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• GalaxE.Solutions® Expands India Operations with Mainframe Support - May 2009
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc. (GalaxE), an industry leader in designing and deploying business processes and supporting systems for internal corporate networks and the Internet, has expanded the capabilities of one of its state-of-the-art delivery centers. GalaxE's Bangalore, India, delivery center, has just launched an easily accessible and fully scalable mainframe programming capability throughout its operating environment. This enhanced service capability features an optimized and secure environment and will enable GalaxE to deliver even more timely, robust and powerful solutions for training, R&D, and many of the most demanding technical requirements of its Fortune 1000 clients.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® at CIO Executive Summit - December 2008
  Industry leading IT services firm, GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., provided key supporting sponsorship and exhibited at the CIO Executive Summit on December 3, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The CIO Executive Summit is driven by a Governing Body of leading CIOs who play a vital role in the development of the conference. These CIOs create an agenda that addresses today's opportunities and challenges faced by their peers, delivering on the event promise of "by CIOs for CIOs". The CIO Executive Summit enhances the power and reach of professional relationships by providing a key venue to interface with hundreds of other IT leaders.
  
   

• PRESS RELEASE: Siperian "Masters User Conference 08" Highlights Diversity of Organizations Using Siperian Master Data Management Hub - San Mateo, CA – November 6, 2008
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® to Expand Workforce Outsource Services Program - November 2008
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., an industry leader in designing and deploying business processes and supporting systems for internal corporate networks and the Internet, will be working to expand the reach of the Workforce Outsource Services (WOS) program. WOS is designed around a researched solution to address the effects that poverty, social isolation, and stress have on inner-city adults. WOS hires, formally educates and trains low income ethnic employees from local communities, and provides "ladders of ascent" to its minority employees by creating growth into management and ownership of the business. Students in the program attend an intensive 16 month program at Columbia University in New York and Rutgers University in Newark, where they receive the skills necessary to succeed in a corporate environment. The program covers technical, as well as cognitive, skills.
  
  Presently, the program supports class sizes of 10 - 15 students, but, with the help of GalaxE, will be expanding to class sizes of up to 30. The WOS program accepts donations, with every dollar donated helping a young man or woman climb further up the corporate ladder of success. For more information on WOS, visit their Website.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Sponsors Siperian Masters User Conference 08 - October 2008
  Siperian, Inc., developers of an industry leading Master Data Management (MDM) platform, hosted its fourth annual gathering of the Company's customers and partners. GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., one of the leading integrators of the Siperian Integration Framework (SIF), was a key sponsor at the event. With more than 200 attendees from over 70 companies, the Siperian Masters User Conference 08 (SM08) included a variety of educational topics, and a keynote address from Forrester Research vice president and principal analyst R "Ray" Wang, who discussed MDM trends and directions, industry best practices, and the importance of a solid data governance and change management strategy. GalaxE helps companies accomplish their data governance and change management goals through the effective design, deployment and configuration of the Siperian MDM Hub in conjunction with their proven proprietary technology methodologies and tool sets. For more information on the Siperian Masters User Conference 08, visit the official Website.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Attains Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status - September 2008
  In recognition of GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc.'s industry leading success in implementing Microsoft technologies to meet customers' needs, the company has successfully attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. GalaxE's competency specializations as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner are:
   

  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Competency - For proven expertise in the deployment of business-to-business solutions, enterprise application integration, business process integration and management

  • Custom Development Solutions Competency - Web Development Specialization - For providing custom-developed solutions to customers who require value-added capabilities to optimize business and operational effectiveness

  • Business Intelligence (BI) Competency - Business Intelligence Platform Specialization - For developing and deploying business intelligence solutions that help customers monitor, analyze and plan business performance throughout their organization(s)

