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Satyam Partners with iTKO to deliver SOA Testing Practice

• Satyam experts to ensure reliability and trust with iTKO LISA, the market’s premier SOA test automation solution.

Hyderabad, India, April 12th, 2007 - Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), the leading global and information technology services company, announced today that it has partnered with iTKO, a US-based testing software company, to establish a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) testing practice within QEdge, Satyam’s product and application testing practice. QEdge SOA experts will use iTKO’s “LISA”testing technology to deliver SOA test planning and test execution services. Specifically, they will apply LISA during enterprise SOA migration projects that require maximum functional integrity and high service levels.

By partnering with iTKO, Satyam establishes itself as an SOA testing leader, while iTKO gains access to Satyam’s global reach and support, which will help solve the large-scale, complex quality challenges and risks of SOA migration.

Creation of an SOA Testing Practice reflects Satyam’s recognition of the fact that about 80 percent of the world’s 500 largest companies are either undergoing SOA initiatives, or planning them. Additionally, traditional manual testing and test coding methodologies and tools are not able to test SOA architectures, highlighting the need for such a practice. And while many organizations can develop service-based applications, they are now beginning to understand the importance of ensuring quality throughout the lifecycle of an SOA engagement, from development through deployment.

“By leveraging LISA software, Satyam is positioned ideally to provide enterprises with the expertise and tools to solve the complex quality challenges involved in integrating and maintaining SOA software,”said Venkatesh Chillara, vice president, Satyam Testing Practice. “In addition, our customers will know they are receiving exceptional testing, because iTKO has agreed to equip Satyam’s QEdge teams and train them to optimally apply the LISA software package, the market’s most advanced SOA test automation solution.”

Moreover, Satyam will offer SOA testing for every technology layer (of SOA), and at every testing phase of SOA migration, from unit and functional testing, to regression testing and continuous load testing, and on to performance monitoring during deployment.

“Satyam’s increased commitment to SOA testing, bolstered by iTKO’s unique offerings, which help companies manage increasing complexities and risks, will create a significant impact on the market,”added Venkatesh. “This partnership is indicative of the Satyam’s QEdge team’s efforts to be a differentiator in global quality assurance.”

Traditional software testing tools and techniques have focused on manual acceptance testing of software user interfaces, and code-level testing at the application layer. SOA migration requires a new generation of testing software and services. By leveraging expert SOA testing services, and continuous SOA test automation with LISA, QEdge offers customers the best methods and tools for testing next-generation, services-based software architectures. As a result, implementation and continuous performance risks are reduced dramatically.

“Satyam is a leading provider of SOA migration services, and we are extremely pleased that it has chosen to equip its experts with iTKO LISA,”said iTKO’s vice president of strategic alliances, Satendar Bhatia. “Satyam’s global reach and ability to deliver quality in leading-edge enterprise implementations makes it an ideal partner. From the perspective of a software product company, by teaming with Satyam’s QEdge, we extend our ability to ensure that SOA implementations are delivered on time and at required service levels.”

In addition, Bhatia said, “By applying iTKO LISA, Satyam’s SOA testing practice will help customers accelerate the transition to SOA—and its inherent agility and flexibility—with lower costs and reduced risk.”

About Satyam’s QEdge Practice
Established in 2001, QEdge at Satyam is a dedicated testing practice specializing in product and application testing. It also features exceptional capabilities that enable the delivery of end-to-end and independent testing solutions and services. QEdge’s dedicated testing group has experienced professionals backed by the state-of-the-art infrastructure and highly secured testing labs powered by leading test tool vendors, providing as one-stop shopping for software testing requirements.

About iTKO, Inc
iTKO, Inc. offers the most complete software suite for testing Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), allowing multiple business technology layers to be exercised within a single test case. iTKO's mission is to allow everyone involved in IT to own Complete, Collaborative, and Continuous TM software quality, from development, to QA and business analysts. iTKO LISA Complete SOA Testing Platform system performs unit, functional, regression, load and performance tests, without requiring test coding or script maintenance, saving up to 80% of the cost of testing over the course of six months. For dynamic web applications, web services, J2EE, .NET, Java objects, JMS/messaging, databases, and many more technologies, LISA provides live interaction with every layer, and gives everyone the "Freedom-to-Test" applications exactly as they will be deployed. Founded in 1999, the Dallas-based company's customers include Sun, Capgemini, Cardinal Health, AMD, TIBCO and i2

Satyam Contacts
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Satyam undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the risks associated with our business, please see the discussions under the heading “Risk Factors”in our report on Form 6 - K concerning the quarter ended December 31, 2006, furnished to the United States Securities Exchange Commission on January 27, 2007 and the other reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission from time to time. These filings are available at www.sec.gov

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