Calsoft Labs Selected to Join the Elite "Azure Circle" Program

BANGALORE, India, September 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Calsoft Labs, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALTEN, the €1.07 billion European leader in Engineering and Technology consulting, announced today that it has been selected by Microsoft to join the prestigious Windows Azure Circle Program in recognition of its technology expertise in Cloud Computing.

The "Azure Circle" is the highest level of Microsoft's Cloud Accelerate Partner program designed to validate the credentials of highly trained and tested partner organizations. This is in recognition of Calsoft Labs' continued focus, achievements and services around the Windows Azure™ Platform.

With expertise across all three layers of the cloud stack (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), Calsoft Labs' Cloud Computing practice focuses on accelerating business transformation and innovation for Enterprises, ISVs and OEMs by offering a complete portfolio of services, viz. Cloud Strategy Consulting, Cloud Enablement, Enterprise Application Integration, Mobile enablement, Big Data & Analytics, and Cloud Operations support.  Calsoft Labs has successfully delivered several cloud-based applications and cloud-ready products for Education, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment and Telecom Service Provider markets.

Calsoft Labs has a dedicated Azure Center of Excellence that aims to help Enterprises and ISVs quickly build, deploy and manage applications across Microsoft-managed datacenters. As a result of the Azure Circle empanelment, Calsoft Labs will have access to additional Microsoft technical resources and support to deliver faster, secure and cost effective cloud solutions to customers.

"The Azure Circle program enables partners with strong skills on Windows Azure to provide customers the exclusive benefit of structured consulting engagements to build new Azure based applications and migrate existing on-premises applications to the cloud. We are very happy to welcome Calsoft Labs to this elite group of partners and look forward to a strong engagement in the market together," said Mr. Vikram Bhatia, Director - Windows Azure at Microsoft.

Mr. Ramandeep Singh, CEO, Calsoft Labs said, "We are very excited to be part of the prestigious Azure Circle program. We look forward to work closely with Microsoft to offer best of breed Cloud consulting and Cloud migration services to our Indian and global customers."

About Calsoft Labs

Calsoft Labs is the product design arm of the € 1.07 billion ALTEN Group. Calsoft Labs offers technology consulting and product engineering services globally to equipment manufacturers (OEMs/ODMs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprises. Calsoft Labs operates state-of-the-art product design and development centers at Bangalore, Chennai and Mysore in India, and Maynard, MA in USA; with sales & support offices worldwide including North America, Europe and Asia.

For more information visit http://www.calsoftlabs.com.

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