HYDERABAD, INDIA: Satyam Computer Services Ltd announced that Satyam BPO, its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm, has been ranked second among the world's leading BPO vendors in Brown-Wilson Group's Black Book of Outsourcing.

Satyam BPO also ranked fourth on the Knowledge Process Outsourcing Vendors list. More than 4,000 organizations were evaluated in compiling the lists.

For the third consecutive year, Satyam BPO has been ranked among the top 10 in Brown-Wilson Group's Black Book of Outsourcing. In 2007 and 2006, Satyam BPO, formerly Nipuna, had been ranked in several categories such as FAO, KPO and Energy and Utilities.

"The categories in which we have been ranked this year, BPO and KPO, are the key growth areas that we have been focusing on and basing our 'Specialty BPO' positioning on. This ranking fits in extremely well from a strategic perspective for us," said Satyam BPO's Chief Executive Officer Venkatesh Roddam. "Recognition from the Brown-Wilson Group shows our commitment to developing partnerships with clients and enabling transformation through superior delivery."