Borland, Hexaware set up Center of Excellence

MUMBAI: Borland Software India Private Limited and Hexaware Technologies Ltd today announced a strategic alliance wherein Borland India will provide requirement definition and management, visual modelling and designing, and change management solutions, training and consulting services to Hexaware.

The two companies have also jointly launched a state-of-the-art Center of Excellence (CoE) in India at Hexaware, Chennai. This is the first Center of Excellence set up by Borland in India with a partner as part of the company’s new partner engagement model.

The Center of Excellence will serve as a technology incubation hub and provide training, evaluation software, online learning, technical seminars and solution demonstration to software professionals at Hexaware. It will also provide access to the full suite of Borland Application Lifecycle Management solutions to project directors/managers, delivery heads, analysts, architects and testers at Hexaware.

Under this alliance, Borland will conduct periodic seminars to demonstrate new product features; conduct video/audio conferencing with technical experts; undertake the complete set-up for the CoE; and conduct monthly/bi-monthly programs at Hexaware to demonstrate solutions for certain software problems.

As part of the global partnership, Borland and Hexaware will also engage in joint go-to-market activities. Hexaware will provide training, implementation and other professional services to Borland customers from time to time. Hexaware customers will be able to avail of special discounts on Borland products.

Speaking on the partnership, Satyen Parikh, managing director – Borland India Private Limited, said, "Engaging our customer network is critical in ensuring we deliver on our vision to transform the software delivery process for our customers. To do this, we needed to formalize and enhance the value our partners receive from supporting our solutions and products. Such partnerships provide us with an opportunity to demonstrate our solutions and help the customer in gaining experience on the product.

“The Center of Excellence is aimed at providing a framework to develop this relationship between Borland and Hexaware," he added.

Hexaware will provide a dedicated team for the CoE. The team will undergo an extensive training program called ‘Train the Trainer’ and build in-house expertise on Borland technologies. It will also provide hardware resources at the CoE, which will serve as a technology incubation hub for various project teams of Hexaware. Eventually Hexaware plans to train more than 2000 of its software professionals.

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