  As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, GalaxE has attained the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies. By leveraging this close working relationship with Microsoft, GalaxE will continue to provide the highest level of cutting edge service to its customers.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Chairman and CEO in U.S. Banker Magazine - September 2008
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc.'s Chairman and CEO, Timothy Bryan, has been quoted in the September 2008 issue of U.S. Banker Magazine, in a MAIN STREET article entitled, "Your Grandfather's Bank And Darn Proud of It", available here. In the feature on the business advantages of big bank client intimacy, Tim compares and contrasts his experiences in the past with a larger bank with those of his present relationship with Sterling Bancorp, where he says, "You get the entire power and support of an entire banking operation, but the intimacy of a branch." It is this same customer relationship-centric philosophy that Tim carries over to GalaxE, with its more than 350 employees and offices in New York, New Jersey, Toronto and Bangalore.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Executive Appointed to State Interagency Coordinating Council - August 2008
  New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine appointed GalaxE.Solutions, Inc.'s General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer, Steven A. Weiss, to the State Interagency Coordinating Council. The Council, which is made up entirely of special appointees, serves as an advisory board to the Department of Health and Senior Services as the state lead agency for the Early Intervention System. The New Jersey Early Intervention System (NJEIS), under the Division of Family Health Services, implements New Jersey's statewide system of services for infants and toddlers, birth to age three, with developmental delays or disabilities, and their families.
  
  In his new role, Steve will help direct the actions of the NJEIS, whose mission is to enhance the capacity of families to meet the developmental and health-related needs of children birth to age three who have delays or disabilities by providing quality services and support to families and their children.
  
   

• Expert Research Data Provided by GalaxE.Solutions® Executives - August 2008
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc.'s President and COO, Sandipan Gangopadhyay, and Vice President Business Development, Tore Carlson, provided subject matter expertise to an analyst at Gartner, Inc., the world's leading information technology research and delivery company. The discussion centered around the overlap and intersection of Master Data Management (MDM) and business process management/improvement, and will be used as part of the analyst's research. GalaxE was contacted in this regard because of their proven implementation expertise in these areas for top companies.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Executive Speaks at United Nations - July 2008
  In recognition of GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc.'s leading-edge expertise in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0 technologies and green computing initiatives, Ruth Harenchar, the company's Vice President of Technical Services and Executive at Women In Technology International (WITI), was a featured speaker and panelist at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Economic, Business and Social Development, July 10 - 11, 2008, in New York City. The conference, attended by a diverse group of top national and international business and political representatives and leaders, focused on new initiatives for releasing Information Technology's (IT's) hidden potential, and ways to innovate at the CIO and CISO levels in a more efficient and sustainable manner. Conference themes included "The CIO as Innovator, SOA, Web 2.0", "The CISO as Cyber-gate-keeper", and "The CIO and Green Computing".
  
   

• PRESS RELEASE: GalaxE.Solutions and Siperian Form Business Alliance - Somerset, NJ, and San Mateo, CA - July 9, 2008
  Partnership to Speed Deployment of Siperian Master Data Management Hub - Employee Master Enables Human Resource Professionals to Realize Faster ROI
  
  Siperian - GalaxE.Solutions Joint Positioning FAQ
  
   

• Large Not-for-Profit Organization Engages GalaxE.Solutions® for Grant Budgeting System - July 2008
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., will create a state-of-the-art Grant Budgeting System (GBS) for one of the largest not-for-profit organizations in the world. The solution for the not-for-profit client was designed around a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach, where functionality is grouped around business processes and packaged as interoperable services. GalaxE's implementation of SOA for development of this GBS application will provide secure, reliable, transaction-based messaging and complete interoperability, with all business flows captured and implemented using a lightweight and extensible engine. The GBS application will have the ability to administer each workflow that runs in the system and allow any user to update a workflow online. Business rules will be separated from the code for convenient on-demand, approval-based user updates through a simple user interface.
  
   

• Pharmacy Benefits Management Firm Renews Support Contract with GalaxE.Solutions® - June 2008
  A leading U.S.-based pharmacy benefits management company has renewed its support contract with GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., for an additional year. By leveraging its integrated and dynamic offshore management capabilities, GalaxE was able to provide a cost-effective support solution that met all of the pharmacy benefits management company's strict requirements. This latest support contract renewal highlights GalaxE's firm commitment to developing high quality, customer-centric solutions.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Delivers for a Leading Pharmacy Benefits Management Company - June 2008
  Using its proprietary Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) methodology, GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., has successfully concluded a project to assist a top pharmacy benefits management company with the replatforming of an important legacy platform. The project involved comprehensive review of the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), analysis of existing technical documentation and production of supplemental business artifacts. The customer engaged GalaxE because its IV&V methodology consists of a proven, cost-effective process and toolset to provide a critical view into a system's internal workings and behavior.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Provides Critical Application Production Support for Large Retailer - June 2008
  A large U.S.-based retailer of luxury goods engaged GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., to provide production support for the roll-out of a major PLM-based application and its integration with a Business Intelligence (BI) tool and other mission-critical products. GalaxE leveraged its integrated and dynamic offshore capabilities to provide 24x7 production support and minimize costs, ensuring a successful roll-out.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® Launches COBOL Training Program - June 2008
  As part of its continued leadership role in new Information Technology initiatives, GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., launched its first COBOL Training Program in early June. GalaxE started this training program to teach students the basics of one of the oldest programming languages, making a critical contribution to the related educational initiatives and body of knowledge in the United States. COBOL, which stands for COmmon Business-Oriented Language, defines its primary domain in business, finance and administrative systems for companies and governments. As a result, GalaxE developed this new course to educate students on the importance and necessity of both learning and continuing with COBOL training. The classes meet for two hours a day, four days a week and will span a total of three months.
  
