NIIT Technologies receives Top Honors again in the Travel Industry Survey

Ranked No.1 in the Datamonitor Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Survey
NIIT Technologies Ltd., the global IT services provider headquartered in New Delhi, has been ranked No. 1 in the prestigious Black Book of Outsourcing, a Datamonitor company’s 2009 Travel Industry survey.
The 2009 Travel Industry survey investigates over 240 contracts held by 1320 of the top airlines, travel agencies, airports, hotel chains, cargo companies and other travel corporations globally. Last year too, NIIT Technologies had received the top honors in the 2008 Travel Industry Survey.

"We are extremely pleased with our overall ranking. I am particularly proud of the faith our customers have exhibited in our abilities and services. Being acknowledged at the top spot for the second consecutive year is recognition of our commitment to the global travel sector and continued focus on delivering the best solutions for our clients.”. said Mr. Arvind Thakur, CEO, NIIT Technologies

According to the survey findings, NIIT Technologies won the Top Honors and excelled in the Travel Transportation and Logistics segment. The criteria for the rankings were on the grounds such as Trust, Scalability, Reliability and Process Orientation and hence, it positioned NIIT Technologies as a strong IT Services provider in the focused segment. 
The Travel, Transportation & Logistics vertical is a key focus of NIIT Technologies with 29 percent of its revenues arising from services to this sector. It serves more than 50 customers and offers them multiple business models to choose from.

“This is quite an accomplishment for our travel vertical. NIIT Technologies has extensive travel industry knowledge and deep understanding of unique technologies deployed by the industry. This Top Honors recognizes our long history of success and it is through the dedication and commitment of our team that we are able to deliver superior business results.” said Mr. Narayanan Kallapiran, Global Head – Travel Transportation & Logistics, NIIT Technologies Ltd.

According to the survey findings, NIIT Technologies won the Top Honors by being ranked as No.1 in ITO, BPO as well as bundled ITO/BPO services. The survey ranked vendors on 18 key criteria and NIIT Technologies excelled in Innovation, Trust, Breadth of Offerings, Support and best of Breed Processes.
The Black Book of Outsourcing’s survey, together with Datamonitor’s excellent research and consulting capability offers integrated, expertise-led, sourcing knowledge about the complex and dynamic outsourcing marketplace. The annual study recognizes excellence amongst global service providers that demonstrate superior management practices, leadership and outstanding performance.

About NIIT Technologies
NIIT Technologies is a leading IT solutions organization, servicing customers in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. It offers services in Application Development and Maintenance, Enterprise Solutions including Managed Services and Business Process Management to organizations in the Financial Services, Travel, Retail and Distribution, and Government sectors. NIIT Technologies follows global standards of development, which includes ISO 9001:2000 certification, assessment at Level 5 of both SEI-CMMi version 1.2 and People-CMM frameworks and ISO 27001 information security management certification. Its data centre operations are assessed at the international ISO 20000 IT management standards.
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About The Black Book of Outsourcing
The Black Book of Outsourcing is the world's bestselling manual on outsourcing management and decision making (Wiley Publishers) available in over ten languages.  The Black Book of Outsourcing was acquired by Datamonitor, a London based market research firm in 2009 to usher in a full sourcing product set of resources for users, investors, vendors and media.

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