Intelligroup Launches New Business Integration Service Powered by Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
EDI Jumpstart^sm Helps Clients Build Integration Hubs While Reducing Complexity and Cost

Edison, New Jersey, March 27, 2006. Intelligroup Inc., a global provider of outsourcing services and an IT partner to some of the world’s largest companies, today announced the release of its EDI Jumpstart^sm service, which is powered by Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, as part of its Business Integration Framework for B2B integration. Intelligroup’s EDI Jumpstart^sm service offering is a set of packaged services which help companies rapidly establish production-ready B2B relationships with their business partners – customers and suppliers – using standards such as EDI, AS2 and XML. EDI Jumpstart^sm includes the automation of internal processes required to establish this business integration framework, especially where ERP packages are used for running back-office operations and other business processes.

Companies today are faced with many challenges and constraints for operating and continuing to meet the demands of their partners. For example, larger retailers mandate that suppliers exchange data in EDI format to create better visibility across the supply chain. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 offers a strong and powerful platform for integrating business processes across an organization, especially when coupled with a thriving ecosystem of adapters from Microsoft and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Intelligroup’s EDI Jumpstart^sm service offering accelerates the deployment of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006. The simple, easy-to-understand and measurable approach is based on tangible business processes and helps customer establish an integrated business process at a predictable cost and delivers high value in a very short period of time.

“Intelligroup has a strategic relationship with Microsoft, and our customers will greatly benefit from our integration capabilities that will enable collaboration,” said Vikram Gulati, Chief Executive Officer of Intelligroup. “We are looking forward to increasing our collaboration with Microsoft in multiple areas.”

“Our EDI Jumpstart^sm service will help customers manage business integration costs in a predictable manner and help them benefit from Intelligroup’s vast industry and technology experience,” said Abhishek Nigam, Associate Director of e-Business Practice at Intelligroup. “With our strong experience in integrating with ERP, and established thought-leadership in emerging areas of Business Integration and a variety of integration tools, we bring best practices and a wider perspective to the table.”

“Customers continue to look for ways to build and deploy integration solutions in a secure and rapid way,” said Steven Martin, Director of Product Management at Microsoft Corp. “By working with Intelligroup, customers will be enabled through the new service to integrate disparate systems, manage business processes, build a flexible IT infrastructure and benefit from incremental return on investment.”

Intelligroup’s Business Integration service helped a large manufacturer of musical instruments by creating rapid integration using EDI and AS2 with some of their largest retailers and customers. The key success factors were time to deploy, predictability and sustainability of the solution and ease of replication. This service, delivered with Microsoft BizTalk Server and pre-built connectors such as Microsoft BizTalk Server Adapter for SAP resulted in substantial savings. The integration of key transactions such as Inbound Purchase Orders and Outbound Invoices with functional acknowledgements and shipment notifications helped streamline their interfaces with their partners.

About Intelligroup
Intelligroup, Inc. is an information technology services strategic outsourcing partner to the world’s largest companies. Intelligroup develops, implements and supports information technology solutions for global corporations and public sector organizations. The Company’s onsite/offshore delivery model has enabled hundreds of customers to accelerate results and significantly reduce costs. With extensive expertise in industry-specific enterprise solutions, Intelligroup has earned a reputation for consistently exceeding client expectations.