Digite Empowers Comviva To Take Informed Business Decisions

Online, January 15, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Comviva, the leading provider of integrated Value-added Services (VAS) solutions for mobile operators in emerging markets, announced today that they had completed the implementation and initial roll-out of Digite Enterprise, the leading Product Development Management software being used for managing project execution and delivery. With this implementation, Comviva has gone live with 380 users and 22 live programs.

Comviva had selected Digite as the enterprise project management solution of choice after an extensive product evaluation that spanned a period of six months. Comviva decided to initially automate its integrated project and process management, and SDLC practices. This not only ensured greater process compliance but also brought visibility into project performance.

Announcing the completion of the initial implementation, Comviva's Vice President - DPM, ISS, CAG & IT, Mr. Amarendra Kumar Singh, said, "One of the major goals for this year has been to bring standardization, and implementation of efficient project management practices. To achieve this, we envisaged implementing Digite Enterprise as an end-to-end integrated project management platform across Comviva covering projects across all product units and project lifecycles. While maintaining disciplined project management practices, Digite has also provided flexibility in designing the process framework for different project types. The project management practices have been imbibed in everyone so much that everybody at Comviva is talking the same language across projects."

After successful configuration & validation, the configured Digite application was co-branded as COMPASS (Comviva Project And Support Systems). In the last three months, the Comviva implementation team has brought 380 users on Compass, allocated on 22 live programs being executed through this system.

"The entire organization now uses Digite for managing & tracking their work. This would not have been possible without the excellent support of the Digite Professional Services and Consulting team. Their dedication during the implementation period was outstanding. We have deployed different kinds of projects including Project Delivery, Product Development, Agile, and Application Maintenance and Support, etc.," said Ajay Gurnani, Deputy General Manager, Process Improvement at Comviva.

Congratulating the entire implementation team from both Comviva & Digite, Sudipta Lahiri, Vice President - Engineering & Professional Services at Digite, said "We are very impressed with the implementation approach of Comviva. Comviva understood the importance of Organizational Change Management and ensured that they had the Top Management buy-in before the implementation started. We participated in extensive discussions on the impact of this implementation to each of their functions. In the end, it was a great effort on the part of both the Comviva and Digite teams that led to the successful implementation of Digite Enterprise at Comviva."

About Comviva:
Comviva is the leading provider of integrated Value-added Services (VAS) for mobile operators in emerging markets today. Comviva has deployed solutions for operator customers in over 80 countries worldwide and its solutions help power services to over 500 million mobile subscribers globally. With an extensive portfolio that easily integrates into the operator's business environment and includes mobile financials solutions, mobile music and video applications, messaging and business support systems, Comviva's solutions reach one in three mobile users in the emerging markets of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.comviva.com

About Digite:
Digite, Inc. is a leading provider of Agile Application Lifecycle Management products and solutions for the Global Delivery Model. Digite Enterprise, Digite's flagship product, enables technology enterprises, big and small, successfully manage technology projects, products, and applications. Combining Process Governance , Project Portfolio Management , and Application Lifecycle Management , Digite provides an, integrated, yet configurable and flexible web-based platform for IT and Software organizations. Digite facilitates successful collaboration between globally distributed teams - whether business and IT, or customers and technology service providers. For more information, please visit www.digite.com .
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