ABOUT 05 IT SOLUTIONS
Built Through Experience. Moving Forward Through Innovation.
From our early work on the web to building software products and exploring new engineering possibilities, our journey has been shaped by practical experience, experimentation, and a continuing interest in what technology can make possible.
Today we are evolving toward research-driven product development — combining engineering experience with product thinking, and bringing applied research closer to the software we build.
OUR JOURNEY
A Journey Shaped by Experience
From our first web projects in 2010 to a research-driven direction today, these are the milestones that shaped how we build.
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May 2010
Where It Began
Registered www.05its.com and began undertaking website projects for a few clients alongside other work.
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September 2012
Establishing Our Workplace
Opened an office space, marking an important step in the company's operating journey.
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2013
Automating an Industry
Delivered Arisi Aalai, a rice mill automation product, to multiple clients.
Arisi Aalai -
2014
Making Business Processes Simpler
Delivered web and WordPress automation services to two leading training companies in Madurai, and developed Kanakalan, an inventory management product.
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2015
Products That Reached Beyond Our Region
Developed Linqua05, a language lab system, and Libra05, an offline desktop library management system. Together, the two products reached 50+ clients over five years across Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Libra05 • Linqua0550+ clients served by Linqua05 and Libra05 together over five years (2015–2020)
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2017
Exploring Travel Operations
Created a cab-booking product to help a travel car business manage its operations. The product did not launch as expected, and remains part of our product-building experience.
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2019
A New Brand Identity
Introduced a refreshed 05 IT Solutions identity, bringing blue and red into a more distinctive, near-square logo design.
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2020
Supporting Higher Education
Delivered website, application and admission-system work for Madurai Kamaraj University College, its five constituent colleges, and MKU Directorate of Distance Education (MKU DDE).
MKU DDE -
2021
Connecting Weddings Digitally
Developed My Dum Dum, a wedding application supporting the journey from digital invitations to live streaming of a wedding.
My Dum Dum -
2022
Applying Analytics to Political Work
Delivered a political analytics product to a client.
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2026
Research Becomes a Team Effort
Research had been a long-standing ambition since 2012. In 2026 that ambition took a concrete step with the formation of a dedicated research team, supporting the company's evolving research-driven product development direction.
PRODUCT-BUILDING MINDSET
Beyond Projects. Building Products.
Delivering a software solution for a specific requirement and developing a product intended to serve a broader set of users are related, but different, kinds of work. The first answers a defined brief; the second has to anticipate needs, hold up beyond its first release, and find its place in the market.
Product development has been an ongoing part of our experience, and it has taught us things that project work alone rarely does.
- Not every product achieved the expected commercial adoption.
- Some products reached users across India.
- Product creation, market adoption, and commercial sustainability are different dimensions of product development.
- The experience gained through these efforts continues to inform how we build useful software.
HOW WE THINK
Engineering with Intent
These principles describe the approach we bring to our work. They are the way we prefer to operate, rather than a formal or audited process.
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Understand the Problem
Begin with the actual need, its context and its constraints, so the work starts from what matters rather than an assumed solution.
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Build for Practical Use
Focus on solutions that address real requirements and work reliably for the people who depend on them.
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Learn Through Iteration
Use testing, feedback and refinement to improve a solution as understanding of the problem grows.
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Think Beyond the First Release
Consider maintainability, future development and the broader product lifecycle, not just the first version.
WHAT EXPERIENCE ENABLES
From Ideas to Working Solutions
Across the years, our engineering experience has grown to cover a range of practical problems. These are the areas we work in today.
- Product Engineering
- Turning an idea into a working, maintainable product built for real use and future development.
- AI Solutions
- Applying AI where it addresses a practical need, from available data through to integration with existing systems.
- IoT Applications
- Connecting devices and systems to capture and act on information from the physical world.
- Automation
- Reducing manual, repetitive work with dependable, maintainable workflows.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
The Next Chapter
We are developing our next phase around research-driven product development — bringing engineering experience, systematic investigation, and practical experimentation closer together.
This direction aims to connect research questions with practical engineering and product opportunities, so that what we learn can inform what we build. It is an evolving programme, and our research areas, methodology and projects are described on their own pages as they take shape.
Explore Research & InnovationLET'S TALK
The Experience Behind What We Build Next.
Whether you are exploring a product idea, addressing an engineering challenge, or discussing a potential collaboration, we welcome a conversation about what comes next.