Bangalore, India, May 25, 2011: Sonata Software (www.sonata-software.com), a leading IT consulting and software services provider, today announced that it has been assessed at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 (Version 1.2-Development Model) for its development centres in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) assessment was done by QAI Global Services. The assessment covered Development, Testing, Maintenance and Support Projects at the centres.

The assessment recognises Sonata's capability to provide high quality software solutions through robust software development processes. It also signifies Sonata's commitment towards delivery excellence, process maturity and service quality ensuring timely and best-in-class solutions for its customers globally.

Developed by Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University, USA, CMMI Maturity Level 5 is the highest level of process maturity that independently verifies an organization's capabilities to continuously enhance its processes through incremental and innovative process and technological improvements. CMMI Maturity Level 5 affirms the organization's ability to statistically manage the sub-processes in order to achieve process and business objectives.

Mr. Gururaj Managuli, Lead Appraiser, QAI Global Services said, "It was good to see the diligence shown by the organization in application of CMMI so as to maximize benefits. People across all levels are interested and excited about process improvements especially in using statistical techniques and models."

Mr. P Srikar Reddy, Chief Operating Officer, Sonata Software said, “We are proud of this achievement as the assessment further reinforces our commitment to continuous process maturity at the organization level which are in line with the best practices in the industry. At Sonata our focus has always been towards quality and on-time delivery to our customers. The accreditation reflects Sonata’s commitment to delivering measurable business results and will enable us to enhance our global competitiveness.”

About SEI & CMMI
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) The SEI is a federally funded research and development center conducting software engineering research in acquisition, architecture and product lines, process improvement and performance measurement, security, and system of systems and dependability.

Developed by the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI), the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a set of three models - Development, Services, and Acquisition. The model practices enable an improvement infrastructure, allowing process and performance improvements across five different levels. CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV) provides a comprehensive integrated set of guidelines for developing products and services.

About Sonata Software Limited
Sonata Software (www.sonata-software.com), headquartered in Bangalore, India, is a leading IT consulting and services company. Sonata's customers are located across the US, Europe, Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Its key business segments include Product Engineering (ISV), Enterprise IT and Travel, Transportation and Logistics. As per the industry rankings released by NASSCOM for FY 2009-10, Sonata Software figured among the Top 20 IT Software Services Exporters in India for the third consecutive year. Sonata has been recognized for its excellence in providing Software/ISV R&D and Cloud Computing Services to global customers by Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.  Sonata features both under the Software/ISV as well as Cloud Computing verticals in Zinnov’s “Execution Zone”.

For further information, please contact:
Swati Sengupta
Sonata Software Limited
A.P.S. Trust Building,
Bull Temple Road, N.R. Colony
Basavanagudi,
Bangalore  560019, India
Tel : +91 80 30971999
swati.sengupta@sonata-software.com