Virtusa Receives Pegasystems Partner Innovation Award for 2007

Business Wire, Oct 30, 2007

Recognized for its Engineering Excellence

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that provides IT consulting, technology implementation and application outsourcing services, has been selected to receive Pegasystems' Partner Innovation Award for 2007 in Engineering Excellence.

The special recognition was presented to the Virtusa team during the Luncheon Awards Ceremony at PegaWORLD 2007 in Orlando, Florida. "This award can be directly attributed to the innovation Virtusa brought to some technically challenging projects that required some true heroics," said Douglas Kim, managing director of Global Alliances and Business Development for Pegasystems. "By dedicating the necessary time and energy to overcome the technical issues at hand, Virtusa was able to help ensure resounding client success."

"Virtusa has a rich six-year history of working with Pegasystems," said John Gillis, executive vice president of Virtusa. "Through our Pegasystems BPM Center of Excellence, we have worked together on a broad range of engineering and customer implementation projects. This award affirms the tremendous value that our partnership delivers to our mutual customers. We are most honored to have received this award."

Virtusa maintains one of the largest, most successful Pegasystems practices, with over 300 Pega consultants and over 50 projects across North America, Europe and Asia. It combines deep knowledge of the Pegasystems SmartBPM[R] Suite and its content-rich solution frameworks with an innovative software platform approach and strong industry experience to deliver high-value BPM solutions to clients.

About Virtusa Corporation

Virtusa is a global information technology (IT) services company providing IT consulting, technology implementation and application outsourcing services. Using its enhanced global delivery model, innovative platforming approach and industry expertise, Virtusa provides cost-effective services that enable its clients to use IT to enhance business performance, accelerate time-to-market, increase productivity and improve customer service. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Virtusa has offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and global delivery centers in India and Sri Lanka.

"Virtusa" is a registered trademark of Virtusa Corporation.