1986 - Sonata was initially set up as a division of Indian Organic Chemicals Ltd. and spun off into a separate company for a consideration in 1993. 1993 - As part of the growth strategy, the key strategic issue to be addressed in the long term was to attract and retain employees. With this in mind, it was felt imperative to offer a substantive Stock Option Plan which, necessitated the formation of a separate company. 1994 - The Sonata division of IOCL was spun off as an independent company namely, Sonata Software Ltd., in October, for a consideration of Rs. 8.14 Crores. Of this consideration, Rs. 1.75 Crore was allotted as fully paid up equity (17,50,000 fully paid up equity shares of Rs. 10 each at par) and Rs. 6.39 Crore as debt which has since been paid off. - On October 18th company received its certificate of incorporation. And the same year Company got ISO certification. 1995 - Following the setting up of a new company, an Employee Stock Option Plan was formulated and a Trust was formed namely, Sonata Software Limited Employees Welfare Trust to which was allotted 5 Lakh equity shares each on 30th October, and 21st March, 1996. - On 30th October, the company also allotted shares to Bhupati Investments & Finance Company Ltd., and a few employees of IOCL and Sonata. The paid-up equity share capital following the above allotments stood at 32,51,600 fully paid up equity shares. - As part of a restructuring plan, IOCL disposed of and sold its equity holding in Sonata to the present promoters of Sonata for a consideration of Rs. 78 per share and Rs. 87 per share based on the valuation certificate issued by IOCL's auditors and in consultation with financial institution. 1998 - On September, the Company issued bonus shares at a ratio of 13 equity shares for every 10 existing equity shares, raising the paid up equity capital to 74,78,680 shares. - On 3rd December company issued 25,22,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each at a premium of Rs.80 per share to the public. - Sonata Software of Bangalore and Microsoft Corporation of India (MCI), in an alliance are providing enterprise wide collaborative solutions. - Sonata has built world class collaborative applications based on Microsoft's robust platform for messaging which integrate easily with Internet. 1999 - Sonata Software Ltd. is buying out the 46 per cent stake of Indian Organic Chemicals Ltd. (IOCL) in the former's US-based subsidiary, Offshore Digital Services Inc (ODSI). - Sonata is converting ODSI into a 100% subsidiary to restructure its operations. - Sonata formed a joint venture (JV), Abisko Development, with its long-time business partner. - Sonata has also formed up joint venture agreements with Scala Business Solutions. A long-term project contract worth $3 million spread over two years, has been finalised with Abisko, the joint venture company. 2000 - The company is also designing the healthcare portals for many of the US companies. - Sonata Software and Milan, Italy-based IT Software signed a joint development agreement aimed at providing IT Software's e-finance projects with the development services of Sonata Software. - The Miland-based IT Software has entered into an agreement with Sonata Software Ltd, a city based company, for sourcing the latter's services for its e-finance projects. - The Company has entered into an alliance with BAport Technologies Inc. - the US-based start-up - which develops business applications for the application service provider market. - The Board of the company decided to spin off its India operations into a newly formed subsidiary to be called as Sonata Information Technology Ltd. - The Company has acquired 1,60,000 ordinary shares in the capital stock of Off-shore Digital Services, Inc., USA, for a consideration of $0.26 million subject to necessary approvals. - The Shareholders of Sonata Software have approved the 10-for-1 split of its equity shares, that is, each share, which has a face value of Rs 10, share be split into 10 shares with a face vaue of Re 1 each. - Sonata Software Limited and SpinAway eBusiness Solutions Inc of USA has strategic alliance to address IT consulting market in the USA. - Sonata Software Ltd has on September 24, 2001 announced achievement of a Level 5 (Optimizing Level), the highest possible through an assessment on the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA-IPI) developed at Carnegie Mellon University`s Software Engineering Institute (SEI). 2002 -Appoints Mr S N Talwar as the Additional Director of the company. -Board approves for the opening of Branch office at Manchester. 