ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 24, 2012 -- Rolta International, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and IT services, today announced its selection as a Gold Partner in the Esri Partnership Network in North America, Europe and the Middle East.

GIS capabilities are embedded in the very foundation of Rolta, being a part of the solutions the company has offered for a quarter-century. Advancements in Esri technology combined with Rolta's Geospatial Fusion™ technology and industry expertise provide a strong solution framework that businesses can leverage to achieve real operational return on investment and value to their stakeholders. Rolta extends the benefits of traditional GIS to the enterprise through its deep Oracle and IT services expertise. This breadth of expertise is uniquely required to provide the integrated IT, GIS and Analytics / Business Intelligence solutions that businesses need to achieve operational performance objectives and to support critical decision making.

The Esri Partner Network is designed to serve the needs of Esri's global partner community. The program provides partners with greater access to detailed product information, development practices and sales and marketing resources. As a Gold Tier Partner, Rolta International will benefit from a higher amount of collaboration in developing geospatial technology, building successful applications and providing valuable services. 

"We are pleased to have Rolta International join our partner community as a Gold Partner," saidJosh Lewis, director of the Esri Partner Network. "We value Rolta's 25 years of experience delivering impressive GIS-centric solutions to customers around the globe."

"Rolta's GIS solutions and services enhance Esri technology and are based on Rolta's deep technical expertise, industry knowledge and software solutions," said Dean Angelides, director of Esri International Operations. "Together, we provide impressive spatial solutions that are critical to the world community." 

"Rolta values the partnership with Esri and its position as a global geospatial leader," said Ben Eazzetta, president and COO, ROLTA International. "Geospatial solutions provide the analytical knowledge that organizations need to make the critical decisions that shape their future. At Rolta, we are dedicated to providing geospatial and IT solutions that make a real impact."

About Esri: Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.

About Rolta: Rolta is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Federal and State Governments, Defense/HLS, Utilities, Process, Power, Banking and Insurance. These enterprise level solutions are built around Rolta's intellectual property and domain expertise to offer unique business intelligence for impactful insights for effective decision making.  Rolta's offering includes end-to-end solutions for geospatial applications for mapping and image processing, spatial data analysis and integration through Geospatial FusionTM. Rolta's services and solutions cover the entire life-cycle for the process industry, from engineering design, to operational excellence with its OneViewTM suite. Rolta iPerspectiveTM, is a unique platform for SOA and "Cloud" enablement for enterprise-level integration. Rolta is a multinational organization headquartered in India, which has executed projects in over 40 countries. Forbes Global ranked Rolta amongst the "Best 200 under a Billion" four times in six years. Rolta was included in the S&P Global Challengers ListTM, by Standard & Poor's. The Company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, and forms part of various indices on BSE/NSE in India.  The Company's GDRs are listed on the Main Board of London Stock Exchange.

Esri is a registered mark of Esri in the United States.  ROLTA is a registered mark of ROLTA India Limited.

For additional information: visit www.rolta.com