IT Contract Replaces Previous Development & Service Relationships

The TriZetto Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TZIX) today announced its three-year, renewable contract with Syntel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNT) to become a key TriZetto multisourcing partner. The Syntel relationship provides greater flexibility and capacity in TriZetto’s new product development, professional services delivery and hosted services for its payer customers and strengthens 24x7 operations and services.

TriZetto’s multisourcing approach combines on-shore, near-shore and off-shore resources to provide IT services for payers. Syntel replaces former partners including Cognizant Technology Solutions, whose relationship was terminated in early 2007.

A provider of IT and business process outsourcing services, Syntel assists core product and custom development, functional and performance testing, operations support for hosted customers, process workflow modeling and report development. Syntel resources are being trained and certified on the latest versions of TriZetto’s product line. Syntel personnel also participate in a TriZetto-led mentoring program, and use TriZetto’s development and product implementation accelerators. This approach augments TriZetto certified professionals in the United States, Mexico and India and strengthens the “follow-the-sun” model for TriZetto’s development and hosting centers, as well as professional services.

“In building our multisourcing model, we selected a highly synergistic partner and created strong controls to help improve quality and augment our on-shore professionals,” said Tim Hascall, executive vice president of professional services at TriZetto.