BRQ, one of the major IT service suppliers of the country, announces the winning of the award Melhor Parceira de Software IBM Brasil 2006 (Best Software Partner IBM Brasil 2006). The award was done during the IBM Business Partner event, Saint Louis (USA) last week.
Awarded in sales and certifications in software, commitment and professional training, BRQ was honored in the presence of all partners of the region and IBM executives in the event. The prize reflects the volume of sales and business diversity reached by the company.
For BRQ, the results in 2006 were positive. The company ended last year with competence in selling and developing solutions with IBM products”, says Benjamim Quadros, president of BRQ.
BRQ has been investing effectively in quality for software development, team training and certification. It’s worth highlighting that in 2006 BRQ was CMMI5 certified, level achieved by IBM partner. The certification was more comprehensible and involves all the software development processes. Moreover, BRQ achieved certification level A of MPS.BR, also confirming measuring quality and maturity in Brazil the position of highlight in the software development.
About BRQ
Founded in 1993, BRQ is among the IT services company that most increase in the country. It has reached revenues of R$ 130 million in 2006, an increase over 30 % a year since its foundation and has the goal to get to R$ 800 million in 2011. Focused on integration, development of tailor-made applications and outsourcing of applications, most of the BRQ revenues come from the finance sector. Companies such as Unibanco, Citibank, HSBC, Bradesco Seguros, Icatu Hartford, Sul América, Liberty Seguros, Safra National Bank, Itaú BBA, ABN Amro Bank, etc. are part of BRQ’s customer portifolio, and it also works in other sectors with customers like Pão de Açúcar, Sefaz-SP, IBM, Prodesp, Embratel, among others.
Qualified by ISO 9001 and certified in CMMI5 and MPS.BR, BRQ withholds offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Curitiba, BrasÃlia and New York and counts on more than 2.000 professionals. In the list of partners, there are large vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, BMC Software, VMWare and Tango/04.