Introduction   

The BbyB Beacon is an electronic publication to keep the members of Bit by Bit informed about the current affairs of the company. It contains announcements of important events like training programmes, Management Review Meetings, etc.

Contact Information
Any contribution to the newsletter in the form of technical articles, or items of general interest, are welcome. Please send them to Pratima@bbyb.com.

Editorial                                                                                                                    (top)

From The Mangement

CMMI is a software based certification process, which measures the capability of a company to deliver a quality product. BbyB has taken the decision to go ahead with this and the goal is to get Level 3 certification. BbyB has chalked out a 9-month plan that should result in us getting certified at Level 3. Once we get to Level 3, we then have another similar exercise to attain the highest level of CMMI Level 5. As with our ISO certification, Jayaraj will be leading this exercise as well. I would request all of you to cooperate with him to ensure that we do get this certification.

February also saw John Hart (Senior Partner, Baum Hart and Partners) come to Bangalore. He was primarily here to discuss his current baby pFACT with the pFACT team. As all of you have been aware pFACT has been growing from strength to strength and has added on 3-4 new clients in the last month. John was mentioning that the success rate of demo converting to sale is over 90.0 %! Today, Chris Reed, (Partner, Baum Hart and Partners) is coming over to visit the MeSALS team to discuss the current version and the brand new Version 4.

StaffBank has also had a hectic month in February. This is because NHSP North is going live in early March and there was tons of data prep to do, as we will be taking over a site that was using another system and was functioning for the last 4 or more years.

Let me welcome all the new staff that have joined in the last month – Hema, Esha, Ajmal and Divya.

Regards,
Raghu.

Other News                                                                                                           (top)

Farewell to,
Massod Imran, a Software Engineer who resigned on 4th February.
Let us wish him all the best in his future endeavor.

Parties:

Farewell party was given to Masood Imran, a software engineer who resigned on 4th Feb. A party was thrown on 18th Feb on account of John Hart’s arrival and grand success of PFACT.

News From Abroad                                                                                                (top)


John Hart - Senior Partner of Baum Hart & Partners was in Bangalore from 12th Feb to 19th Feb. The primary objective of his visit was to touch base with the team working on PFACT.

New Recruits                                                                                                        (top)

Four members have joined the BbyB family this month.

Esha K T, M.C.A has been recruited as a Domain member of VB.
Hemalatha N D, B.E in Electronics and Communications has been recruited as a Domain member of VB.
Ajmal Ziyad, M.C.A, has been recruited as a Domain member of VB.
Divya R, M.C.A, has been recruited as the Domain member of Testing.

Holidays                                                                                                               (top)


There is a holiday in the month of March 2005.

25 March 2004 Friday Good Friday

Birthdays                                                                                                              (top)

Four members of Bit by Bit are celebrating their birthdays in the month of March.

Here's wishing them a Happy Birthday.