   

• Another Major Retail Chain Engages GalaxE.Solutions® - June 2008
  A leader in the apparel and footwear industry, with a broad range of brands and associated products, has engaged GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., to deploy its proven Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) methodology. GalaxE's IV&V will be used to ensure the smooth replatforming of an existing style/buy-play system to SAP. The major deliverables from GalaxE will include a well documented, re-usable codebase, as well as complete domain and business process models, current architecture review, and detailed recommendations. These deliverables will include a Proof of Concept (POC) and future state roadmap for this top retailer.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® and Galaxy Systems Complete Corporate Move - May 2008
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., and sister company, Galaxy Systems, Inc., have successfully completed the move of their combined corporate headquarters from New York City to their expanded, state-of-the-art, Somerset, New Jersey, delivery facility.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® and Siperian Sign Enterprise Business Alliance Agreement – April 2008
  GalaxE.Solutions®, Inc., and Siperian, Inc., have entered into an Enterprise Business Alliance Agreement for Employee Master opportunities. GalaxE and Siperian will be combining their market-proven capabilities to explore emerging business opportunities in industries such as manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, energy and utilities in support of HR and other types of Master Data engagements.
  
  GalaxE will be Siperian’s preferred and recommended partner for new Siperian HR or Employee Master opportunities in Life Sciences and other verticals. For joint opportunities where scope expands beyond HR or Employee Master, GalaxE will be the preferred and recommended partner to Siperian in support of any other Siperian implementation or service offerings that may arise. 

  The GalaxE service offerings in conjunction with Siperian will include installation and configuration, report development, cube development, modeling, performance tuning, onshore and offshore delivery, report migration, database design, project management, training, and capacity planning. It is from this depth of delivery capabilities that GalaxE.Solutions will be one of Siperian’s most trusted partners in developing and deploying business applications on top of Siperian’s framework.

• GalaxE.Solutions® receives highest performance ratings from top pharmaceutical company – August 2007
  One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has issued GalaxE.Solutions® its highest rating for IT project performance. GalaxE received a score of 4.8 out of a possible 5.0 for its performance across multiple fixed price engagements. The categories included Support, Quality, Delivery and Value. Of particular note – and highly unusual for this client – was that GalaxE consistently received the highest ratings in all categories. The client's projects were delivered successfully under extreme time and cost pressures. This represents GalaxE's commitment to excellence in delivering solutions in areas like Master Data Management (MDM), Business Intelligence (BI), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), QA Automation and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
  
  

• Leading jewelry retailer engages GalaxE.Solutions® for retail stores application development – July 2007
  GalaxE.Solutions® will create a scaleable retail stores application for a leading jewelry retailer by leveraging its unique onshore/offshore development model. The retailer chose to partner with GalaxE for its dynamically scaleable offshore capabilities, capability to provide talent with a wide-range of skillsets, and ability to deliver extremely cost-effective pricing.
  
  

• Leading retailer engages GalaxE.Solutions® for a BI assignment integrating Cognos with a PLM and SAP solution – July 2007
  GalaxE.Solutions® successfully concluded a Business Intelligence (BI) engagement for a large US retailer of high end apparel and leather goods. The client needed Cognos BI reports delivered from a huge volume of data residing in a PLM and SAP solution. GalaxE was able to deploy its proven Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) methodology to map the legacy PLM and SAP applications to design reports within Cognos and deliver reports that return PLM mission critical real-time data to the client.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions® delivers MDM-based HR solution for a worldwide medical technology company – July 2007
  To address a Fortune 500 medical technology company’s global needs, GalaxE.Solutions® deployed its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in leveraging Siperian’s capabilities to develop a Master Data Management (MDM)-based HR solution that will be used across more than 35 different countries. The successful deployment impacted several thousand global employees, and, despite the challenges, made use of legacy data residing in diverse systems like SAP and Lotus Notes. GalaxE utilized the state-of-the-art capabilities of Siperian for its MDM requirements.
  
