Dubai, June 24th, 2007 (WAM)--- Dubai Internet City (DIC) Business Partner,CMA CGM Resources FZ-LLC, Global Development Centre, was appraised atCMMI Level 3 on April 22, 2007 by KPMG, the global network of professionalfirms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services.

The Global Development Centre is composed of 160 employees in charge ofdesigning, developing, deploying, maintaining and supporting many of theCMA CGM Groups applications with the objectives to continuously improvequality, speed of software delivery , services and to ensure faster adaptationto customer needs.

By obtaining this assessment, CMA CGM Resources FZ-LLC is now one of thehighest ranking CMMI appraised companies within GCC.

Jamal Abdulsalam, Executive Director DIC and Malek Al Malek, DirectorPartner Relations Management said: "To stay ahead of the competition inknowledge-based sectors the top management has to make intangible investmentsto improve management capability. This is the only way to sustain growthof a company in an environment of turbulent competition. "Having businesspartners like CMA CGM Resources FZ-LLC in DIC adds considerable valueto the community and encourages business partners to walk the same line.

We would like to congratulate CMA CGM Resources FZ-LLC for this remarkableachievement", he added.

"This achievement shows the maturity level reached by our group's GlobalDevelopment Center, it confirms the relevancy and efficiency of this organizationfor the development and maintenance of CMA CGM group IT application" addsMarc Boyer-Chammard, VP Information Systems at CMA CGM.

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvementframework developed by Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie MelonUniversity, U.S.A in response to challenges experienced by software developmentand systems integration organizations Rajeev Lalwani, the Head of the IT Advisory practice at KPMG said, "Thisis one of the fastest turnarounds we have seen for a company to achievethis CMMI level, particularly in the region. We believe that this willspark a competition within DIC entities."All staff of CMA CGM Resources FZ-LLC was involved in this project, whichtook 14 months to reach the target. CMA CGM Resources FZ-LLC is now oneof the highest ranking CMMI Appraised Company within the Gulf CooperationCouncil (GCC States), together with another Organization in Abu Dhabithat was appraised in early 2007, according to KPMG.