Borland enters into a strategic alliance with Hexaware Technologies to set up its first Center of Excellence

Hexaware Technologies Ltd has announced that Borland Software India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Borland Software Corporation and the Company on September 05, 2006 has announced a strategic alliance wherein Borland India will provide requirement definition and management, visual modelling and designing, and change management solutions, training and consulting services to the Company.

The two companies have also jointly launched a state-of-the-art Center of Excellence (CoE) in India at the Company, Chennai. This is the first Center of Excellence set up by Borland in India with a partner as part of the company’s new partner engagement model.

The Center of Excellence will serve as a technology Incubation hub, and provide training, evaluation software, online learning, technical seminars and solution demonstration to software professionals at the company. It will also provide access to the full suite of Borland Application Lifecycle Management solutions to project directors / managers, delivery heads, analysts, architects and testers at the Company.

Under this alliance, Borland will conduct periodic seminars to demonstrate new product features; conduct video / audio conferencing with technical experts; undertake the complete set-up for the CoE; and conduct monthly / bi-monthly programs at the Company to demonstrate solutions, for certain software problems.

As part of the global partnership, Borland and the Company will also engage in joint go-to-market activities, which include joint solutions as well as joint selling and marketing activities to provide better value to the customer. The Company will provide training, implementation and other professional services to Borland customers from time to time. The Company´s customers will be able to avail of special discounts on Borland products.

The Company will provide a dedicated team for the CoE. The team will undergo an extensive training program called ‘Train the Trainer’ and build in-house expertise on Borland technologies.

The Company will also provide hardware resources at the CoE, which will serve as a technology incubation hub for various project teams of the Company. Eventually the Company plans to train more than 2000 of its software professionals.

"Borland’s comprehensive suite of solutions complements our emphasis on providing high quality, cost-effective offerings to our Customers. The CoE will equip us to conform to Borland’s software requirements definition and application lifecycle management (ALM) in the future," said P K Sridharan Executive Director & President - India Operations of the company.

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