INDUSTRY

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 Infogain’s 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 Institute’s 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 Infogain’s 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