Datamatics Limited signed a multi-year, multi-million pound agreement with BUPA, a not-for-profit organization in the health and care market, to set up a Global Development Service Center in Mumbai, India.

The agreement, which encompasses application development, maintenance and support services, was signed by Mr. John Lister, Global Chief Information Officer, BUPA, and Dr. Lalit Kanodia, Chairman, Datamatics. Mr Lister said, BUPA has confidence in Datamatics and this contract builds upon our existing long-term relationship with them. Mr Lister added that a focus on quality, customer satisfaction and previous successes were instrumental in the signing of this contract between BUPA and Datamatics.

Dr Kanodia said, At Datamatics we believe that we have been able to reduce BUPA s costs on a like-forlike basis over 35% on key projects we have been involved in, through our engagement in the application development and by providing maintenance and support services to BUPA across the world for over six years now. Datamatics has also delivered value to BUPA in terms of improved quality and customer responsiveness. Dr Kanodia also said, Both the BUPA and Datamatics teams are the best of the best. This Mr John Lister, Global Chief Information Officer, BUPA (left) and Dr L. S. Kanodia, Chairman, Datamatics (right), sign the agreement to set up the Global Development Center has been a non-stop learning process and we will not stop sharing the knowledge. This long relationship with BUPA has helped Datamatics gain significant domain knowledge in Insurance.

"The team strength for the Centre is expected to further grow by nearly 30 percent by December 2006. Datamatics management will introduce a number of processes to help the team as well as to add value. With its unique experience of offshoring over the years, Datamatics will continue to ensure that the processes in place are effective and we shall use these to optimize the performance of the team, said Arvind Panday, Executive VP, Datamatics Limited.

BUPA is the UK market leader in health and care with a strong international presence. It has 8 million customers in 180 countries and 42,000 employees. Its main interests are health insurance, hospitals, care homes for older people and young disabled, health assessments, workplace health and childcare services. Sanitas in Spain, HBA in Australia, IHI in Denmark and Amedex in the US are all part of the BUPA Group. BUPA is a provident association, which reinvests all its surpluses back into the business. In 2005, it earned revenue of £3.9 billion, paid out a record £2.1 billion in claims. The BUPA Foundation is an independent charity, which funds medical research.

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Datamatics is an established IT consulting and services company offering a wide range of software solutions that help deliver superior business value. We conceptualize and develop industry-specific technology solutions that are tailored to our customers' requirements. We are deeply committed to our philosophy "Delivering Value through Technology", and our track record bears testimony to this. We have successfully undertaken and completed IT engagements for global corporations including Fortune 500 companies in 58 countries. Our domain expertise in focus areas including BFSI, Telecom, Manufacturing, ISVs and International Organizations enables us to offer business relevant solutions. Complementing this domain expertise is our focus on quality. We are committed to providing consistently high quality delivery-we are currently assessed at SEI-CMMi Level 5 and PCMM Level 5 besides being an ISO 9001:2000 certified organization.