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WSO2 wins InfoWorld

Bossie Award

InfoWorld Bossie Award Recognizes WSO2 for delivering WSO2 Carbon Fully Componentized SOA Platform

Mountain View, CA September 8, 2009 WSO2, the open source SOA company, announced today that it has been named an InfoWorld 2009 Best of Open Source Software (Bossie) Award winner. The company was recognized in the platforms and middleware category for the WSO2 Carbon Framework, which serves as the basis of WSO2's fully componentized service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform.

The annual InfoWorld Bossie Awards recognize the best open source products for business. This year, the InfoWorld Test Center identified the top 40 most promising and cost-effective products available to IT organizations. The complete list of Bossie Award winners can be found at http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/best-open-source-software-awards-2009-628.

InfoWorld's Test Center review editors noted that, Carbon provides the framework for all of the core functionality data services, ESB/routing, process management, registry, monitoring, and security allowing you to plug in these components as necessary. The reviewers added, With carbon the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

"We're honoured to earn an InfoWorld Bossie, long a hallmark of open source innovation in the enterprise," said Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, founder and CEO of WSO2. "It validates the game-changing role of componentized open source middleware in the enterprise, which is being led by WSO2 Carbon. No longer is product definition limited to vendors. Now IT professionals can decide exactly which SOA functions to deploy and when based on their individual demands."

February 2009 marked the debut of WSO2 Carbon, the industry's first fully componentized SOA framework. WSO2 Carbon, which complies with the OSGi specification, enables developers to easily deploy only those components they need. This eliminates the complexities of middleware integration, resulting in significant savings in SOA project time, money and staffing. With WSO2 Carbon, developers also have unprecedented flexibility.

NDB Bank launches website in Sinhala and Tamil

NDB Bank recently launched its Sinhala and Tamil websites, offering tri-lingual information catering to the Bank's diverse customer base. Now Sri Lankans who are well-versed in Sinhala & Tamil have the opportunity to explore NDB Bank's products and services online with more convenience.

With the launch of the website in Sinhala and Tamil, NDB Bank hopes that this will further facilitate communication and transactions with its customers fluent in Sri Lanka's native tongues. In addition, NDB Bank's Personal Internet Banking Service provides its customers free access to several financial banking facilities that can be accessed from any location, offering convenience at all times to its customers.

Vice President NDB Bank's Retail Banking Indrajit Wickremasinghe said. It was our decision to simultaneously launch NDB Bank's Sinhala & Tamil website so that a majority of our customer base can easily explore the range of products and services featured on the website. As a World-Class Sri Lankan Bank, we consider it our priority to provide equal opportunities and facilities for all citizens of this country.

With the recent launch of its Sinhala and Tamil website, NDB Bank is one of the first banks in Sri Lanka to offer a tri-lingual website to its customers. The websites carry comprehensive information with regard to the banks products, services, corporate information as well as exchange rates.

Today, NDB Bank is one of the fastest growing retail-banks in the country with NDB Group having regional operations in Maldives and Bangladesh. The Bank offers a wide range of commercial banking services through its growing island-wide branch network; which is set to grow in the Northern and Eastern provinces in the months to come. In addition, as part of the NDB Group, its customers have access to the a full range of banking and financial services, including retail banking, corporate banking, project finance, SME lending, investment banking, stock brokering, insurance solutions and wealth management, making NDB a truly universal bank.

Global IT service provider clinches spot in the top third

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global Information Technology (IT) services company that provides business consulting, outsourcing, IT services, and application outsourcing services through an enhanced global delivery model, today reported it has been named to Everything Channel's Fast Growth 100 list. Virtusa claimed the 33rd ranking on the list, which honours the fastest-growing integrators in the industry.

This independent recognition is a testament to Virtusa's solid financial foundation and firm footing in the market, and our growth reflects the business value we're providing to our customers, said Doug Mow, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Virtusa. Companies today feel mounting pressure to reduce total cost of ownership of IT operations while focusing on business results. Virtusa's broad portfolio of IT services provides its customers with a complete partnership able to handle complex projects end to end. A leader in IT consulting, systems integration and application outsourcing, Virtusa helps their customers streamline the systems that support their critical business functions. Virtusa's unique platforming approach consolidates, rationalizes and modernizes core systems resulting in an efficient, lean IT environment. Virtusa specializes in business process management, data warehousing and business intelligence, and enterprise content management.

Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, selected the honorees based on average revenue growth from 2006 to 2008. Companies on this year's Fast Growth 100 list averaged 87 percent revenue growth during these two years and turned in median annual sales of $192.2 million.

The companies included in this list are channel industry leaders, said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and Editorial Director for Everything Channel. These solution providers offer business-oriented IT solutions as well as cutting-edge technologies. In addition, they understand the importance of strong sales philosophies. We congratulate Virtusa on their well-earned success.

X-ONT awarded, CMMi V1.2 Certification

X-ONT SOFTWARE (PVT) LTD received the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 rating recently. This accomplishment highlights X-ONT's commitment to performance excellence and delivering value to its customers by improving business processes. This rating confirms the results of earlier formal assessment in June 2009 when X-ONT's processes were thoroughly examined for compliance to CMMI's requirements (CMMI for Development v1.2 Maturity Level 3) in selected projects by a CMMI appraisal team.

Today, CMMI is definitely one of the most widely recognized models of organizational quality systems for companies involved in software development. CMMI is an internationally recognized process improvement model that provides organizations with a framework to build and continuously improve effective processes.

The benefits of implementing CMMI-aligned processes include improved schedule and budget predictability, improved cycle time, increased productivity, improved quality, increased customer satisfaction, and increased return on investment. X-ONT has been using CMMI practices since its inception, in 2008 it launched an initiative to achieve full compliance with CMMI Maturity Level 3 requirements. The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is an initiative of the Carnegie Melon University USA's Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Standard CMMI(R) Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) V1.2 method was used for the appraisal of X-ONT. International CMMI consulting company CyberQ Consulting, India provided the consultancy services and performed the appraisal.

Preparation for the appraisal began in September 2008, with milestones met throughout the process leading to the on-site appraisal in June 2009. For an organization to achieve CMMI certification, external appraiser must test whether their processes and systems comply with the process areas prescribed by the standard.

The appraiser also check the management system to ensure whether there is any ongoing monitoring, review and improvement in the system. Less than 5 companies in Sri Lanka have been awarded this certification which is a recognition for the software industry itself says Fazeem Farook, Managing Director of the company. Explaining the new accreditation further, As the pioneering market leader for CRM & Sales Force Automation solutions in the country.