Encoda Systems selects Covansys to enhance product flexibility

Our Convergence Bureau
20 June 2003

Mumbai: Covansys Corporation (www.covansys.com), a global consulting and technology services company, has announced that it has been selected to provide application maintenance and development outsourcing (AMD/O) by Encoda Systems, an independent software vendor (ISV) that provides solutions and services to media industries worldwide.

Under the terms of the contract, Covansys will play a key role in expanding Encoda's broadcast software to multiple platforms, enhancing customer service by providing increased product flexibility and quality.

"We selected Covansys because of its proven experience in providing project engineering for product development and because of its commitment to quality," says Gabriel Lawson, senior vice-president of engineering, Encoda Systems.

Covansys offers a seamless onsite, offsite, offshore global delivery model that enables ISV clients to focus internal IT resources on more strategic initiatives, such as new product development, while existing application maintenance and development is efficiently handled offshore.

As a US-based services provider, Covansys has the unique ability to provide onsite project management while its high quality development centres in India execute the AMD work, allowing clients to reap the benefits of speed to market, flexible resource deployment, 24x7 availability and financial savings.

Covansys offers one of the largest offshore capabilities among US-based technology services providers, with two wholly-owned development centres in India that are SEI CMM(R) Level 5 certified. Covansys India is one of the few companies worldwide to have achieved a prestigious PCMM(R) Level 5 rating.