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21.06.2012 Africa

Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam and BMC Software launch Global Center of Excellence at Pune / To focus on BMC's Business Service Management Framework and Cloud Lifecycle Management Stack along with Capacity Management, ITSM and BPPM

21.06.2012 LISTEN
By Tech Mahindra

MUMBAI, India, June 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Tech Mahindra (http://www.techmahindra.com) and Mahindra Satyam today announced that they have set up BMC Software-Mahindra Center of Excellence (CoE) at Tech Mahindra's Hinjewadi facility at Pune, India. The CoE is focused around developing solutions leveraging BMC's Business Service Management (BSM) portfolio and Cloud Lifecycle Management solutions. This center will enable co-innovation and delivery of joint offerings.

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Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=216 (Paul Avenant, President, Enterprise Service Management (ESM), BMC Software lighting a lamp to inaugurate the BMC Software – Mahindra Centre of Excellence)

In this unique arrangement Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam and BMC Software will showcase complete product integration wherein customers will get firsthand experience of real-life use cases. The CoE will incubate joint capability development by Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam's Infrastructure Managed Services, Cloud, Service Assurance and Application Performance Management practice groups with focus on developing fully integrated solutions.

“We are excited with our joint success in market and are strengthening our relationship with BMC Software. This CoE will help create a platform to build value propositions and pre-integrated service offerings for our Enterprise and Telecom customers. The arrangement is closely aligned with our strategy of investing in partnerships with leading product suppliers in IT industry and provide cutting edge solutions to help our customers transform their businesses”, said L. Ravichandran, President, IT Services, Tech Mahindra.

Speaking at the occasion, Paul Avenant, President, Enterprise Service Management (ESM), BMC Software, said, “Our partnership with Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam has created global opportunities around our Cloud Lifecycle Management and IT Service Management solutions. Through our joint offerings, we have been able to transform large enterprises and telecom customers, and we look forward to a growing partnership in the future.”

Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam, together with BMC Software, are already providing Service Assurance and platform based managed IT services to several large customers. This center will provide complete enablement to articulate BSM solutions and conduct Proof of Concepts or demonstration of joint solutions.

Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Tech Mahindra.

About Mahindra Satyam

Mahindra Satyam is a global business consulting and information technology services company leveraging deep industry and functional expertise, leading technology practices and a global delivery model to help businesses transform their processes and improve performance. The company's professionals excel in enterprise solutions, supply chain management, client relationship management, business intelligence, business processes, engineering and product lifecycle management, infrastructure services, among other services.

The company has development and delivery centres in the United States of America, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Hungary, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia and serves numerous clients, including many Fortune 500 organizations.

Mahindra Satyam is part of the USD 15.4 billion Mahindra Group. The Mahindra Group employs more than 144,000 people in over 100 countries and operates in key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, information technology and vacation ownership. In 2011, Mahindra featured on the Forbes Global 2000 list, a listing of the biggest and most powerful listed companies in the world. Dun & Bradstreet also ranked Mahindra at No. 1 in the automobile sector in its list of India's Top 500 Companies. In 2010, Mahindra featured in the Credit Suisse Great Brands of Tomorrow. In 2011, Mahindra acquired a majority stake in Korea's SsangYong Motor Company.

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About Tech Mahindra:

Tech Mahindra (http://www.techmahindra.com) is a leading provider of solutions and services to the telecommunications industry with a majority stake owned by Mahindra & Mahindra Limited. Tech Mahindra serves telecom service providers, equipment manufacturers, software vendors and systems integrators worldwide and their proven delivery models, distinctive IT skills and decades of domain expertise enable clients to maximize returns on their IT investment by achieving fast time to market reduced total cost of ownership and high customer satisfaction.

Tech Mahindra registered revenue of USD 1,156 million in the year ended March 31, 2012 and is ably supported by around 41,000 professionals who provide a unique blend of culture, domain expertise and in-depth technology skill-sets.

A SEI-CMMi Level 5 organization, Tech Mahindra's development centers are ISO 9001:2008 and BS7799 certified. Tech Mahindra has principal offices in the UK, United States, Germany, UAE, Egypt, Singapore, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines, Canada and Australia.

Tech Mahindra Ltd is part of the US $15.4 billion Mahindra Group, a global industrial federation of companies and one of the top 10 business houses based in India. The Group's interests span automotive products, aviation, components, farm equipment, financial services, hospitality, information technology, logistics, real estate and retail. In 2011, Mahindra featured on the Forbes Global 2000 list, a listing of the biggest and most powerful listed companies in the world. Dun & Bradstreet also ranked Mahindra at No. 1 in the automobile sector in its list of India's Top 500 Companies. In 2010, Mahindra featured in the Credit Suisse Great Brands of Tomorrow. In 2011, Mahindra acquired a majority stake in Korea's SsangYong Motor Company.

For more information please refer to the website: www.techmahindra.com

About BMC Software

Business Runs on IT. IT Runs on BMC Software.

Business runs better when IT runs at its best. That's why more than 20,000 IT organizations – from the Global 100 to the smallest businesses – in over 120 countries rely on BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) to manage their business services and applications across distributed, mainframe, virtual and cloud

environments. With the leading Business Service Management platform, Cloud Management, and the industry's broadest choice of IT management solutions, BMC helps customers cut costs, reduce risk and achieve business objectives. For the four fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2012, BMC revenue was

approximately $2.2 billion.

Name: Milind Kharkar

Email ID : [email protected]

Phone Number : +919820236639

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Mahindra Satyam undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

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