2003 -Opens a branch office at Singapore and Seatle, USA. 2004 -Sonata forges strategic alliance with TechDiscovery, an Atlanta-based software engineering firm focused on building commercial-grade applications for technology companies -Sonata Software Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors vide circular resolution passed on January 15, 2004, have appointed Mr. B.K. Syngal (Vice Chairman of BPL Innovasion Business Group) as an Additional Director of the Company. Accordingly, Mr. Syngal shall hold office as Additional Director upto the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company to be eligible for re-appointment, as a Director retirable by rotation. Mr. B. K. Syngal will be an Independent Director. -Sonata Software Ltd, the Bangalore-based IT consulting and software services firm, has announced the appointment of Mr Brijendra Kumar Syngal as an additional director on its board. -Forges alliance with Gupta Technologies LLC, a provider of embedded relational databases and visual development tools. Company will provide product engineering services for Gupta Technologies LLC and will be a value-added distributor for the Indian market -Sonata Software opens third development Center in Bangalore -Sonata Software has won the 2004 Microsoft partner program award for its E-commerce trading solutions developed jointly with Microsoft for UK's Beanstalk interactive company -Sonata Software joins Microsoft Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA) - Microsoft recognises Sonata Software's solution as the winner of the Customer appreciation award in the 2004 Microsoft Partner Programme Awards. Company's solution was adjudged an innovative solution for their UK client Beanstalk Interactive -Sonata Software ties up with TUI 2005 -Sonata Software Ltd forges strategic alliance with Microsoft Corporation, USA to bring significant business benefits to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), large Enterprises and mid market organizations. -Sonata Software signs partnership deal with California Software -Sonata Software unveils second development centre for TUI -Sonata Software launches SonnetBI Analyzer suite 2006 -Sonata signs closing memorandum; becomes 50.1% shareholder of TUI InfoTec GmbH, Germany 2007 - Sonata Software Ltd has announced the launch of its enhanced suite of SonnetBI - Functional analyzers leveraging the powerful, adaptable and easy to use features of the Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007 and Office2007. - Sonata is the Silver Sponsor at 2007 Global Services Conference - Sonata is the "Gold Sponsor" at Convergence 2007, the Microsoft DynamicsT premier event (San Diego, CA, March 11-14, 2007) 2008 - Sonata subsidiary TUI InfoTec bags Lycos order . - Sonata wins its first customer for Microsoft SharePoint Online - Sonata software Ltd recommended a final dividend of Rs 0.60 per share (60% on face value of Re 1/-), subject to the approval of shareholders. 2009 - Sonata Software opens fully owned subsidiary in Dubai Internet City - Sonata Software Limited, has launched enablement services for applications on the Oracle Platform for Software as a Service (SaaS). - Sonata Software announced the opening of Sonata's second Offsite Facility (OF) for Microsoft at Sonata's new Global Village facility In Bangalore. - Sonata wins major ERP solution implementation project from Dredging Corporation. 2010 - Sonata Software Ltd. Partners with TMMi Foundation. - Sonata Software Limited Recommended a final dividend of Re. 0.80 (80% on face value of Re. 1), subject to the approval of shareholders. This along with the interim dividend of Re. 0.90 per share raises the final dividend for the year to Rs. 1.70 per share. - Sonata Software Limited helps Golirious LLC launch their first mobile application for Apple . - Sonata Software sets up new office in Netherlands 2011 - SonataSoftwa Ltd launches 'MilEdge' for the Global Car Rental Industry. - Sonata Software joins the World Economic Forum's Community of Global Growth Companies. - Sonata appoints Gyana Pattnaik as Head - Open Source, Testing and New Technologies. 2012 - Sonata Software appoints Sohrab Kakalia as Chief Sales & Commercial Officer. - Sonata Software appoints two new sales Directors for US - SonataSoftware expands its geographical presence in the US. - Sonata Software Celebrates `Joy of Giving Week' 2012. - Sonata Software enters into partnership with hybris for e-commerce solutions - Sonata Software and TIBCO Software Enter a Strategic Alliance to jointly offer Application Integration Solutions. 