Akibia Announces Increased Demand for AssuredCompliance Managed Service

Westborough, MA – January 12, 2012 – Akibia, a leading provider of Consulting, Integration, Support and Managed Services for Data Center, Network, Security and Compliance Solutions, today announced that demand for AssuredCompliance Managed Services doubled in Q4 2011.

 Akibia’s AssuredCompliance provides clients with complete management of their compliance related requirements across all regulations on an on-going basis, thus ensuring that changing regulations are immediately addressed.

 “AssuredCompliance gives us reassurance that we are doing everything we can to comply with the many evolving regulations that impact our industry. Access to experts and best practices ensure our approach is accurate; the assistance with reporting and proving compliance ensures our team is not tied down in administrative detail,” stated John Lauderbach, Vice President at Roche Bros.

 “Clients continue to turn to Akibia for Managed Services such as AssuredCompliance,” stated Tom Tucker, President and CEO of Akibia. “Assured Compliance not only reduces the costs associated with maintaining compliance but also removes the burden of compliance reporting from IT staff which allows them to focus on more business critical projects.”

 The increased demand for Akibia’s AssuredCompliance Managed Service can be attributed to a number of factors, including:

•         Better Insight into Compliance Across All Regulations -Through regular analysis and assessments, as well as access to Akibia’s expert certified consultants, companies gain greater insight into compliance related risks and threats.
 
•         Reducing The Cost of Compliance While Increasing Effectiveness Across Regulations - By eliminating reporting redundancy and identifying similarities between compliance regulations companies have significantly reduced their spend on compliance. This allows clients to reduce their efforts spent on compliance and increase accuracy of reporting to demonstrate compliance to clients or auditors.

In addition to Assured Compliance, Akibia also offers Managed Security and Managed Data Center Services.

About Akibia (www.akibia.com)

Akibia, a Zensar company, provides innovative Infrastructure Management solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to optimize, secure, manage and support their mission-critical infrastructure. As an independent advisor, Akibia partners with our customers to deliver solutions that improve the availability, reliability and performance of their data center, network and security infrastructure. Using its multi-shore capabilities, Akibia combines expert consulting, integration and support services with world-class customer service to help IT organizations reduce costs, increase efficiencies and manage risk in the data center.

About Zensar Technologies (www.zensar.com)  

Zensar Technologies is among the top 20 software services providers from India. Zensar is the world's first enterprise-wide SEI CMM Level 5 Company and was also later certified as a CMMI Level 5 Company with industry expertise that spans Retail, Manufacturing, Banking, Insurance, Energy and Utilities, Media and Connected Services – Government, Education and Healthcare. An RPG Group company, Zensar has more than 6000 employees with sales and operations presence across US, UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Middle East, South Africa, Singapore, Australia, China and Japan. The Company delivers comprehensive services in mission-critical applications, enterprise applications, e-business, BPO and Knowledge Services. The Company has developed tools and methodologies, including the proprietary Solution Blue Print (SBP), which enables its clients with innovative business solutions and a rapid 'go-to-market' capability. The Company supports Fortune 500 clients with software business solutions that help them compete in the digital economy.

About RPG Enterprises (www.rpg.com)

RPG Enterprises is one of India's largest industrial conglomerates. With over 16 companies in its fold, the group has a strong presence in 8 business sectors. Established in 1979, RPG Enterprises is one of India’s fastest growing business groups with a turnover touching Rs. 17,000 cr. The group has more than sixteen companies managing diverse business interests in the areas of Power, Tyre, Infrastructure, IT, Retail, Entertainment, Carbon Black and Specialty.

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Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

PR Contact:
Julie Machnik, Marketing Communications Manager
Email: jmachnik@akibia.com
Phone: 508-621-4753

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