Proteans Achieves Prestigious ISO 9001:2000 Certification.

Proteans Software Solutions (www.proteans.com), a global provider of Outsourced Product Development services announced that it has successfully achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Quality management System. The certification audit was conducted by DNV (www.dnv.com), and certificate is accredited by ANAB (ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board) and UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation service).

This ISO certification represents a milestone in Proteans' long term quality roadmap which include achieving ISO 27001 and CMM3i certifications in 2007. Commenting on this achievement, Prashant Singh, COO Proteans said, “We are delighted to be awarded this certification. It provides powerful evidence of Proteans operational maturity and unrelenting commitment to deliver quality products for our global customers and to satisfy the rigorous requirements of software product companies. We are determined to continually improve our internal processes and deliver the best development services in the Outsourced Product Development space and maintain our leadership position.”

Proteans successfully integrated ISO standards with its own Distributed Agile Model for software development. Traditional lifecycle models such as Waterfall model have been known to come short of meeting deadlines when product development takes place across geographies. Distributed Agile Processes work well when products are developed by globally distributed teams. Proteans has successfully released over 75 globally successful products by following Agile methodologies through iterative development and constant customer collaboration. With the ISO Certification on top of Agile Model, Proteans process maturity and delivery agility has been established. Customers get advantage of fast release cycles, total transparency in development process and strong monitoring and control of development activities throughout the development lifecycle. ISO at Proteans lays special emphasis on customer satisfaction and doing corrective and preventative actions to continually improve delivery capability.

"Achieving this certification underscores strong benefits for our customer" said Sudhakar Gorti, CEO of Proteans Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. "The ISO 9001:2000 certification confirms that the Operating Principles embraced at Proteans inception - such as delight the customer, develop best-in-class products for our customers, excel in everything that we do, increase productivity and continual improvement - shine in the company culture today." Utilizing good development processes, Proteans sees tremendous scope in assisting software businesses win in their market place. Proteans rigorous processes and big successes in working for customers in SAAS (Software as a Service) domain and for ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) are generating a lot of interest in prospects.

Proteans has also initiated plans to achieve the ISO 27001 certification in 2007 to reflect its stringent adherence to information security standards. Further, Proteans would start the process for achieving CMM3i Certifications in second quarter of 2007-08.

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About Proteans

Proteans (www.proteans.com ) is an industry leader in Outsource Product Development space catering to technology companies globally. Proteans has a strong experience in building customer centric product teams on Microsoft.NET and J2EE platforms for web applications, desktop applications, enterprise products and mobility solutions. Proteans utilizes best practices in global sourcing to deliver superior products for its customers. Proteans offers acceleration in the development velocity, compresses release timelines, brings rich design and coding expertise, and gives significant cost advantages. Proteans is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner.