Kony Solutions collaborates with Blue Shield of California to launch a “Multi-Channel Center of Excellence” to include new mobile and multi-channel offerings

ORLANDO FL- Kony Solution today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Blue Shield of California to develop and deploy a new generation of mobile and multi-channel applications on the KonyOne Platform. Blue Shield will employ the full range of Kony’s mobile and multi-channel products and services to operate its “Multi-Channel Center of Excellence” (mCoE). Blue Shield’s mCoE is chartered with ensuring the company offers the most innovative, valuable and state-of-the-art mobile and multi-channel services for its customers.

Blue Shield is a health plan serving more than three million members across the state of California, including some of the largest technology organizations in the world.

“Delivering a high-quality multi-channel experience is now part of the basic RFP for most of our customers, and they require mobile offerings that are robust, scalable and can handle all the different devices that members want to use,” said Michael Mathias, chief information officer, Blue Shield of California. “We selected Kony because they offer a robust platform that covers the full range of devices and will integrate easily with our systems.”

Blue Shield will use Kony’s mobile application development platform and its healthcare “accelerator” application to build custom applications for its customers, as well as cloud and service offerings that will be rolled out later this year. Through the use of the Kony portfolio and the multi-channel CoE program, Blue Shield expects to streamline and accelerate its entire software development lifecycle, while enhancing service offerings for its customers.

“By incorporating the KonyOne Platform into its multi-channel strategy, Blue Shield is ensuring it can deliver a dependable and high-quality experience for all of its customers, employees and partners regardless of the device they use,” said Raj Koneru, CEO of Kony Solutions. “Our end-to-end, future-proof platform enables Blue Shield to develop, deploy and manage all of their apps and eliminates the need to rebuild mobile apps for new devices or manage constant technology upgrades.”

About Kony Solutions

Kony is the industry’s leading mobile and multichannel application platform provider. Kony develops a suite of customizable pre-built apps, the KonyOne™ Platform and a comprehensive mobile application management solution, which give companies the confidence and control to quickly build apps once and deploy everywhere – across all mobile devices and operating systems. Kony’s customers include more than 200 Fortune 500 companies, the largest global bank, and global brands such as Hyatt, Huntington National Bank, Konica Minolta, Schweppes, Tyco and Carl Zeiss.

In 2012 Kony was named a “Visionary” in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms (MADP) report. For more information, please visit www.kony.com or connect with Kony on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California, an independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health plan with three million members, 5,000 employees and $10.5 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in San Francisco, Blue Shield of California provides health, life, dental, vision, and Medicare insurance and health care service plans in California. Blue Shield of California was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2012 and 2013. Since 2005, the company has contributed more than $200 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation, one of BusinessWeek’s most generous corporate foundations. Contact your local agent or broker about Blue Shield of California products and services, or visit www.blueshieldca.com.