  

• Large US retailer of high end apparel and leather goods utilizes GalaxE.Solutions®’ IV&V methodology to manage its legacy applications – June 2007
  GalaxE.Solutions® deployed its Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) methodology at a leading retailer to manage its undocumented legacy planning applications deployed in a production system. Using GalaxE’s IV&V, current and target states of the application were established. Documentation on all applications and databases was delivered at the end of the project. The client benefited through the use of this documentation by all existing and new employees within the company.
  
  

• Leading insurance company engages GalaxE.Solutions® to provide application development services to create a new Loss Prevention Engineering system – July 2007
  GalaxE.Solutions® successfully concluded the initial phase of a three phase project to design and develop a new loss prevention engineering system. GalaxE worked directly with the business users to define the new system from the ground up. The new system will allow the client’s underwriters to perform automated analysis, collection and reporting duties from the field location, while automatically synchronizing data through the company network. The design phase (Phase II) of the project is scheduled to begin in July with the system targeted for production use in early 2008.
  
  

• Leading pharmacy benefit manager utilizes GalaxE.Solutions®’ IV&V methodology to enable offshore support and maintenance of a mission critical legacy application – March 2007
  Using GalaxE.Solutions®’ Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) methodology at a Fortune 100 pharmacy benefit management company enabled seamless management and support of a mission critical legacy application targeted for future replatforming. The large and unwieldy application leveraged many legacy languages, including Visual BASIC, COM, DCOM and C++. Once this application was thoroughly studied, GalaxE created detailed functional and technical specification documents, use cases, business flows, etc., along with recommendations for performance improvements. By utilizing GalaxE’s offshore capabilities, costs were kept low and turnaround time improved. GalaxE’s success in this initiative has resulted in other legacy applications being proactively identified for IV&V support and migration.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions® supports application portfolio for a leading retailer – January 2007
  GalaxE.Solutions® will support a portfolio of applications developed in multiple technologies, including SAP, Logility and .NET, for a large US retailer of high end apparel and leather goods. The applications in the portfolio within the Supply Chain Management (SCM) function of the retailer. GalaxE will provide continuous support during this engagement by leveraging the capabilities of its offshore support center in Bangalore, India. The client benefits by focusing their efforts on more critical business areas while GalaxE handles production support and through cost-savings via GalaxE’s offshore model.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions® develops a global portal for worldwide manufacturing for an international pharmaceutical manufacturer – September 2006
  GalaxE.Solutions® developed a global portal for an international pharmaceutical manufacturer that supported the client’s manufacturing operations. With several dozen locations around the world, the client wanted a single portal to orchestrate both global and local communications. GalaxE converted the pre-existing data from each of the original, independent portals to this new, unified system with single sign-on authentication and authorization. By incorporating Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design patterns and leveraging WebSphere technology, GalaxE met each of the manufacturer’s requirements for this single global platform.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions® develops a global portal for worldwide manufacturing for an international pharmaceutical manufacturer – September 2006
  GalaxE.Solutions® developed a global portal for an international pharmaceutical manufacturer that supported the client’s manufacturing operations. With several dozen locations around the world, the client wanted a single portal to orchestrate both global and local communications. GalaxE converted the pre-existing data from each of the original, independent portals to this new, unified system with single sign-on authentication and authorization. By incorporating Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design patterns and leveraging WebSphere technology, GalaxE met each of the manufacturer’s requirements for this single global platform.
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions^® offshore development unit is ISO 27001: 2005 certified
  - June 9, 2006
  The Information Security Management System of GalaxE.Solutions^® has been certified to be confirming to the standards set by ISO. With achievement of this coveted certification, GalaxE.Solutions^® joins select group of ISO 27001:2005 certified companies in the world. The certification highlights GalaxE.Solutions^® commitment to provide assurance to it's customers by implementing world class processes to ensure confidentiality and integrity of the data. It also signified GalaxE.Solutions^® commitment to provide high availability of its offshore development facilities to support mission critical business applications being executed offshore.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® to help global companies adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
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• GalaxE.Solutions^® Bullish Over SOA Market
  GalaxE.Solutions^® to help global companies adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
  Tuesday, June 13, 2006: GalaxE.Solutions^® 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).
  
