CPM Braxis Is Top Ranked South American IT Services Company on IAOP's 2010 Global Outsourcing 100 List

SAO PAULO and AVENTURA, Fla., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- CPM Braxis, the largest Brazilian company in IT services, has been recognized for the second consecutive year as one of the world's top ranked IT outsourcing providers on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) "2010 Global Outsourcing 100" List.

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In this year's list, CPM Braxis ranked 48th, the highest position achieved by a South American company and was cited for its "management capabilities" in the Services category. "To be recognized as a top 50 IT outsourcing services company in IAOP's renowned world rankings, proves that CPM Braxis possesses the world-class competencies, delivery capacity, and flexibility to compete side by side with the largest global providers," says Jose Luiz Rossi, CPM Braxis' CEO. "In serving more than 200 major clients both in Brazil and abroad, our vision is to be among the top 10 in the world and we firmly believe our company is on the right path to achieving this goal."  

Rossi adds, "We have tremendous momentum to aggressively leverage our regional strength to grow business with Latin American subsidiaries of large global corporations, as well as strengthen our North American presence by aggressively marketing our fastest growing areas, including  Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) and Quality Assurance and Testing (QA)."

Along with its ranking in this year's "Global Outsourcing 100," CPM Braxis was also named a "Top 50 Best Managed Global Outsourcing Vendor" in the 2009 Black Book of Outsourcing's customer satisfaction survey. "We are pleased and honored to be recognized on both prestigious lists and be ranked among the best companies in the world," says David Shpilberg, CPM Braxis' vice chairman. "This celebrates the quality of our work and dedication to excellence by our 5,500 employees and partners."

The IAOP evaluation process is similar to that used by clients when choosing their providers. Among its key criteria are company size, countries served, main cases, relevant certifications, and investment in people, processes, and technology development. The ranking is established from qualitative indicators, after strict analyses. "The Global Outsourcing 100" helps companies to easily identify the partners that will help them to stand out as leaders," said Michael Corbett, president, IAOP.

CPM Braxis' broad base of clients include leading companies in financial services, manufacturing, oil & gas, retail and telecommunications. The company services 27 companies in the "Forbes 2000;" eight of Latin America's 20 largest banks; 6 of Brazil's 10 largest companies and every major telecom company in Brazil. Additionally, CPM Braxis supports the IT structure of one of the five world largest breweries, as well as of one of the largest air companies in the Americas.

The rankings of the "Global Outsourcing 100" companies were revealed in the special advertising feature of the May 3th issue of FORTUNE® magazine.

About CPM Braxis

CPM Braxis is the largest Brazilian IT services and outsourcing company, providing IT consulting, application development and maintenance, software integration, remote infrastructure support and business process outsourcing services to global companies. 

With a 27 year track record of success, 11 delivery centers, and 5,600 professionals, CPM Braxis is a serious contender in the global IT services market.  CPM Braxis' industry expertise spans financial services, telecom, consumer goods, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, energy and retail.  The company has technical competence and proven experience in most leading technologies.  We are Brazil's first CMMI Level 5 certified company and have achieved other key international certifications, including ITIL, COBIT, PMP, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.  CPM Braxis is a "global ready" organization with mature life cycle, governance and transition methodologies, and continues to focus on expanding its services to the US and Europe.  Please visit us http://www.cpmbraxis.com/.

About IAOP

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 100,000 customer, advisor and provider members worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit http://www.iaop.org.

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