Sonata gets SEI Level 5 quality rating

BANGALORE: Sonata Software Ltd., a second-tier software firm, said on Tuesday

it had been rated at Level 5 on a scale of five in a quality rating that tracks

the processes of software companies.

The US-based Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model

rating, or SEI-CMM assessment, is a popular industry measurement similar to

Europe's ISO norms.

A higher rating reflects more maturity. SEI-CMM Level 5 is the highest

possible rating.

Shares of Bangalore-based Sonata ended Rs 0.65 or nearly eight percent higher

at Rs .95 at the Bombay Stock Exchange while Bombay's main index rose about two

percent.

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