  EFY News Network, June 13 2006
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® SOA high on the Enterprise
  Any CIO grappling with the question of how to derive optimum scalability, integration, security and performance out of his existing systems, will do well to consider SOA, said Timothy M. Bryan, Chairman and CEO of leading applications vendor GalaxE.Solutions^®. SOA is an enterprise-wide approach towards application integration -- optimize business processes and rewrite the rules of IT governance by viewing all applications as services.
  
  CIO India, June 14 2006
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® to make India Global Operations Hub
  Bangalore June 13, 2006: To meet the exponential demand for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) base solutions, GalaxE.Solutions^® has planned to increase its headcount from 300 to 500 globally and 125 to 300 in India over the next one year.
  
  Business Standard, June 14 2006
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® to shift high-value work
  GalaxE.Solutions^® has announced it will transfer a significant portion of its high-value work like Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and service level management-related solution development work to its India development centre in Bangalore. It also plans to double its headcount to 200 in Bangalore to form a ration of 1:3 for the on-site/off-shore mix.
  
  Excerpts from Mr. Timothy M. Bryan's interview with Business Standard
  
   

• GalaxE.Solutions^® welcomes Michael Wagner
  Michael Wagner joins GalaxE.Solutions^® as a Technical Architect focusing on the greater New York/New Jersey area. Prior to this, Michael worked as the CTO for a premier Microsoft partner providing Digital Media solutions for the enterprise and media and entertainment. He has 25 years of experience in architecting and delivering innovative solutions and has authored many publications for delivering value through digital media.
  
  

• Yet another win for GalaxE.Solutions^®
  GalaxE.Solutions^® has won a major engagement with one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, to develop an Enterprise Portal. GalaxE.Solutions^® was awarded this contract despite competition from Global IT consulting firms. The assignment confirms the confidence many of the world's largest corporations have in GalaxE.Solutions^® delivery capability and reliability.
  
  

• Hurricane Katrina Relief: How you can help
  We are grieved by the enormous devastation that Hurricane Katrina has caused. We offer our most sincere condolences to the victims and their families. This is a time for unity and strength. If you would like to extend a helping hand and want to know how, please visit the USA Freedom Corps website.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® welcomes George Ringel
  George Ringel joins GalaxE.Solutions^® as an Account Executive focusing on the greater New York/New Jersey area. Prior to this, George worked for Microsoft in their digital media division. He is a 15-year veteran of the professional IT services industry and brings with him a rich and wide ranging experience in areas like network and infrastructure design, application delivery and solutions selling.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® Expands its India Operations
  GalaxE.Solutions^® has expanded its India operations with launch of its 3rd development center at ITPL, Bangalore. This is the 3rd expansion the company has undertaken within 18 months of launching its India Operations. "The Expansion reflects the success of GalaxE.Solutions' offshore-onsite model, " said Timothy Bryan, CEO and President of GalaxE.Solutions^®. GalaxE.Solutions^® is set to transfer significant high-value work to Bangalore and Toronto. This includes Service Oriented Architecture, Service Level Management related Solution Development work, which traditionally would have been done at the customer's premises. GalaxE.Solutions^® also announced there will be an increase in headcount by 100% in Bangalore to form a ration of 1:3 for the on-site/off-shore mix. The company currently employs over 100 employees at its development centers here.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® to setup operations in Canada
  GalaxE.Solutions^® will be opening an offsite Software Development Center at Toronto Canada. "This initiative reinforces GalaxE.Solutions^® commitment to maximize value for its US Customers with its offshore development management capabilities" said Timothy Bryan, CEO and President of GalaxE.Solutions^®.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions^® to develop E-commerce application for largest online Real Estate Brokerage firm in USA.
  GalaxE.Solutions^® has secured a contract to develop an E-commerce application for the largest Real Estate Brokerage firms in USA. The contract would involve implementation of state of the art technologies on open source platform. "We are very excited and thrilled to work on this challenging assignment. The contract reflects GalaxE.Solutions^® ability to imbibe and implement leading-edge technologies" said Dheeraj Misra Director (Technical Services) on award of the project.
  
  

• GalaxE.Solutions invited to speak on SOA at the New York City chapter of the Software Productivity Improvement Network (SPIN.)
  Sandipan Gangopadhyay, CTO GalaxE.Solutions^®, spoke on Service Oriented Architecture at NYC SPIN.