Covansys Accepted into the IBM SOA Specialty.Service Oriented Architecture Approach drives Business Agility and Flexibility FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich. -- Covansys Corporation This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (Nasdaq:CVNS CVNS Concert Virtual Network Service CVNS Aircraft Carrier Navigation System CVNS Cardiovascular Neurological Services CVNS Continuous-Valued Number System ), 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 (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. 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 The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , 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 (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , 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 SEI CMM Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model [R]. All three are 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. 9001:2000 certified and assessed at Level 5 in PCMM PCMM People Capability Maturity Model PCMM Packet Cable Multi-Media [R], 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 |
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