September 28, 2005 – Bahwan CyberTek, a leading products and services company, today announced that the company has been successfully appraised at level 5 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMi) Version 1.1. The CMMi assessment was performed by KPMG, an SEI-authorized independent lead assessor. CMMi Level 5 is the highest standard available to assess the maturity of an organization’s software engineering processes.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.S.V.Sriram, President, Bahwan CyberTek said, “At Bahwan CyberTek, we strongly pursue organizational excellence. This certification is an endorsement of the organization’s collective resolve to ensure process excellence, which will enable us to extend best-in-class services to customers. “ The appraisal was done under the SCAMPI version 1.1-appraisal method specified by Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute. SCAMPI incorporates the best ideas of several process-improvement appraisal methods.

“The certification has become an imperative in the market today. The certification will help us significantly improve productivity and optimize cost besides increasing throughput, Further, the certification will help us ensure higher customer satisfaction,” added Mr.Sriram. With the industry increasingly becoming quality conscious, CMMi Level 5 certification is an apparent differentiation and will provide organizations exposure to more business opportunities. The certification will also help clients of Bahwan CyberTek by means of receiving more predictable projects, lower and falling variances on schedules, reduced defect leakage coupled with lower costs and shorter schedules with vendor improving productivity.

About Bahwan CyberTek

Bahwan CyberTek (BCT), established in 1999 is a leading IT Products and Services company. BCT provides state-of-the-art solutions to its customers covering package implementation in the ERP and SCM space, customized software development, System Integration, Migration and Customization, Training, Professional Services and end-to-end networking solutions using near-shore and offshore models. The company has offices in Oman, UAE, India and USA and has a total strength of 500 people. BCT’s offshore development center in Chennai, India is assessed at CMMi Level 5. Today, with an established track record and demonstrated success, BCT’ has customers from diverse industries encompassing banking and financial institutions, governments, manufacturing and trading organizations spanning Oman, UAE, India and USA.

The company has within a short span of time build IP driven products through focused R&D initiatives. The company’s innovative product, Cuecent BPMS has the potential to revolutionize the business integration and process management capabilities of enterprises. Cuecent BPMS enables companies to flexibly innovate basic business operations by lowering cost of software development that automates daily actions.