Sonata Inaugurates Second Microsoft Offsite Facility

BANGALORE, India - Leading IT consulting and software services provider Sonata Software today announced the opening of Sonata’s second Offsite Facility (OF) for Microsoft at Sonata’s new Global Village facility in Bangalore. The first OF which is in Sonata’s Hyderabad office, has been operational since 2006. The new development centre has been designed keeping in mind flexible, scalable and independent operations. The facility will provide design, development, testing, production and maintenance of Microsoft’s products.

A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Sonata engages with Microsoft over multiple engagement models, technologies, platforms and geographies. With Sonata’s wide array of service offerings, the state-of-the-art facility promises to deliver high-impact solutions for Microsoft.

Inaugurating the facility, Mr Hal Howard, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics, said “Sonata has been a key partner for Microsoft in our commitment to provide best-of-breed ‘People Ready’ solutions to our customers. Sonata’s deep domain knowledge and technical skills help us ensure accelerated development cycles, improved time-to-market and increased competitive agility.”

Speaking on the occasion, President and Managing Director of Sonata Software, Mr B Ramaswamy stated, “We continue to invest aggressively to build capacity in order to serve our customers. This strategy allows us to quickly scale our organization, support the business demands of our global customer base, and further establish our leadership position in Software Product Development services. Our relationship with Microsoft is an intrinsic component of Sonata’s growth strategy and continues to provide significant synergistic opportunities for both companies. We are committed to delivering world-class IT solutions and services with flexible delivery models to support Microsoft’s global expansion plans.”

About Sonata Software Limited

Sonata Software, headquartered in Bangalore, India, is a leading IT consulting and services company. Sonata’s customers are located across the US, Europe, Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Its portfolio of services includes IT Consulting, Product Engineering Services, Travel Solutions, Application Development, Application Management, Managed Testing, Business Intelligence, Infrastructure Management and Packaged Applications. As per the industry rankings released by NASSCOM for 2008-09, Sonata Software figured among the Top 20 IT Software Services Exporters in India for the second consecutive year. Sonata Software has also been ranked Global #2 in the 2008 Top Ten ESO : Outsourced Software Development in The Black Book of Outsourcing.

For further information, please contact : Swati Sengupta Sonata Software Limited A.P.S. Trust Building, Bull Temple Road, N.R. Colony, Basavanagudi, Bangalore 560019, India Tel : +91-80-26610330 swati.sengupta@sonata-software.com

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For further information, please contact : Swati Sengupta, Sonata Software Limited, A.P.S. Trust Building, Bull Temple Road, N.R. Colony, Basavanagudi, Bangalore 560019, India, Tel : +91-80-26610330, swati.sengupta at sonata-software.com