Progressive Infotech BS 15000 certified

Progressive Infotech BS 15000 certified

New Delhi, March 10, 2006 – Progressive Infotech Private Limited, a leading independent provider of IT Infrastructure services, announced today that it has been awarded the premier BS 15000 – 1: 2002 certification for its entire Service Delivery and Support by STQC IT Certification Services. Progressive is now the first independent service provider company in the country and among the few in the world to have gained the prestigious BS15000 accreditation, the ultimate benchmark for IT Service Management (ITSM).

Progressive received this coveted certification following a strict audit by the leading international standards, testing and certification organization, STQC. This assessment follows an intensive year long exercise initiated by Progressive.

“This certification will result in enhanced credibility, confidence and trust amongst our customers and partners, in our ability to address their IT Infrastructure needs and management support while maintaining high standards of quality and cost effectiveness,” said Prateek Garg, MD & CEO, Progressive Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

“The BS15000 certification is a reflection of the high process maturity in our service delivery to our customers. This certification will enable Progressive to deliver end-to-end high quality solutions, through use of automation and best of breed processes, policies and checklists,” he added.

Progressive Infotech is an established domestic player in the Infrastructure management domain. It is one of the very few players in the IT Infrastructure market to have also achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification for IT Infrastructure management services.

BS 15000 is the worldwide certification which aims at IT Service Management and describes an integrated set of management processes for the effective delivery of services to the business and the company’s customers. During the audits, Progressive’s systems and practices were assessed and approved by STQC team. The company has a large pool of ITIL trained and certified resources.

BS 15000-1:2002 is the formal specification and defines the requirements for an organization to deliver managed services of an acceptable quality for its customers.

The scope of BS 15000 certification includes:

“Provisioning of IT Infrastructure Technology Solutions, Deployment and Management of IT Support Services related to Networking, Desktops, Servers, Operating Systems and Application Software to client organizations”.

About Progressive

Progressive Infotech is a leading independent provider of IT Infrastructure services encompassing integration and management of IT Infrastructure. Progressive’s services offering span across the IT infrastructure needs of an enterprise and has three strategic business units; Infrastructure Provisioning & Integration, Managed Services and Professional Services. It is the Premier Business Partner of HP and has strategic alliances with all the industry majors and provides IT Infrastructure Management services across the industry verticals. Founded in 1998, the company employs over 450 associates and operates from its head office in Noida, with 80 offices including regional offices in all major cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Banglore, Hyderabad and Kolkata. For more information about the company, please visit www.progressive.in.

About BS 15000

BS 15000 is the first worldwide standard specifically aimed at IT Service Management. It addresses the IT Service Management processes and the supporting Management system. It is aligned with and complementary to the process approach defined within the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). BS 15000 encompasses the best practices for IT Service Management and provides a framework for IT service delivery enabling, an organization to plan, manage, deliver, monitor, report, review and improve its IT service management and alignment of IT to business. About STQC STQC is the quality assurance wing of Department of Information Technology, Government of India. It is one of the leading certification bodies in Information Technology sector which provides services in the area of IT service management, Information Security management services and Software testing. .All these services from STQC are accredited by International bodies.

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