Keane Attains Level 3 Assessment on SEI CMM at Toyota

BOSTON, Feb. 18 -- Keane, Inc. (AMEX:KEA) , a leading business and information technology (IT) consulting firm, today announced that its Application Development and Management (ADM) Outsourcing engagement with the Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. has been independently assessed at Level 3, as measured against the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM). TMS is the primary sales and distribution arm for Toyota in the United States.

As part of its on-going engagement with TMS, Keane supports a portfolio of 100 core business applications covering five major areas -- vehicles, parts, customer surveys, finance, and industrial equipment. The management and enhancement of these mission critical systems, which include mainframe and AS/400 distributed applications, is coordinated through an onsite program management office at TMS's headquarters in California with delivery services provided from Keane's near-shore Advanced Development Center (ADC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Keane began this program with TMS in April 2001 and the engagement was independently assessed at CMM Level 3 within 18 months of transition. To date, 43 of Keane's outsourcing engagements have been independently assessed at Level 3 or Level 4, including Keane's project with Toyota. The CMM is a de facto standard for measuring the effectiveness of IT organizations. Companies gain significant productivity increases and quality improvements by applying advanced CMM-based processes. Most companies require a minimum of 24 months to be assessed at Level 3 according to industry estimates.

"Through our partnership with Keane for on-going support of application systems, we've been able to focus internal resources on strategic projects, leveraging new technologies to meet the needs of our customers," said Ken Goltara, vice president of Business Systems Development for Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. "Keane's approach with a focus on process improvement and management disciplines has translated to meaningfully control costs for our organization."

The SEI's CMM is an objective vehicle for helping companies achieve information systems process improvements by presenting a series of five well- defined levels, each outlining practices to be adopted and goals to be met before advancing to a greater process maturity. Keane's proprietary Application Management Methodology (AMM), a cornerstone of the company's ADM Outsourcing solution, incorporates performance metrics, project management disciplines, continuous improvement activities, and tight management controls, including quality reviews, project planning, and monitoring, all of which conform to SEI's Level 3 process areas. "Keane's ability to leverage the economic and quality advantages of our near- shore ADC combined with achieving Level 3 assessment in a rapid timeframe provides clients with improved quality, lower costs, and better support for their application environments," stated Steve Kedzior, group vice president for Keane, Inc. "Toyota Motor Sales is a valued customer and we are grateful for the opportunity to partner with them."

About Toyota Motor Sales:

Toyota Motor Sales, (TMS) USA is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of Toyota in America. Toyota is America's fourth largest carmaker and manufactures more than one million cars per year in North America. TMS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota ADRs are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: TM). Established in 1957, TMS oversees operations of more than 1400 Toyota, Lexus and Toyota Industrial Equipment dealerships in 49 states. With approximately 8,500 employees, Toyota Motor Sales and its subsidiaries also are involved in financial and insurance services, distribution logistics, motorsports R & D and the general aviation and recreational boating industries. The company's main Web site is http://www.toyota.com/.

About Keane:

Keane, Inc. (AMEX:KEA) , a premiere provider of application lifecycle optimization services, helps Global 2000 companies and government agencies to plan, build, manage, and rationalize application software through its Business Consulting, Application Development and Integration, and Application Development and Management (ADM) Outsourcing services. Keane develops long- term client relationships and recurring revenues based on its broad range of services, multi-year outsourcing contracts, and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction. Keane delivers its services with world-class processes, management disciplines, and performance metrics via an integrated network of branch offices in North America and the United Kingdom, and Advanced Development Centers (ADCs) in the United States, Canada, and India. This seamless global delivery model offers customers the flexibility and economic advantage of fluidly allocating work between a variety of delivery options including on-site at a client's facility, off-site at a remote location, near-shore in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and offshore in India. Branch offices work in conjunction with Keane Consulting Group, the Company's business consulting arm, and are supported by centralized Strategic Practices and Quality Assurance Groups. Information on Keane is available on the Internet at www.keane.com.