Infogain Global Development Center, India awarded CMM Level 5 certification

Infogain Global Development Center, India awarded CMM Level 5 certification

New Delhi (PRWEB) March 10, 2005 -- Infogain Corporation, a US based IT consulting and Services Company today announced that its software development center at Noida, India, has been assessed at the SEI CMM level 5 - the highest maturity level for any software process. This assessment places Infogain in the select band of high maturity organizations worldwide that have been assessed at level 5. The achievement reflects Infogains number one priority of Customer Satisfaction, which is achieved through reliability of delivery and performance for all of its software services and processes.

The assessment was conducted in accordance with Software Engineering Institutes CMM Assessment Framework (CAF). SEI created the CMM as a model for systematically implementing development practices that continuously improve software quality. The CMM model consists of five levels: Level 1-Initial, Level 2-Repeatable, Level 3-Defined, Level 4-Managed, and Level 5-Optimizing. Organizations at Level 5 are considered to be highly mature and systematically use measurement and analyses to improve processes. The Level Five assessments involved a detailed evaluation of Infogains management, organizational and technical processes. KPMG conducted the CMM Assessment, and the assessment team was led by Mr. G. P. Rastogi, an SEI authorized lead assessor.

Said Mr. Kapil Nanda, President & CEO, Infogain Corporation," This assessment makes Infogain one of the few organizations to have a high process maturity rating and reiterates our commitment towards quality. This achievement will benefit not only the organisation, but also our clients -- and the employees. This would ultimately mean delivering a better quality product to clients. "

According to Maj Gen SK Nanda, Chairman, Infogain India," The center had achieved level 4 of this scale in 2002, and had then set its goal for level in the beginning of 2005. The objective has been achieved well in time. We will continue in our efforts towards optimizing processes and will provide effective management to deliver high quality software to customers."

Said Shaibal Kumar Das, President, Infogain India All the key practices in key process areas were fulfilled without any weakness at all. It just goes to prove that each person in Team Infogain is focused towards the quality journey. This is a significant milestone and we will continue working together to achieve the next milestone."

Infogain India Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infogain in India was established in 1996. The company has three state-of-the-art software development centers in Noida and total employee strength of around 450 engineers offering IT services to Global 2000 enterprises present in Software Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Telecom, Retail, and Manufacturing industry segments.

Infogain offers full service capabilities in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Business Transformation Outsourcing, Product Engineering and Application Management. Infogain combines its deep knowledge of technology and business processes with a dual-shore business model to transform customer data into strategic knowledge

About SEI
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology [OUSD (A&T)]. The SEI contract was competitively awarded to Carnegie Mellon University in December 1984. Technical and administrative professionals from government, industry and academia staff the Institute.

The Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM or SW-CMM) is a model for judging the maturity of the software processes of an organization and for identifying the key practices that are required to increase the maturity of these processes.

The Software CMM has become a de facto standard for assessing and improving software processes. Through the SW-CMM, the SEI and community have put in place an effective means for modeling, defining, and measuring the maturity of the processes used by software professionals.

About Infogain Corporation
Infogain, the customer knowledge company, develops and deliver Customer Asset Strategies to increase tactical and strategic decision-making capabilities across the enterprise. As a leading provider of CRM, ERP, Integration, and Business Intelligence services to the Global 2000, Infogain turns customer data in to strategic knowledge that positively affects the entire enterprise. Established in 1990 with international offices, Infogain has a long-standing commitment to global delivery and is uniquely qualified to deliver and is uniquely qualified to deliver end-to-end solutions through valuable strategic consulting services and highly skilled engineering execution. Strategic and technology partners include Actional, Amdocs,/Clarify, BEA, BroadVision, Cognos, IBM, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, iWay Software, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and TIBCO.

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