GalaxESolutions® to Help Global Companies Adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). GalaxESolutions® Bullish Over SOA Market EFY News Network, Tuesday, June 13, 2006 GalaxESolutions® has announced its expansion strategy of increasing its headcount from 300 to 500 globally and 125 to 300 in India over the next 12 months. This expansion will further strengthen the company as a leading player in service oriented architecture (SOA). The company believes that 70 per cent of next generation IT architecture will be designed and deployed by GalaxESolutions® from India. Its Bangalore delivery centre will focus on end-to-end SOA solutions for Fortune 500 companies to deploy enterprise shared services and would comprise of a business-oriented technical team. CIO’s of global corporations are increasingly adopting SOA as a means to address scalability, integration, security and performance issues with existing systems. Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) is a mandatory key first step for successfully leveraging SOA for existing systems. Application of GalaxESolutions® IV&V process to a system provides a complete strategy; roadmap and a phased approach for achieving an SOA based system. With organisations like Medco Health Solutions, Liberty Mutual, Coach Leatherware, Ford Foundation as part of its clientele, the company has core competencies in the areas of implementing SOA-based solutions, IV&V, service level management, quality assurance, and privacy and security. Timothy Bryan, chairman and CEO, GalaxESolutions®, said, “Our ability to apply a multidimensional perspective to each project comes from a unique blend of areas of excellence. A combination of top-of-the-line skill-sets in SOA, IV&V, performance monitoring and quality assurance ensures the optimisation of all mission critical processes with advanced security features.” GalaxESolutions® global delivery model is a distinctive blend of resources consisting of on-site, off-site, on-shore, near-shore and off-shore processes that maximise the positive aspects of each component. The firm has it’s headquarter in Manhattan, NY and has development centers in Somerset NJ., Toronto, Canada and Bangalore, India. “We are happy to be expanding our India operations. There is no doubt that India will be the hub of IT activity, and we look forward to 100 per cent growth rate in headcount in the years to come,” said Suresh Pande, vice president, India Operations. “Most of the clients that we serve require the off-shore operations in Bangalore to be augmented by on-shore and near-shore teams as well. Our US/Toronto/Bangalore presence helps us synchronise our operations. I am confident we will meet the expectations of customers who are longing for better revalidating infrastructure for enterprises.”