Warren, NJ, USA, April 02, 2008 -- MindTree Ltd., a global IT and R&D services company, today announced enhancements to the RUBIC (Re Usable Business Intelligence Components) solution framework offered by its Business Intelligence (BI) & Data Warehousing (DW) practice. With several RUBIC customer deployments realizing reductions in development time by up to 40%, the expanded stack now includes a Master Data Management (MDM) framework as well as multiple process and industry-specific domain components.

MindTree’s RUBIC framework is a set of components that provide BI implementations with structured approaches to manage various design aspects, increase the quality of the solution and substantially save time to market. RUBIC fixes two specific pain points in a typical BI &DW engagement 1) high data integration effort - by providing reuse of code in the data integration layer and 2) business solution value enhancement – providing a platform for ensuring business need coverage.

The RUBIC MDM framework provides for a complete 3-tier MDM application that can cater to the specific customer needs and features an intuitive GUI layer, a business logic layer, and a business data model. Leveraging MindTree’s deep understanding of business processes and analytical needs in diverse domains, RUBIC now includes domain components that address specific analytic needs in areas such as supplier spend, profitability and point of sale.

MindTree’s RUBIC solution framework was put to use in helping Allergan, a premier global specialty pharmaceutical and medical technology company, implement a BI solution. KT Rajan, director of operations, IS and Projects, Allergan describes RUBIC: "It's a scientific approach of handling and managing data that enables us to store data right from the year 2002, which was not possible before. Most importantly, the quality of decision-making has improved tremendously and the solution has led to more reliability and accuracy."

With over 100 successful projects deployed across a number of industry groups, BI & DW is one of the fastest growing practices at MindTree. Its client portfolio consists of Fortune 500 companies and includes 7 clients from the Fortune 100. The BI & DW practice’s core strengths include consulting, large-scale development and maintenance of solutions spanning various enterprise level subject areas like sales, marketing, supplier-spend, customer and profitability analytics and regulatory compliance. MindTree is also building focused sub-practices to provide thought leadership in emerging areas including business performance management, data mining & analytics and master data management.

“In an industry which looks at BI as a mere set of tools, MindTree’s BI & DW practice takes pride in the fact that our customers see us as adding immense value in addressing their business problems,” said Radha R., vice president BI & DW practice at MindTree. “We believe it is important to understand the needs of our customers and then architect a nimble, scaleable solution that addresses the dynamics of the business. Our ability to bring best practices and a practitioner-led methodology has enabled us to carve out a position in the industry where we deliver value and innovation to our customers.”

Those interested in learning more about MindTree’s BI & DW practice, can visit MindTree at this week’s Gartner Business Intelligence Summit being held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in Chicago, IL.

About MindTree

MindTree Limited is a global IT and R&D Services Company co-headquartered in the U.S. and India. With a passion for customer satisfaction, MindTree partners with its clients to create a transparent, value-based relationship. Our domain experts deliver business-enabling solutions by leveraging a consulting led, framework-based and IP-driven approach. MindTree's IT Services business provides a range of services to CIOs across a variety of industry segments. Our R&D Services business works with Technology companies to help build innovative products by providing Product Realization services.

MindTree was named among the Top 30 offshore service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and Fortune Magazine. Widely known for its focus on human capital development, MindTree has been consistently rated as the most admired employer by several industry surveys, including Hewitt Associates and Mercer/TNS, and is also the winner of the MAKE Award for knowledge management. MindTree has been selected as one of the Top 25 companies for good Corporate Governance practices. MindTree is publicly listed in India. Please visit us at www.mindtree.com.