October 2006   
  Message From The CEO  
 
 

As New England autumn quickly envelops us, we take a few minutes to update you on our continued progress. We're pleased to highlight this month a recent success with a major healthcare information services client, where we have improved the company's service levels to its physician clients. The solution consolidates six disparate healthcare databases into a single central platform, streamlining data access and reducing their total cost of ownership.

Elsewhere, we are pleased to announce our receipt of Deloitte & Touche's Fast 50 Award, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in New England.

We continue to be encouraged by the strong business demand for IT Transformation as we help our clients improve operational efficiencies of their IT systems and platforms. In so doing we increase their business agility, improve total operational productivity and enhance their customer experience by applying Platforming principles.

Thanks for your continued support.

Sincerely,
Kris Canekeratne
Chairman and CEO

 
  Topic Of The Month  
A Leading Professional Information Company Transforms Its Physician-facing Services
   
New Flagship Offering Designed For Future Expansion

Our client provides physicians with the most comprehensive and up-to-date drug information and resources. Its reference site has become the standard publication physicians turn to for comprehensive prescription drug information. With the publication of the 60th edition, nine-out-of-ten doctors regard this site as their most valuable and essential reference source.

Our client also operates a flagship online source, where registered users have immediate access to comprehensive prescription drug information, as well as educational and medical tools. The company faced the challenge of making the site, as well as other applications in its product portfolio, more user-friendly for practitioners. Physicians Reference, Continuing Medical Education and four other popular sites all required stronger value propositions. Discover how this high visibility client began to reach its goals of creating a personalized experience for physicians, creating new workflow solutions, and efficiently delivering the best service across its healthcare product portfolio.

 
   
  News & Events  
Virtusa Day at Cisco an Outstanding Success
 
Virtusa recently showcased its services and clients to the IT staff at Cisco’s Bangalore center.

Virtusa is a Cisco partner and the event provided an opportunity to project to participants the types of engagements, services provided, duration and complexity of the projects and the value addition that Virtusa brings through its “Conceive. Transform. Optimize.” model.

Virtusa Co- hosts Seminar on ECM
 

Virtusa and NASSCOM jointly hosted a seminar on ‘Enterprise Content Management’ on August 25

The seminar was part of NASSCOM's Emerging Companies Forum. The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is India’s premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT software and services industry in India.

Virtusa Hosts IT Trends Workshop for Journalists

 
Virtusa’s Advanced Technology Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka organized an IT Trends Reporting Workshop for Sri Lankan journalists on August 22.

The workshop commenced with an introduction by Madu Ratnayake, General Manger of Virtusa’s Sri Lanka Advanced Training Center, who spoke of the globalization phenomenon and its effect on the IT industry. Madu drew parallels from the popular publication 'The World Is Flat' by Thomas Friedman, and highlighted the fact that this phenomenon was here to stay and as such, it was time for the IT industry to partner with media institutions to usher Sri Lanka to the flat world.

 
Virtusa Makes Deloitte Technology Fast 50 List In NE
   

Virtusa Named One of New England’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies

Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of software development and IT services, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touché USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations.

 
IBM Information on Demand
   

Virtusa is a Silver Sponsor of IBM Information on Demand 2006

Virtusa is a Silver Sponsor of IBM Information on Demand, the premier information management global conference to be held in Anaheim, CA from October 15 - 20. The event proposes an exciting agenda, including world-class speakers and leading technology! Over 200 customer speakers will share their success stories accompanied by a grand EXPO with 120+ top partners showcasing their solutions.

Visit Virtusa at Booth Number S308:

 
Vignette Village 2006
   
Virtusa is a Gold Sponsor of Vignette Village 2006

Village 2006 will bring together the most innovative and successful Enterprise Content Management professionals in the world to learn from each other by sharing their challenges, insights and achievements.

This event is to be held in Austin, TX from October 23-25.
 
Insurance & Technology Executive Summit
   

Virtusa is a Sponsor of Insurance & Technology's 8th Annual Executive Summit.

This two and a half day exclusive, invitation-only event is for senior-level insurance executives. This select group of industry peers will pursue the concept of innovation and examine how to manage the risks of innovation, as well as reap the returns and rewards.

This event is to be held from November 5 – 8 at the Arizona.

   
 
 
  Cultural Corner  

Navarathri, dedicated to “Devi”, the Divine Mother.

This festival is celebrated all over India with pomp and splendor in the month of September. It is the longest festival of the year and starts with the new moon day “Mahaalaya Amaavasai” and ends on the tenth day “Dusshera” or “Vijayadasami”. Navarathri means nine-nights, in Sanskrit. The term "Dusshera" is derived from the Sanskrit word “Dasha” meaning ten.

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  Fitting Finale for a Dream Campaign at Virtusa  

Virtusa recently concluded its most successful employee referral scheme ever - the GROW Virtusa campaign

This campaign was conducted in Hyderabad and Chennai offices in India. Associate Technical Lead, Sachithanantham “Sachin” Santhosham of the Chennai Advanced Technology Center won the highly coveted raffle prize of a Maruti Suzuki Swift car.

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