Kanbay Forms Alliance with CA to Offer Global IT Services for CA's Clarity IT Governance Solution
Kanbay to Present at the CA Niku Global User Conference November 7-9, 2005 in San Francisco
ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kanbay International, Inc. (Nasdaq: KBAY), a global IT services firm focused on providing solutions to the financial services industry, today announced that its subsidiary, Kanbay Incorporated, has entered into an alliance with Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA). Under the alliance, Kanbay will offer consulting and implementation services to financial services organizations deploying CA's flagship IT Governance (ITG) solution, Clarity.
More than 20 Kanbay associates located in the United States and India have recently completed the "boot camp" certification program for Clarity, an integrated software solution for IT Governance, New Product Development and Professional Services Automation. Kanbay is combining this Clarity expertise with its deep understanding of the financial services industry and unique global delivery model to offer functional consulting, technical consulting (including deployment and integration) and project management services to global financial services organizations implementing Clarity.
In addition, Kanbay believes in the power of Clarity and is implementing it for its associates around the world.
According to Francis Albin, Senior Vice President of Alliances at Kanbay, "Our ability to deliver the right people with the right skills on-site or offshore on a global basis puts us in a unique position to be an IT services and consulting partner of choice for Clarity customers. As a Clarity user ourselves we'll also be able to offer financial services organizations a true user's perspective on best practices in Clarity implementations and structuring their internal IT organizations."
"Kanbay's global reach as well as its expertise in financial services and offshore capabilities make it a strong implementation partner for Clarity deployments," said Jules Ehrlich, Vice President of Services, Clarity Division, Business Service Optimization (BSO) at CA. "We look forward to a strong and successful relationship and to working together to help our customers achieve world-class IT performance."
Kanbay's Gurbans S. Chatwal, Head of Knowledge Innovation will be presenting "Implementing the Three-Tier Global Delivery Model with Clarity" at CA's Niku Global User Conference November 7-9, 2005 in San Francisco. For more information on the Conference, please visit http://www.niku.com/guc/pr .
About Kanbay International, Inc.
Founded in 1989, Kanbay International, Inc. (Nasdaq: KBAY) is a global IT services firm focused on the financial services industry. With over 5,000 associates, Kanbay provides its services primarily to banking institutions, credit service companies, insurance companies and securities and investment firms. The company uses a global delivery model to provide application development, maintenance and support, software package selection and integration, business process and technology advice, and specialized services. Kanbay is a CMM Level 5 assessed company headquartered in greater Chicago with offices in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and India. Further information about Kanbay can be found at http://www.kanbay.com .
About Clarity
Clarity, the industry-leading IT Governance solution, enables IT organizations to achieve world-class performance by improving the quality of their engagement with the business and enhancing their ability to run at peak efficiency. The Clarity system features integrated portfolio planning, demand management, project management, resource planning, and time and cost management. More than 425,000 users at 425 companies depend on Clarity to govern IT and, increasingly, to manage new product development. The Clarity Division (formerly Niku) is part of CA's Business Service Optimization (BSO) unit, which offers leading systems for service, asset and change management and provides a comprehensive framework for delivery of world-class IT services. For more information, please visit ca.com/clarity
About CA
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest management software companies, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.ca.com .
