 |
| According
to Koppar, client insistence drove the foray into
software testing and validation services |
KSHEMA
Technologies, a Bangalore-based software services firm, as
part of its diversification, is planning to offer software
testing and validation services. The company recently set
up a team of five engineers in this regard, which would be
expanded later, said Anant Koppar, CEO, Kshema Technologies.
The testing team would be part of the company’s engineering
services division, set up recently as part of the organisational
restructuring.
“The
need to set up a separate testing and validation team was
primarily on the client’s insistence,” Koppar said,
adding that the company would also offer third party software
testing services and certification later. “Two of our
major customers had shown interest in availing of these services,”
he added.
Through the division, the company not only plans to provide
end-to-end solutions in engineering design services, but also
intends to offer quality consultancy.
The company had a team of four lead auditors certified by
BVQI, Koppar said, adding that it was currently handling three
to four consultancy assignments from the existing customers.
In order to strengthen its engineering services division,
Kshema is also planning to tie up with 3-4 small partners
for design development. These partners would be essentially
small-time engineering companies and the company expected
to announce the partnerships in the next few weeks, he added.
Koppar also said that the company expected to achieve the
SEI CMM Level 5 by June this year.
The company, which has successfully developed and implemented
several technologies on the Microsoft .Net platform, was in
talks with Microsoft to get itself declared as a .Net Competency
Centre, he said.
The industry slowdown had impacted the company’s growth,
which is likely to be between 10-20 per cent for the current
year. The company recorded a turnover of Rs 57 crore in the
last financial year.
|
Click
for printer friendly page