CBSI Clients Travel to India to Inspect Offshore Development Centers; Global Information Technology Company Takes Execs on Week-Long International Excursion.FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--CIOs, VPs, and senior management officials from over a dozen prominent national and international corporations took a week away from business recently to tour offshore development facilities owned by a U.S.-based global information technology (IT) company. Complete Business Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBSI CBSI CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc. CBSI Cambodian Buddhist Society, Inc. (Silver Springs, Maryland) CBSI Certified Bridge Safety Inspector CBSI Custom Business Solutions, Inc. ) sponsored the trip to demonstrate the capabilities of its offshore development centers. CBSI employs over 1,100 of its 4,500 employees at its offshore facilities in India. Raj Vattikuti, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CBSI, led the tour. "We take clients and prospective clients to India to demonstrate the quality, efficiency and expanded infrastructure of our offshore development centers," said Vattikuti. "India is on the leading edge of software development, and our offshore facilities are a key element in our worldwide IT network." The executives accompanying Vattikuti hold key positions in prominent companies representing retail, real estate, telecommunications, health care, insurance, banking, manufacturing and distribution. Naser Torkamani, vice president, Business Systems manager, for CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. , Inc., said that "the CBSI offshore facilities are very good -- excellent." After touring the facilities in both Madras and Bangalore, Torkamani noted that CBSI has the right people in place. "These are talented people, people who are really experienced," he said. "There is a lot of infrastructure already in place, the implementation is very impressive and, after touring the facilities, I am even more convinced that CBSI is going to be successful in handling our projects." Bill Stuckey, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. for Lucent Technology's Micro-Electronics Division, said that the CBSI offshore facilities exceeded his expectations. "This is a sophisticated, well-run operation," said Stuckey. "Their methodology and process is in place and their quality is superb." Approximately 10 percent of CBSI revenues originate from its offshore facilities, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Vattikuti. Clients benefit from offshore cost savings, rapid project turnaround, and quality assurance backed by ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 recertification recertification Recredentialing Graduate education A process in which a professional is periodically re-evaluated–eg, every 10 yrs by an accrediting body to assure continued provision of safe, high-quality health care . Vattikuti noted that India's excellent track record for delivery led to CBSI's recent opening of an offshore development center in the Philippines. This will give its clients even more offshore delivery options. About Complete Business Solutions, Inc. CBSI is a worldwide provider of information technology (IT) services to large and mid-size organizations. The Company offers its customers a broad range of IT services, from advising customers on strategic technology plans to developing and implementing appropriate IT applications solutions. CBSI offers custom-tailored solutions based on an assessment of each client's needs. The Company's services include: IT consulting; large systems applications development and maintenance; reengineering legacy applications to client/server technology; client/server applications development; packaged software implementation such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ; year 2000 conversion and testing services and contract programming services. To learn more about CBSI, visit its website at http://www.cbsinc.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion