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NIIT Technologies, the Global Software Business
NIIT’s Global Software Business meets
every requirement of the customer, be it in software
solutions or in the area of knowledge management. The
Global Software Business has two divisions-The Software
Solutions Business and The Knowledge Solutions Business.
Software Solutions Business
NIIT’s Software Business, known as NIIT Technologies,
has been structured into 5 Business Units, which are
focused on specific geographies – USA, UK, Continental
Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan.
NIIT Technologies has over the years built up a vast
range of services that extend from Legacy Modernization
and Maintenance to Custom Software Development and Maintenance
and Enterprise Integration. NIIT Technologies also offers
solutions in the Finance, Transport and Retail domains.
These services are delivered both on an onsite and offshore
basis. The company’s sophisticated technology
centers—powerhouses of specific expertise—provide
solutions to customers across continents.
NIIT Technologies follows global standards of software
development processes evidenced by assessment at CMMi
Level 5 as per the Software Engineering Institute's
Capability Maturity Model for Software Process Capability
and an ISO 9001 certification from BVQI, UK.
NIIT Technologies has been working with global software
customers including ABN Amro, British Airways, ING Group,
Unilever, Singapore, Channel 4, Deutsche Bank, Marks
& Spencer, NTT Data, Office Depot, SEI Investments
and Toshiba, executing projects in the Internet, Networking,
Client-Server and Legacy Maintenance & Modernization
areas.
NIIT Technologies is addressing the global opportunities
in various domains through strategic alliances with
technology majors like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Siebel,
Sun and BEA. NIIT Technologies also has alliances with
global IT companies like Alcatel, Aesthetic Technologies,
CoKinetic, ComputerLogic, Imation, OneWeb Systems and
Relativity Technologies.
NIIT Technologies has set up offshore software development
centers to service its customers globally. Its distributed
Software Development Centers in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Bangalore and Chennai are equipped with dedicated communication
links that allow over 2000 software professionals to
communicate to their customers and NIIT offices worldwide.
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Knowledge
Solutions Business
NIIT, with its inherent strengths in e-Learning and managing
knowledge, has emerged as a clear leader in the field
of Knowledge Solutions. NIIT Technologies’ competencies
in the areas of content, technology and services gives
the company an edge of a unifier, helping it deliver to
the customers a complete learning package and not just
few of the components. NIIT
Technologies’ Knowledge Solutions practice creates
learning content, provides technology for an e-Learning
environment and extends value-added services for effective
learning and knowledge transfer. It assists organizations
in migrating to a business focused technology-based
knowledge environment. It helps organizations identify
ways of making learning more efficient and cost effective.
By leveraging on its content development expertise and
its post implementation, on-going services, the Knowledge
Solutions practice of NIIT Technologies helps organizations
gain maximum returns on training investments.
The success of these learning solutions
lies in its unique approach to learning. A rigorous
instructional design methodology is followed to create
engaging and compelling course content. NIIT Technologies
has one of the largest learning material development
facilities in the world. The division is a virtual veteran
with over 650 educational multimedia software titles,
over 5,000 person years of experience in content development
and more than 1500 days of Instructor-Led training backing
it. NIIT has developed over 8500 hours of Web-based
training and Computer-based training. NIIT Technologies’
Knowledge Solutions business has been assessed at Level
5 of the SEI-CMM, making it the first content developer
in the world to get this quality assessment.
Knowledge Solutions business has nearly
600 multi-skilled professionals proficient in instructional
design, technical writing, scripting, sound recording
and digitizing, engineering and template creation, graphic
design, video production, programming and visualization.
A few major clients for whom NIIT Technologies
has developed learning content are Arthur Andersen,
BP, Computer Associates, Cooper Lighting, Course Technology,
Ericsson, Gateway, Hitachi Data Systems, Microsoft,
Ministry of Defence-Singapore, NETg, Nokia, Shell, Singapore
Airlines, and The World Bank.
NIIT Technologies has formed a strategic
alliance with Click2learn - a US based e-Learning company.
Under the terms of the multiyear, multifaceted alliance,
NIIT Technologies and Click2learn will jointly develop
e-learning and knowledge solutions for the marketplace
using Click2learn's Aspen platform and NIIT's knowledge
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