at CRU Events’ 14th World Aluminium conference - the authoritative event for Senior Aluminum Executives UAE held in Dubai, UAE. Read on...



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April 2009
Eka Software at the 8th World Copper Conference
Eka Software Solutions was a key sponsor at the 8th CRU World Copper Conference in Santiago, Chile. Read on...

 

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February 2009
Dubai Sugar Conference 2008
Eka Software Solutions participated at the recently concluded Sugar Conference in Dubai. The conference attracted more than 350 visitors across traders, merchants, analysts and fund managers from around the world. Read on...

 

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November 2008
Global Grain 2008
Eka Software Solutions had a successful stint during their exhibition at Global Grain 2008, a premier grain industry conference which was organized in Geneva, Switzerland. This event was attended by over 600 delegates , covering the entire grain commodity trading chain across the globe. Read on...


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October 2008
LME Metals Seminar
Eka Software Solutions was part of the exhibition at the LME Metals Seminar 2008. The highly successful seminar was held on Monday 13 October 2008 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London with hundreds of delegates from across the world.Read on...


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September 2008
23rd International Aluminium Conference
Eka Software Solutions presented its Commodity Trade and Risk Management [CTRM] solution for Metals at the International Aluminium Conference in Montreal, Canada. Read on...

 

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February 2008
CRU's 7th World Copper Conference
Eka Software Solutions was a sponsor at the CRU's 7th World Copper, which took place from the 8th to 10th April 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Santiago, Chile. Read on...

 

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January 2008
Platts Aluminium Symposium
Eka Software Solutions sponsored the Welcome Reception at the Platts Aluminium Symposium which took place from the 20th - 22nd Jan 08 at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort Golf Club & Spa, in Marco Island, Florida

 

 

September 2007
Participation at the 22nd International Aluminium Conference.
Eka held an exhibition at the 22nd International Aluminium Conference which was organized by Metal Bulletin at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai 

January 2010

Eka Expands from Metals/Ags Towards A Cross Commodity Platform – Targets Energy By Dr. Gary M. Vasey

Last week, I had an opportunity to talk to Mr. Manav Garg, the CEO and Founder of Eka Software Solutions, about his company’s background, aims and objectives. Eka first appeared on Commodity Point’s radar screen around a year ago as a vendor of non-energy Commodity Trading and Risk Management software highly ranked for its coverage of agricultural commodities. But Eka has made rapid progress and it has already established a presence in the metals space and now has a foothold in certain energy commodities too. Read on.

January 2010

2009 was a good year for Eka

I recently spoke with Shobhit Mathur of EKA about the progress that it had made recently. Mr. Mathur characterized last year as one in which “EKA significantly increased its international presence, won some important new customers and received industry recognition, raised additional capital from a very well respected venture capital firm, made advances in product functionality, and brought in top talent from across the globe”. Read on

November 2009

Tomorrow's Leaders

Nasscoms EMERGE 50 initiative recognizes emerging companies and mentors them to the next level of growth. Read on

September 2009

Made in India: Featuring CTRM from Eka Software Solutions

Eka Software Solutions’ CTRM product faces stiff competition from a host of other products in the commodity trade domain. But with a unique focus on R&D, it has managed to hold its own and sign up some marquee customers like AWB, Noble Group, Louis Dreyfus and CHS, NASSCOM spoke to Manav Garg, the Founder-CEO of Eka, to trace the company’s journey. Read on

September 2009

Commodity Markets Have Traditionally Been Poorly Served By IT Vendors


In rare instances, one hears about IT players offering solutions for dealing in the commodity market. Manav Garg, CEO and founder, Eka Software Solutions, talks about his view on the various problems of and solutions for the commodity market.

In the commodity market, the fluctuations are many and unpredictable too, how do your products help companies tackle this? Read on

July 2009

Indian commodity market up on IT appetite

Scale-up and MCX’s advent to drive domestic commodity players towards IT adoption like their international counterparts, feels Eka Software Read on

 

May 2009
As ETRM Becomes CTRM Vendors Such As EKA Emerge
The EKA software is utilized today by a number of clients around the world including the Noble Group, Louis Dreyfus, CHS and AWB. As EKA has succeeded in deploying and continually developing its software it has seen its staff grow to more than 200 professionals and it has opened a North American office in addition to its Bangalore, India HQ. Article on CTRM and Eka by Utility Europe Blog.Read on...



March 2009
Market Integration key to Commodity Trade Management
Managing risks in commodity trade calls for integration of the physical and futures market reports Financial Express, Bangalore India. Read on..

 

March 2009
One Person at a Time, We can Make a Green Difference Right Now!
Says Vani Sathvik, (VP-HR and Administration, Eka Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) analyses how IT companies are waking up to the need for sustainability and implementing green initiatives. Read on..


February 2009
EKA Software - The Risk Mitigators

Given the highly volatile and complex nature of global commodity markets, managing trading operations requires a highly specialized and sophisticated product, showing aggregated risks & exposures on a real-time basis. Cover story by Jayakishore Bayadi of The SmartTechie magazine. Read on...


November 2008
IT in commodity Trading
Information Technology plays a crucial role, says Manav Garg, CEO and Founder of Eka Software. Read on...


November 2008
Governance in the Nascent Stage
An important role of corporate governance is to ensure accountability of certain individuals in an organization says Vani Sathvik, VP – HR and Administration, Eka Software Solutions.

 

July 2008
Reaping off risk
Eka Software has made it big by providing commodity trading and risk management solutions, reports Nandita Datta, Outlook Business. Read on...

 

June 2008
Commodity Now quizzes Manav Garg, CEO, Eka Software on everything related to CTRM.Read on...

 

 

 

 

April 2008
EKA to develop software for India's power exchange   
With power likely to be de-regulated in India shortly, the Bangalore-based company has started working on the software for the power exchange, says  Manu Sharma of CIOL. Read on...

 

March 2008
Eka Software to tap India, West Asia markets
“Asia, a $100-million (approximately Rs400 crore) market for the commodity trade and risk management (CTRM) software, is pretty much on our strategic road map.” Manav Garg, Chief Executive Officer of Eka Software Solutions, told K. Rajani Kanth, Business Standard.
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March 2008
Eka's solutions helps manage the cycle of trading and risk management.
“Eka is derived from the word Ekam, which means unified or integrated. Garg added “It signifies our organizational intent to provide a single-platform solution for managing trade and risk across commodities, industry verticals and business segments” says Manav Garg, CEO of Eka Software to Mohammed Shariff PA of Express Computers.Read on...

 

March 2008
First Among Equals
Manav Garg of Eka Software was determined not to be a commodity in the commodity trading business reports Nikhil Menon of Economic Times. Read on...




November 2007
Ensuring success in Dynamic Commodity Markets

Eka Software is helping global organizations effectively improve control, increase profitability and manage risks in today’s highly dynamic commodity markets.Read on..