Mumbai, May 27, 2008: Patni Computer Systems (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI), a leading global IT services provider, today announced that it has achieved Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This prestigious partner status recognises Patni’s competencies in the Business Intelligence (BI) segment and will equip the company to innovate and implement business intelligence solutions to help its customers better capitalise on their organisational data.
Commenting on the development, Samvit Raina, Senior Vice-President, Patni said “We are delighted to have achieved Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status in the Business Intelligence space. This distinction demonstrates Patni’s ongoing commitment to its customers and superior levels of successful implementations, real-world experience and strong capabilities in the BI space”.
“The Microsoft Partner Program acknowledges partners that go above and beyond to help our customers reach their full business potential with their proven expertise in Microsoft technologies”, said Mr. Karl Leigh, Director BI Partners, Microsoft Corp. “Today Microsoft recognises Patni’s contribution in working with global clients and managing diverse Microsoft platforms and applications in business critical IT environments.”
Patni has a strong track record in providing cutting edge Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions, having delivered over 275 Business Intelligence/Data warehousing projects representing 2100 person-years. Patni’s Business Intelligence Practice has a rich set of consulting and solutions offerings complimented by strong delivery methodologies that facilitate successful Business Intelligence implementations for its marquee list of customers.
The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.
About Patni
Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI) is a global provider of IT Services and business solutions, servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through its industry-focused practices, including insurance, financial services, manufacturing, life sciences, telecommunications and media & entertainment, and its technology-focused practices.
With an employee strength of over 15,000; multiple global delivery centres spread across 11 cities worldwide; 22 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Patni has registered revenues of US$ 663 million for the year 2007.
Patni’s service offerings include application development and maintenance, enterprise application solutions, business and technology consulting, product engineering services, infrastructure management services, customer interaction services & business process outsourcing, quality assurance and engineering services.
Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its client's businesses through well-established and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMI Level 5 (V 1.2) organization, assessed enterprise wide at P-CMM Level 3. In keeping with its focus on continuous process improvements, Patni adopts Six Sigma practices as an integral part of its quality and process frameworks.
For more information on Patni, visit www.patni.com
Safe Harbor:
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Patni has made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.
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