iGate Establishes an Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Center of Excellence (COE) at Bangalore

iGate Global Solutions Ltd has announced setting up an Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Center of Excellence (COE) at its software development facility in Whitefield, Bangalore.

"The Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Center of Excellence (COE) in Bangalore is in line with our strategy of creating a chain of COE’s, in chosen areas across our software development centers. This focused approach enhances the breadth and depth of our service offerings and also enables us to quickly scale delivery operations." said Mohan Sekhar, Member of the Board and Chief Delivery Officer of the Company.

The IV&V COE will create solutions and frameworks which can be leveraged by Company’s diverse range of Fortune 1000 clients. The COE will focus on test process consulting, test automation, performance testing and functional testing services for Enterprises and Product companies.

"IV&V services are the need of the hour to ensure predictability in cost, quality and time attributes of IT projects. Our IV&V COE has built innovative methodologies and 'ready to use' frameworks which enable us to provide high quality and cost effective solutions covering entire lifecycle of test engineering activities." said Manjunatha Hebbar, Associate Vice President and Head of IV&V Services of the Company.

Commenting on the outsourced IV&V services, Mohan Sekhar said that the outlook appears positive, driven by factors such as increased awareness towards the importance of testing, need for centralization and standardization within organizations, growth in number of releases, and pressure on time to market. Currently we are witnessing a trend in this space wherein clients are asking for end-to-end test solutions, starting from test architecture definition to execution, including carrying out testing activities.

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