2013 -"Sonata Software Ltd. launches ANZ region operations with HQ at Sydney".. -Sonata Software Announces the Launch of its Center of Excellence for Oracle Exalytics". -"Sonata Software Recognised as Most Innovative Partner of the Year by hybris Software". -"Sonata Software Launches Customizable Output Based SAP Application Management Services (AMS) Offering - Sonnet AMS". -Sonata Software ties up with Sage to build Cloud Based Services. -Sonata Software collaborates with TIBCO for enterprise social networking platform. 2014 - "Sonatas Technology Infrastructure Group receives `Best Partner of the Year-General Business at the SAP Partners Summit". -Sonata Software Limited has purchased the business of Xyka India Private Limited, a Bangalore based Company. -Sonata announces Gold-level Partnership with Moovweb. -Sonata Software opens US Development Facility at Redmond. -Sonata's recent acquisition Rezopia Wins 2014 Silver Magellan. 2015 -Sonata Software - Sonata Software Presents its Award Winning Solutions at the Travel Technology Show in London -Sonata Software - Sonata invests in Enterprise Mobility - Acquires California based -Sonata Software - Sonata Software to showcase Enterprise Mobility Strategy & Platform at the Enterprise Mobility Exchange 201 -Sonata Software - Sonata recognized in the Leadership zone for Software Product 2016 -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "Sonata and I.B.I.S. to Showcase Digital Transformation Technologies for Retail & Distribution Industries at Microsoft Envision". -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "Sonata to showcase its Digital solutions for retailers at ReTechCon". -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "Sonata Software announces US patent for 'Multi-channel delivery of augmented messages' for Halosys Mobility Platform". -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "Sonata Software to exhibit leading Digital Travel Technology solutions at the Arabian Travel Market". -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "Sonata Software recognized as finalist for 2016 Microsoft Hybrid Cloud and Infrastructure Platform Award". -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "I.B.I.S., Inc., and Sonata Software Announce App Availability on Microsoft's New AppSource". -Sonata Software Ltd has titled "Sonata Software to showcase its hybris based 'Future - Ready' solutions at the SAP's 'SapphireNow' event at Florida" 2018 - Sonata Software signs agreement to acquire Scalable Data Systems. -Sonata's Digital Travel Software Platform Rezopia Wins Yet another World Travel Award. 2019 -Sonata Software completed acquisition of Sopris Systems LLC. -Sonata Software completed acquisition of Scalable Data Systems Pty. Ltd. 2020 -Sonata Software completed acquisition of GAPbuster Ltd. 2021 -Sonata Software Limited has completed the acquisition of management control of Encore IT Services Solutions Private Limited. -Sonata Software announces a new identity and strategy for its acquisition in Australia, Scalable data Systems. 2022 -The Company has issued Bonus Shares in the Ratio of 1:3. -Sonata Software signs business transformation CRM project and partnership with Ireland based eir evo. -Sonata Software Achieves the Microsoft Business Applications 2022/2023 Inner Circle Award. -Sonata Software - Winner Of The 'Golden Peacock Award For Excellence In Corporate Governance' For 2021. 2023 -The Company has issued Bonus Shares in the Ratio of 1:1. -The Company has launch of Harmoni.AI, a Responsible-first AI offering with a bouquet of Industry solutions. - Sonata Software Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'In principle approval for merger of Gapbuster Limited and its subsidiaries with group entities of Sonata Software Limited'. -Sonata Software Ltd. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Quant Systems Inc. a Texas based IT services Corporation. 2024 -Sonata Software Completed merger of Sonata Software LLC, USA (formerly known as Sopris Systems LLC) with Sonata Software North America Inc, USA. -Sonata Software Wins Multi-Million Dollar Modernization Deal In Australia From A Global Leader In Access Solutions. -Sonata Software Wins Multi-Year AI-Powered Managed Services Contract From Fortune 500 Manufacturing Company. -Applied Systems Collaborates with Sonata Software for Platform Engineering and Enterprise Modernization. -Zones and Sonata Software Sign Go-to-Market Partnership to Simplify Enterprise Application Delivery Through End-to-End Cloud Managed Services.