Rolta assessed for CMMI Level 5 v1.3

ALPHARETTA, Georgia, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rolta International, Inc. announced that the quality systems of Rolta India Limited, a leading provider of end-to-end information technology consulting, solutions and services, have been successfully assessed at the highest Level 5 of SEI's Capability Maturity Model Integration®–DEV (CMMI®) version 1.3 for its Software Application Development and Maintenance. Rolta was an early adopter of CMM® in 2004, and has kept pace with the evolving maturity model prescribed by SEI. Rolta is one of just 85 companies worldwide to have achieved CMMI Level 5 under version 1.3.

This is an endorsement of Rolta's ability to provide high quality software solutions through robust software engineering processes. It also underlines Rolta's commitment to delivery excellence, process maturity and service quality ensuring timely and best-in-class solutions for its clients globally.

Commenting on this occasion, Mr. Mukul Madan, High Maturity Lead Appraiser, QAI Global Services said, "During the appraisal, it was found that Rolta applies quality processes and practices in its project execution and delivery, consistently and effectively. This was especially true for high maturity practices relating to Quantitative Project Management and Proactive Improvement focus in Product Quality as well as its business objectives. It was also heartening to note that Rolta's approach in business objective achievement was designed to benefit its customers."

Mr. Pankit Desai, President - Enterprise IT Solutions, at Rolta said, "This appraisal result reinforces our commitment to our customers to deliver high quality software solutions and services in this rapidly evolving industry. It translates into direct benefits for our customers in terms of reduction in total cost of ownership, faster go-to-market, and enhanced service levels. The certification reflects Rolta's commitment to deliver measurable business results and will enable us to enhance our global competitiveness."

About CMMI Level 5 version 1.3: Developed by Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University, USA, CMMI Maturity Level 5 is the highest level of process maturity that independently verifies an organization's capabilities to continuously enhance its processes through incremental and innovative process and technological improvements. Version 1.3 of CMMI model, which was released recently, provides a higher level of focus on aligning engineering processes and improvement plans to project and client goals.

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About Rolta: Rolta is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Federal and State Governments, Defense/HLS, Utilities, Process, Power, Banking and Insurance. These enterprise level solutions are built around Rolta's intellectual property and domain expertise to offer unique business intelligence for impactful insights for effective decision making. Rolta's offering includes end-to-end solutions for geospatial applications for mapping and image processing, spatial data analysis and integration through Geospatial Fusion™. Rolta's services and solutions cover the entire life-cycle for the process industry, from engineering design, to operational excellence with its OneView™ suite. Rolta iPerspective™, is a unique platform for SOA and "Cloud" enablement for enterprise-level integration. Rolta is a multinational organization headquartered in India, which has executed projects in over 40 countries. Forbes Global ranked Rolta amongst the "Best 200 under a Billion" four times in six years. Rolta was included in the S&P Global Challengers List™, by Standard & Poor's. The Company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, and forms part of various indices on BSE/NSE in India. The Company's GDRs are listed on the Main Board of London Stock Exchange.

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