Tata Consultancy Services Selects Agitar Software as an Innovation Partner

TCS will Leverage Agitar’s Technology to Help Customers Improve Java Development Agility, Quality, and Costs

MUMBAI, India and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., September 18, 2006 – As part of its Innovation Initiative, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the leading global technology solutions company, announced an alliance with Agitar Software, the leader in enterprise developer testing solutions in Java technology.

TCS will use, promote, and integrate Agitar’s innovative solution to automate and manage developer testing for Java projects for its global customers. TCS has more than ten thousand developers working on Java projects globally, so access to the latest technologies such as Agitar’s will help improve the quality, cost, and timely delivery of projects for the company’s global customers.

The two companies will initiate joint go-to-market strategies to target the multi-billion dollar market in Java development projects worldwide. Currently, the innovation partners are piloting the solution with two leading customers of TCS.

Agitar’s breakthrough automation accelerates developer unit testing, an approach where development teams test their software code as they write it. The Agitar solution helps developers discover and eliminate defects early in the software lifecycle, enables better software design, and simplifies integration and QA, increasing the predictability of software development and lowering costs.

"The world’s leading enterprises need high quality software with fast and reliable delivery times, and TCS is identifying and integrating new technologies and innovations into our solutions to meet this requirement," said Dr. Gautam Shroff, VP, Technology Programs and member of the Corporate Technology Board at TCS. "TCS sees developer testing as a key way to improve software development and increase the value we can deliver to our customers. We have chosen Agitar Software’s unique developer testing solution as the best way to accelerate our overall development process."

"TCS has a committed R&D program to optimize software productivity while radically improving the quality of the software applications delivered to our customers. Over time, we have developed a rich suite of tools and technologies to achieve these objectives. Agitar’s solutions complement our suite of methods and tools and fit well with our own philosophy," said Arun Bahulkar, Principal Consultant and Member of Corporate Technology Board at TCS.

"TCS has built its reputation by being focused on quality, predictability, and customer satisfaction. They already set a high bar for software quality," said Jerry Rudisin, CEO of Agitar Software. "As one of the world's largest systems integrators, TCS is committed to increasing its leadership in quality, by promoting innovative ways of accelerating software development. I am thrilled that TCS will leverage Agitar's solution to achieve these business goals."

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS):
Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world leading information technology consulting, services, business process outsourcing, and engineering services organization that envisioned and pioneered the adoption of the flexible global business practices that today enable companies to operate more efficiently and produce more value. TCS achieved this by creating and perfecting a unique method of global deployment and delivery of high quality, high value services and products in IT consulting and business process outsourcing. Known as the "Global Delivery Model," this strategic services delivery concept has reshaped the IT services industry. Testify, Assent, and MasterCraft are tools from TCS R&D that raise the bar on quality and productivity.

More than 95% of TCS customers reward the company's reliability, passion, creativity, and unique ability to handle the broadest range of their IT needs by continually extending and deepening their partnerships with TCS. With over 70,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants located in 35 countries, TCS is uniquely positioned to deliver its flexible world- class services seamlessly to any location. TCS reported consolidated revenues of $2.97 billion (U.S.) in the fiscal year 2005-2006. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information: www.tcs.com.

About Agitar Software:
Agitar helps development teams release software faster while improving quality. Agitar’s products help Java developers find and fix problems in the riskiest parts of their code as they write it, "building quality in" instead of "testing bugs out." Customers have documented shorter development cycles, 90 percent reduction in defects handed over to system integration, and up to 90 percent lower cost of bug fixes. Agitar’s breakthrough technology, software agitation, has won awards including the Java One Duke’s Choice, Jolt Award, Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award, and InfoWorld Technology of the Year. Thousands of users at organizations such as Avaya, Bear Stearns, Cisco, EDS, GE Healthcare, IBM Global Services, Northrop-Grumman, NTT Data, Siemens Medical, and webMethods use Agitar’s products to improve in-house, offshore, or outsourced software development. Agitar is funded by leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates & Globespan Capital Partners. Agitar is a privately-held company headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information on how to develop software with confidence, please visit www.agitar.com.

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Agitar India:
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TCS USA:
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TCS India:
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Email: Pradipta.bagchi@tcs.com