Kanbay Starts Strategic IT Services Relationship with Top 25 Global Insurance Company for Integration, Application Development
June 22 2006 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Adjoined Acquisition Bears Fruit as Innovative Consulting Model
Proves Attractive to Many Global Companies ROSEMONT, Ill., June 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kanbay International, Inc. (NASDAQ:KBAY),
a global management consulting, technology integration and
development, and outsourcing firm, today announced that it has
started the initial parts of work related to a large strategic
initiative with one of the world's top 25 insurance companies.
Kanbay was awarded the business over several top tier vendors being
considered, highlighting the desire of large companies to engage
with firms that offer deep sector experience with world-class IT
consulting experience. Kanbay will work with the client to
implement the high-end systems critical to the insurance industry.
Simultaneously, Kanbay is expected to upgrade the client's core
insurance IT systems by seamlessly completing conversions and
migrations, implementing a new platform and re-architecting
systems. Kanbay also expects to be responsible for managing the
applications once they are in place. "The breadth and depth of this
win and the anticipated follow-on work involving application
support, development and application re-architecture on an
enterprise basis is significant for our company," said David Smith,
practice leader for Kanbay's Global Insurance Practice. "Entering
into such a strategic initiative with a leading company in the
insurance sector provides us with an opportunity to apply our deep
domain expertise, giving the client a superior return on their
deployed capital." The initiative, which requires both consulting
services and core insurance IT systems work, will leverage Kanbay's
new IT services model, which was developed when Kanbay acquired
Adjoined Consulting in March 2006. "When Kanbay acquired Adjoined,
the integration of the two companies provided the opportunity to
develop a new breed of IT services firm," said Rodney Rogers,
former CEO and founder of Adjoined Consulting and senior managing
director of Kanbay. "Under this model, we are able to offer our
efficient end-to-end solutions through a proven transparent global
delivery platform. Our highly integrated suite of sophisticated
offerings clearly differentiates us from the competition." "Kanbay
can effectively compete with the tier one Indian vendors for
business from financial services clients who expect high touch
'solutions,' and strong customer service," writes Forrester analyst
Stephanie Moore in the February 2006 report entitled Kanbay
Acquires Adjoined Consulting. "Kanbay has developed the means to
develop a global sourcing business that is more likely to ensure
client satisfaction and make customers successful." About Kanbay
International, Inc. Founded in 1989, Kanbay International, Inc.
(NASDAQ:KBAY) is a global IT services firm with more than 6,200
associates worldwide. Kanbay provides a highly integrated suite of
management consulting, technology integration and development, and
outsourcing solutions through a proven global delivery platform to
clients focused on Financial Services and Consumer & Industrial
Products, as well as an emerging presence in the Communications
& Media and Life Sciences industries. Kanbay is a CMM Level 5
assessed company headquartered in greater Chicago with offices in
North America and India as well as London, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Tokyo and Melbourne. Further information about Kanbay can be found
at http://www.kanbay.com/. Forward-Looking Statements This release
contains statements relating to projections or future results.
These statements are forward-looking statements under the federal
securities laws. We can give no assurance that any projections or
future results discussed in these statements will be achieved. Any
forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and
should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any
subsequent date. These statements are subject to a variety of risks
and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ
materially from the statements contained in this release. For a
discussion of important factors that could affect our actual
results, please refer to our SEC filings, including the "Risk
Factors" disclosure in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ending March 31, 2006. DATASOURCE: Kanbay International,
Inc. CONTACT: Megan Grabos, +1-312-861-4710, , or Caroline Hoenk,
+1-312-861-4706, , both for Kanbay International, Inc. Web site:
http://www.kanbay.com/
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