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COVANSYS ACCEPTED INTO THE IBM SOA
SPECIALTY
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct.
11, 2006 -- Covansys Corporation (a CSC company), a consulting
and technology services company and one of the leading SI partners
for the WebSphere brand of technologies, today announced its
acceptance by the IBM SOA Specialty after successfully completing
IBM's rigorous SOA technical, business, and educational requirements.
With this achievement, Covansys' service offerings include IBM
SOA Foundation, a single, integrated platform that combines the
industry's top application server, integration and information
technologies designed to extend the value of existing application
and business processes.
In March of this year, IBM announced an
SOA Specialty in PartnerWorld for Industry Networks. The IBM
SOA Specialty in the PartnerWorld for Industry Networks provides
technical enablement and a skills-building roadmap for partners
who want to access the growing SOA market opportunity. For those
business partners who achieve key milestones, the Specialty will
also provide SOA-specific marketing and sales benefits such as
SOA Connection Events to meet directly with IBM SOA Sales specialists
and discounted print advertising and telemarketing. IBM Sales
Connections, a consultative service in the PartnerWorld Industry
Networks, helps business partners close SOA deals quickly by
connecting them with the relevant IBM SOA and local field sales
team.
" SOA is an increasingly important architectural requirement
in verticals such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing
and Retail because of the business flexibility it enables," said
Sandy Carter, vice president, SOA and WebSphere, IBM Software
Group. "We are very excited to enlist Covansys as an SOA
Specialty partner who is actively engaged in providing value-added
services to these markets."
" We recognize IBM's leadership
as an SOA technology vendor," said Sreedhar Kajeepeta, Senior
Vice President and CTO, Covansys. "We plan to leverage the
benefits the program provides to SI partners like us, to build
accelerators that will hasten SOA adoption for our customers."
About Covansys
Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation
(Nasdaq: CVNS - News) is a global consulting and technology services
company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic
outsourcing and integration services. Clients gain competitive
advantage by leveraging our unique global delivery capability to
achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs.
Covansys is known for strategic outsourcing and technology solutions
in the healthcare, financial services, retail and distribution,
manufacturing, telecommunications and high-tech industries. Founded
in 1985, Covansys now has approximately 8,000 consultants and employees
worldwide. Covansys was one of the first U.S.- based IT services
companies to establish offshore facilities in India, and is a pioneer
in seamlessly integrating offshore capabilities into its offerings.
Two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in
India are assessed at Level 5 in SEI CMM®. All three are ISO
9001:2000 certified and assessed at Level 5 in PCMM®, and five
global facilities are BS7799-2:2002 certified. For more information
visit: http://www.covansys.com.
About IBM
With 80 years of leadership in helping businesses
innovate, IBM is the world's largest information technology company.
IBM is a leading provider of innovative solutions and is dedicated
to helping organizations, business partners and developers leverage
innovation that matters. The company offers a host of cross-industry
and industry-specific solutions designed to meet the needs of organizations
of all sizes. For more information please visit ibm.com/soa
Contacts:
Investors:
James S. Trouba
(248) 848-2267
jtrouba@covansys.com
Media:
Dorothy Chisholm
(248) 848-2283
dchisholm@covansys.com
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