Offers global experience in consulting and system integration in support of SAP solutions to Japanese enterprises
Japan, March 03, 2009: Patni Computer Systems (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI), a leading global IT and BPO services provider, today announced the formation of a local SAP® services partnership with SAP Japan aimed at the Japanese market. The partnership will allow Patni to enhance its proficiency in delivering high value to its customers as an SAP services partner in Japan.
SAP services partners help SAP customers design, implement and integrate solutions, optimize business processes, and provide strategic business consultation. As an SAP services partner in Japan, Patni will take an active part in the support, customization and deployment of SAP solution-based systems for customers in Japan.
Patni has proven competencies and extensive experience in designing, implementing and integrating SAP solutions for an impressive list of clients across the world. With this partnership, Patni will deploy its bilingual consultant team - knowledgeable of SAP software, to Japan and India; this team will focus on providing application management services in support of SAP solutions, and support for the following SAP solutions: the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, the SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse component and SAP Supply Network Collaboration packages.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Deepak Khosla, Senior Vice-President & Head APAC, Patni, said, “Patni has a keen focus on the Japanese market, and this partnership will enable us to further enhance value and accelerate growth for Japanese companies. We are confident that this partnership with SAP Japan, combined with our experience in providing solutions and services in support of SAP software to Fortune 1000 companies, will help companies in Japan to lower costs, align application investments with business goals, and maintain competitive advantage.”
Mr. Kent Asai, Country Manager, Patni Japan, added, “We are pleased about this partnership with SAP Japan. Patni Japan will provide high-quality, cost-effective services to the Japanese clients located not only in Japan but also worldwide.”
To learn more about the partnership between Patni and SAP, please visit: www.patni.com
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 services its clients through its industry-focused practices, including banking, financial services (BFS) and insurance (I); manufacturing, retail and distribution (MRD); life sciences; communications, media and utilities (CMU), and its technology-focused practices.
With an employee strength of 15,000; multiple global delivery centers spread across 11 cities worldwide; 23 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Patni has registered revenues of US$ 719 million for the year 2008.
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 clients’ 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.
Patni leverages its vast experience spanning three decades; deep domain expertise; full-spectrum services; and suites of IP-led solutions, methodologies and frameworks; in being an effective business transformation partner to its clients.
For more information on Patni, visit www.patni.com.
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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.