Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE:SAY) has been recognised by the Department of Civil Aviation, Dubai (DCA) for its outstanding services during 2005. The award was presented to Satyam during the DCA’s 8th Annual Supplier Forum held recently in Dubai.
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Makhtoum, President of DCA, and Chairman of the Emirates Group, every year the DCA Suppliers Forum identifies organisations for their performance and cooperation in fulfilling the DCA and DDF requirements.
Satyam was awarded the project to re-engineer the Airport Billing System (ABS), replacing the existing FoxPro based applications with a web-based billing system and automated integration with Oracle Financials. The project was successfully completed within six months.
“Satyam is the first Indian IT organisation to receive this award, and we are very proud to be honoured by DCA,” said Virender Aggarwal, Senior Vice President and Director, Satyam Computers Services Ltd, Asia Pacific, Middle East, India and Africa.
The DCA’s legacy FoxPro based billing application primarily covered billing for aeronautical operation areas like landing, parking, aerobridge, passenger service charge, security charge and other miscellaneous areas of revenue billing. Satyam subsequently integrated this billing data into Oracle Financials.
The DCA is the governing body that manages operations of the Dubai International Airport and its affiliated divisions like the Dubai Cargo Village, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai International Hotel and Dubai Aviation Club.
Satyam is a leading consulting and IT solutions organisation and has one of the largest enterprise applications practices among leading IT vendors. Satyam has a significant footprint in the Middle East with a customer base that includes more than 150 high profile conglomerates and many significant names getting rapidly added to the list. The Middle East is a critical component of Satyam’s global strategy and the company plans to grow the business in these regions exponentially to reinforce its commitment to the region.
About Satyam
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY) is a global IT Consulting and Services Provider, offering a range of expertise aimed at helping customers re-engineer and re-invent their businesses to compete successfully in an ever-changing marketplace. Over 28,000* highly-skilled professionals in Satyam work onsite, offsite, offshore and nearshore, to provide customized IT solutions for companies in several industry sectors. Satyam’s ideas and products have resulted in technology-intensive transformations that have met the most stringent international quality standards. Satyam Development Centers in India, the USA, the UK, the UAE, Canada, Hungary, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Japan and Australia serve 469* global companies, of which 156* are Fortune Global 500 and Fortune US 500 corporations. Satyam’s presence spans 53 countries, across six continents.
*Figures correct as per quarter ended March 31, 2006
About Department of Civil Aviation
The Department of Civil Aviation, Dubai (DCA) is the governing body that manages operations of Dubai International Airport and its affiliated divisions- the Dubai Cargo Village, Dubai duty Free, Dubai International Hotel and Dubai Aviations Club. DCA handles airport operations- including granting traffic rights and operating permissions- withing one authority, providing the cohesive direction that has marked the progress of aviation of aviation in Dubai.
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For a discussion of the risks associated with our business, please see the discussions under the heading “Risk Factors” in our report on Form 6K concerning the fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005, furnished to the United States Securities Exchange Commission on January 27, 2006, and the other reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission from time to time. These filings are available at http://www.sec.gov.
