Bangalore, Mar (UNI) KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited (KPIT) and Hotmail Co-Founder Sabeer Bhatia today announced a long-term partnership to build next generation products for the internet that will significantly change the user experience for netizens.

KPIT Cummins would be responsible for the concept, design, prototyping, launch, support and future development of BlogEverywhere.com, a venture of Shiraz Kanga and the legendary Sabeer Bhatia, a KPIT release said today.

Developed in Pune by KPIT Cummins, BlogEverywhere, was designed specifically to promote simple, universal and contextual blogging.

''We have chosen KPIT Cummins as our strategic partner for building more advanced technology products in the next two to three years, which would change the way people use the internet today'' the release said, quoting Mr Bhatia.

He said KPIT had demonstrated superior technology development and project management skills in delivering the complex architectural requirements of BlogEverywhere in record time. This was once again a clear validation of India's technology strengths, once the monopoly of high tech Silicon Valley. ''KPIT Cummins' Product Engineering team's insatiable desire to attain excellence has given us great confidence in building path breaking web solutions,'' he added.

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