HTC Chosen as Kuali Library Development Partner

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Kuali Foundation announces the
selection of HTC Global Services as the development partner for the Kuali Open
Library Environment (OLE) project.

The Kuali OLE (pronounced oh-LAY) project is a partnership of nine top research
libraries and consortia to develop a community-source library management system.
The system will be freely distributed under the Educational Community license
and supported in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Its
design is based on a thoroughly re-examined model of library operations, and its
technical design uses a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to better enable
connectivity with many other academic and administrative systems.

The OLE project selected HTC for its expertise in developing enterprise-scale
systems for higher education using Kuali and open source technologies. “HTC is
excited about its participation in the Kuali OLE project where it can leverage
its knowledge and experience in online publishing, higher education, content
management and campus management systems to play a key role in building this
community-source software system,” says Vikas Bhutada, executive vice president
of HTC Global Services.

“Kuali OLE can help libraries replace their current, expensive library
automation systems with enterprise level software that will allow libraries to
effectively manage and provide easy access to their collections. HTC will be a
key partner in developing and implementing this vision, and we are very happy to
be working with an experienced development partner,” said Brad Skiles, Project
Manager of the OLE project.

HTC’s technical resources will work onsite at Indiana University in system
design and quality assurance activities. Additional teams will be located at
HTC’s delivery centers in Michigan and India.

As an OLE development partner, HTC will also play an active role in advocating
and promoting the mission and vision of the Kuali Foundation and its other
community-source projects including the Kuali Financial System, Kuali Coeus for
Research Administration, Kuali Student, and other systems for higher education.

Kuali Foundation

The Kuali Foundation is a non-profit organization that coordinates the efforts
of partners, manages and protects the community’s intellectual property, and
handles common concerns among the Kuali Projects. The Kuali community includes
Research Universities, Community Colleges, public and private institutions,
Commercial Affiliates and other Non-Profit organizations. For more information
on Kuali OLE, visit: http://kuali.org/ole. For information about the Kuali
Foundation, please contact Jennifer Foutty at jfoutty@indiana.edu or (812)
345-3948.

HTC Global Services, Inc.

Established in 1990, HTC Global Services is an IT solutions provider, focused on
providing business value to clients through Information Technology (IT) and
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services and solutions. An Inc. 500 Hall of
Fame Company and Certified Minority-Owned Business, HTC has Delivery Centers in
Troy, MI, and in Chennai and Hyderabad, India. For more information, visit:
http://www.htcinc.com. For information about HTC Global Services, please contact
Vikas Bhutada at vikas.bhutada@HTCinc.com or 248-786-2500 X 117.

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SOURCE Kuali Foundation