Joins Managed Services Accreditation Program to Ensure Customers of the Highest Standards for its Infrastructure Managed Services CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patni Computer Systems Ltd., a leading global IT consulting and services provider, today announced that it is the first and only offshore service provider to receive accreditation under the MSPAlliance's (MSPA) Managed Services Accreditation Program (MSAP). MSAP is the first program of its kind, specifically designed and created to provide customers of managed services providers with the assurance that the services provider they hire meets or exceeds the highest principles of quality in areas such as financial stability, facilities, managed services practices and customer satisfaction. Through this alliance, Patni will increase the value it is delivering to its Infrastructure Management Services customers by collaborating with other service providers and technology enablers to develop best practices and improve ROI in technology procurement and implementation. Patni is the only offshore outsourcing provider with this accreditation, which assures customers of the highest quality service standards in addition to the traditional benefits of outsourcing services such as lowered total cost of ownership. "The Managed Services Accreditation Program is a rigorous program that benchmarks and verifies the quality of the company providing managed services," said Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance president. "We are very proud to have Patni Computer Systems as the first offshore services partner as part of this prestigious body of MSPs." MSAP was created using a wide base of criteria that encompasses a wide range of managed service providers. These criteria include a review of certified members' physical facilities, telecommunication connectivity, technology certifications for the service desk agents as well as the degree to which their software tools follow the highest standards for the delivery of available, scalable, and consistent services. By covering buying and service delivery criteria that matter to customers, the MSAP certification program tracks and measures a satisfactory level of professional and business practices, helping MSPs to consistently deliver superior services to their clients. "This accreditation will give our customer base the highest confidence, that Patni complies with the most stringent industry-wide standards in managed services," said Douglas Fallon, senior vice president and head of Infrastructure Management Services, Patni. "By being the first offshore services provider to achieve this accreditation, we further strengthen our leadership role and differentiate ourselves in this rapidly emerging sector of outsourced services." Patni's Infrastructure Management Services help organizations optimize critical IT staff with a complete portfolio of solutions and services for managing enterprise IT infrastructures. Patni offers NOC-based, 24x7 automated management capabilities that can be delivered anywhere around the world. The services are based on standardized, open and scaleable architectures that comprise a diverse set of systems and technologies critical to any enterprise IT organization. This enables clients to reduce the total cost of IT operations and refocus resources on core business activities, while also improving asset utilization and system availability. The MSPAlliance, with almost 300 corporate members worldwide, is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using Managed Service Providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve. About Patni Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE:PATNIBSE:COMPUTBSE:NSE:BSE:PATNIBSE:NYSE:BSE:PTI) is a global IT Services provider servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through its industry-focused practices, including insurance, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, and its technology-focused practices. With an employee strength of over 12,000 and multiple offshore development facilities across eight cities; Patni has 23 international offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Patni has registered revenues of US$ 450 million for the year 2005. Patni's service offerings include application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management services, product engineering services, business process outsourcing and quality assurance services. Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its client's businesses through well-established and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMi Level 5 organization, assessed enterprise wide at P-CMM Level 3. In keeping with its focus on continuous process improvements, Patni adopts Six Sigma practices as an integral part of its quality and process frameworks. For more information on Patni, visit http://www.patni.com/. About MSPAlliance The MSPAlliance is a global organization made up of service providers and technology enablers who work in a collaborative effort to define, promote and educate the Managed Services Industry and the end-user consumer on the adoption and successful use of technology through Managed Services. For more information about the MSPAlliance and the Managed Services Accreditation Program please visit http://www.mspalliance.com/. Safe Harbor: Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Patni has made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our Red herring filing. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company. Contact: Celia Weaver Tony Viola MSP Alliance Patni Computer Systems +1-530-891-1340 +1-617-354-7424 DATASOURCE: Patni Computer Systems Ltd. CONTACT: Tony Viola of Patni Computer Systems, +1-617-354-7424, ; or Celia Weaver of MSP Alliance, +1-530-891-1340, Web site: http://www.patni.com/

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