Satyam and Microsoft collaborate in the BI space

BANGALORE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Satyam Computer Services and Microsoft Corp. announced the opening of two
state-of-the-art Business Intelligence (BI) facilities in Singapore and
Shanghai. The two sites will be centers of excellence where researchers will use
real-life scenarios and data to test, develop, and implement innovative
solutions for the financial Services sector. The companies also announced the
availability of Satyam's iDecisions business intelligence application, built to
run on the Microsoft platform, including Microsoft SQL Server 2005. By
optimizing Microsoft and Satyam's BI solutions and services, a broad range of
financial business customers will be able

o realize enhanced customer benefits including greater ease of use and
reduced ownership and integration costs.

"Traditional BI solutions tend to be quite complex, expensive applications
which limit their usage in organizations," said Virender Aggarwal, Director
and Senior Vice President APAC-MEIA, Satyam Computer Services. "By porting
iDecisions framework to the Microsoft platform we can provide a lot more value
and ease of use, helping to make use of advanced data-warehousing and making BI
more accessible across enterprises of all sizes."

The labs will use SQL Server 2005 as the database engine, utilizing its
comprehensive analytical, reporting, integration, and data migration
capabilities. This will be integrated with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
2003 to provide collaboration, dashboard and scorecard functionalities and
enable companies to extend the value of their existing applications.

Satyam iDecisions, built on SQL Server 2005, will enable customers to better
manage critical, timely information, empowering them to benefit from the close
integration of SQL Server 2005 with Microsoft Visual Studio, the Microsoft
Office System, and a suite of new development tools, including the Business
Intelligence Development Studio.

"The ongoing relationship between Satyam and Microsoft is further
evidence of how important strong, global, industry relationships are. Microsoft
and Satyam are providing solutions to enterprise customers that empower
employees to collaborate, expedite decision-making and increase
efficiencies," said Ken Wye Saw, Vice President Sales and Marketing,
Microsoft Asia Pacific. "According to IDC's latest worldwide BI vendor
report, the revenue growth rate of Microsoft BI tools in 2005 was, at 25
percent, more than twice the rate of the overall market. This collaborative
project with Satyam will help us continue to expand our joint solutions for the
BI sector. We are also exploring the possibility of extending the scope of the
BI testing facilities to other markets and other vertical industries," he
added.

Microsoft and Satyam developers will be able to perform a wide variety of
standard and non-standard demonstrations at the new sites, both on-site and
online. Test scenarios will include simulating fluctuating user volumes (stress
testing) and performing advanced analytics using data mining to predict credit
card attrition.

Analytical features will also address the latest industry standards such as
the uniform framework of Basel II, including highly specific customer
intelligence for increasing customer lifetime value and credit risk management
that financial businesses need. The labs will enable Microsoft and Satyam to
study customers' requirements more quickly to ensure faster and more cost
effective implementation of BI capabilities. The Shanghai lab will additionally
focus on creating local language versions for the business requirements in
Greater China.