Bangalore, 05 February 2006 - Mistral Software, an ISO 9001:2000 certified premium Product realization company, today announced that it has been successfully appraised for Level 3 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMi version 1.1). Mistral Software achieved this milestone after rigorous independent appraisal by TÜV Rheinland (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, the "Capability Maturity Model Integration" or CMMI is a standard that results in better project performance and higher quality product. CMMi processes explicitly link the management and engineering activities to business objectives by incorporating lessons learned from additional areas of best practice (e.g., measurement and risk management) to ensure that the product meets the customer expectations.
The CMMi model adopted by Mistral includes systems engineering, software engineering and Integrated Product and Process Development (CMMI-SE/SW/V1.1). "Mistral's forte has always been its expertise as a single source for both hardware and software engineering in the embedded domain. The qualification strengthens our ability to provide high-quality services for embedded product design and development that consistently meet customer needs and enhance customer satisfaction." said Anees Ahmed, President & CEO of Mistral Software.
"This is an extremely important milestone for our company. Having development processes that meet these requirements is paramount for reliable and efficient system engineering. We have consistently focused on building a system of continual improvement of processes beginning with our certification for ISO 9001:2000 in 2002. The successful appraisal to CMMi Level 3 is a step forward towards achieving CMMi Level 5 certification in 2007, the process for which is already underway." said Narayanan Bhattathiripad, Vice President, Mistral Software.

About Mistral
Mistral Software is an ISO 9001:2000 certified and CMMi Level 3 appraised premier product realization Company providing end-to-end services for product design and development in the embedded space. Mistral has domain expertise in Embedded Real-Time Applications, Communication Protocols, VoIP services, Digital Signal Processing, Board Design and FPGA Design. As a single source for both hardware and software engineering expertise, Mistral's expert design and development services have improved the quality and accelerated the time -to-market for a broad range of embedded systems. Mistral has operations in USA, Japan, Germany and India.

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