Two CMC Ltd units have been assessed at Level 5 of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US. The two units are the Hyderabad centre and Southern Region Systems Integration Business Unit. SEI-CMM is the industry standard for assessing software development processes. Assessments range from levels 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest.

With these achievements, CMC continues its quality journey towards improved software development and services. CMC is India's premier IT company and is part of the Tata group.

CMC's MD & CEO Mr. R. Ramanan said, "This achievement is a reflection of the importance CMC gives to providing quality products and services of international standards to our clients worldwide. With the embracement of Tata's TBEM and SEI's CMM, CMC has embarked on a journey of benchmarking itself with the best in the industry in pursuit of adding more value to its customers and prospects while providing software solutions and services."

About SEI-CMM
CMM is a framework that describes the key elements of an effective software process. It describes an evolutionary improvement path from an ad hoc, immature process to a mature, disciplined process. The CMM covers practices for planning, engineering, and managing software development and maintenance.

About CMC
Incorporated in 1975, CMC is one of the premier information technology solutions providers in India, with a consolidated turnover of Rs. 802 crore for 2003-04. Operating out of 18 offices and 180 service locations in the country, CMC Limited employs about 3,000 people and has a wholly owned subsidiary in the US called CMC Americas, Inc.

CMC's vision is to operate globally and use IT to improve its customers' productivity and the quality of its customers' products and services. CMC combines horizontal expertise in IT with its vertical experience developed by working in a wide range of Industries. After the successful disinvestment in CMC by the Government of India, the company has become a subsidiary of TCS Ltd, which is Asia's largest software company.