Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Outsourcing Excellence Awards for NIIT Technologies and Morris Communications

NIIT Technologies Ltd., a leading global IT solutions organization and MorrisCommunicationshave wontheOutsourcing Excellence Awardin the Best Managed Servicescategory by Outsourcing Center, the leading resource of outsourcing best practices. The award recognizes NIIT Technologies’ strategic partnership withMorris Communicationsto provide integrated IT and BPO services.

The awards, presented in 12 categories were judged by an independent panel of industry experts who evaluated numerous worldwide entries througha rigorous selection process. The award was presented to NIIT Technologies and Morris Communications at the 18th Annual Outsourcing Excellence Awards event.

“We’re pleased to receive this recognition from Outsourcing Center. This award is a testament to our synergy with Morris Communications and our consistent track record of delivering outstanding value to our clients,” said Lalit Dhingra, President of NIIT Technologies in the Americas. “Our success is a result of our deep domain expertise in technology and industry knowledge. We have ambitious plans to take this strategic partnership and learnings to other media companies that need technological transformation.”

Steve Stone, Senior Vice President/CFO of Newspapers and Shared Services at Morris Communications says that “When Morris first decided to outsource we wanted to find a partner who could help us commercialize our organization and reduce our costs. In just over three years, our joint venture with NIIT Technologies has optimized our processes and cut our costs by over 15 percent, achieving exactly what we set out to do.”

NIIT Technologies entered into a strategic partnership with Morris Communicationsin 2011andhas the controlling interest in the joint venture. Under the terms of the agreement of joint venture Morris transferred its key assets including IT infrastructure, people and application landscape to NIIT Technologies.