Exigen Services, a provider of next-generation outsourcing application, announced that it has signed a multi-year application development and maintenance outsourcing deal with Sun Microsystems (News - Alert) Inc.

 

As per the terms of the contract, Exigen will provide application development and maintenance services for a portfolio of products in Sun's Services division for three years.

 

As per Sun Microsystems, it selected Exigen Services from a RFP pool of 23 vendors due to their distributed agile expertise. In fact, Exigen’s expertise with Agile (News - Alert) development methodologies such as SCRUM and eXtreme Programming (XP) is well recognized. Sun Microsystems also values the unique approach that Exigen Services brings to creating the partnership with customers.

 

"Our ability to exploit Agile development methodologies in partnership with Exigen gives us an edge as we develop and maintain Sun's products," said Tae Kim, senior director - services engineering, Sun Microsystems Inc. "We are looking forward to a true partnership with Exigen Services."

 

"We're excited to be invited to support Sun and be part of their world-class organization," said Alex Adamopoulos, general manager and senior vice president, Exigen Services. "Partnership with customers is our main objective, with a successful track record we're proud of."

 

Exigen Services has wide coverage with presence of multiple technology-driven application outsourcing services delivery centers across Central and Eastern Europe as well as in the U.S. By combining its expertise in development methodologies with industry experience, it is able to deliver results at a lower risk and cost.

 

Exigen Services has customers from the financial (banking, insurance and brokerage markets), health care, telecommunications, government and media industries and include some Fortune 500 organizations as well as mid-sized growth companies including CSC, Universal Music Group (News - Alert), Standard & Poor's, T-Mobile, AXA, and Westpac Bank.

Anamika Singh is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anamika's articles, please visit her columnist page.