NewsVoir | 18 Nov, 2015
Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership, and industry solutions, today announced that it has partnered with MetricStream, the market leader in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Management Apps, to deliver GRC Solutions across multiple verticals such as Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Telecom, Media, Retail, Manufacturing and Energy.
Under the global partnership agreement, Virtusa and MetricStream will support each otherâs prospects and customers with a combination of MetricStreamâs market-leading GRC product portfolio, and specialist consulting and GRC implementation services from Virtusa designed to assist organizations in navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Virtusa will establish a dedicated MetricStream Center of Excellence (CoE), which will be supported by expert consulting services worldwide.
âAs the market leader in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Applications and Solutions, we rely on our robust and global partner ecosystem to support our customers and derive maximum value from their GRC investments,â said Rohit Bedi, senior vice president and head of Partnerships at MetricStream. âWith deep domain expertise in risk and compliance, Virtusa is a critical fulfilment partner that can support the entire GRC process of a customer including consulting, implementation and support. We are confident Virtusa will play a key role in building successful outcomes for our mutual clients and accelerate the growth of our joint customer base.â
Virtusa brings significant expertise in developing and supporting compliance management solutions, as well as creating and managing âacceleratorâ systems tailored to clientsâ industry-specific challenges. Combined with its GRC consultancy services, Virtusa offers MetricStreamâs customers a âone-stop-shopâ for their risk and compliance management needs. Virtusaâs industry solutions help its clients derive maximum value from IT investments, by leveraging a differentiated consulting-led, framework-based and process-driven approach across the industry value chain.
âSpecific industry mandates and compliance requirements need tailored solutions and expertise alongside evolving and increasingly stringent regulations that impact all businesses,â Bedi added. âVirtusa provides quicker time to value to client by offering industry-specific knowledge and expertise.â
âIncreasing regulatory requirements in financial services, along with operational risk and vendor management oversight, continue to demand significant spend and resource allocation across enterprises. Combining our GRC practice and execution capabilities with MetricStreamâs industry leading GRC Apps and Solutions will allow us to provide clients with scalable solutions that simplify complexities and reduce the cost of meeting their risk and compliance requirements,â added Bob Graham, senior vice president â Banking and Financial Services (Strategic Business Development) at Virtusa. âWe look to partner with organizations that provide a complementary fit to our capabilities, and we feel the partnership with MetricStream will help us to deliver even more value to our customers, while also allowing us to jointly break new ground. Weâre excited to be working together.â
Virtusaâs GRC Group provides end-to-end consulting, technology and transformation services to help enterprises worldwide improve the efficiency and effectiveness of meeting the challenges of governance, risk and compliance.
For more information about Virtusaâs GRC solutions and services, visit: http://www.virtusa.com/industries/banking-and-financial-services/specialized-consulting-services/capital-markets-consulting/governance-risk-and-compliance/
About Virtusa
Virtusa provides end-to-end information technology (IT) services to Global 2000 companies. These services, which include IT consulting, application maintenance, development, systems integration and managed services, leverage a unique Platforming methodology that transforms clientsâ businesses through IT rationalization. Virtusa helps customers accelerate business outcomes by consolidating, rationalizing, and modernizing their core customer-facing processes into one or more core systems.
Virtusa delivers cost-effective solutions through a global delivery model, applying advanced methods such as Agile and Accelerated Solution Design to ensure that its solutions meet the clientsâ requirements. As a result, its clients simultaneously reduce their IT operations cost while increasing their ability to meet changing business needs.
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Virtusa has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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About MetricStream
MetricStream is the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions. MetricStream solutions are used by leading global corporations in diverse industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG, Government, Hi-Tech and Manufacturing to manage their risk management programs, quality management processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and other corporate governance initiatives. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA (www.metricstream.com).
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