CSC ropes in iTKO as SOA partner

Global IT services firm Computer Science Corp (CSC) is expanding its partnership in the SOA and testing development space by tieing up with software testing and validation services firm Interactive TKO Inc (iTKO). Both companies will jointly provide SOA testing services and software to customers out of India to optimise their multi-tiered, service-based architectures.

Krishnaswamy Subrahmaniam, president of CSC’s operations in India, said the SOA testing collaboration with iTKO is a strategic part of CSC’s independent verification and validation service offerings.

The $17.3-billion CSC runs its SOA Testing Center of Excellence in Chennai. Among other products, Dallas, Texas-headquartered iTKO offers the LISATM suite of testing, validation and virtualization solutions, with companies like Allstate, Bank of America, Intel and eBay on its customer list.

“We are excited about working with CSC to build and deliver innovative test and virtualisation solutions for top financial, healthcare, technology and government customers,” iTKO chief executive officer Shridhar Mittal said.

He said that the partnership would bring to customers a full complement of specialised SOA testing expertise within CSC’s SOA Test Center of Excellence.

In India, CSC operates centres in Noida, Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Vadodara, with approximately 19,000 employees on its rolls. Worldwide, the company employs about 91,000 people. The company has three primary lines of business — Business Solutions & Services, Global Outsourcing Services and the North American Public Sector. Services offered include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting.