Starbase Announces Joint Distribution Agreement with QA-Systems International BV
Agreement Expands the Distribution Channel for the Collaboration Suite to the International e-business Markets in Germany, Austria and the Benelux Countries
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001-- Starbase Corp. (Nasdaq:SBAS - news), the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of content and code for enterprise and e-business applications, and QA-Systems International BV, a Netherlands-based provider of software quality assurance and testing solutions, today announced the signing of a strategic distribution and marketing agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies, acting as authorized resellers, will promote broader adoption of each other's development and management solutions through national and international sales channels. The cross distribution agreement extends the innovative development and management technology solutions developed by the companies to global enterprise organizations.
QA-Systems will distribute, market and support the Starbase Collaboration Suite components of CaliberRM, StarTeam and eXpressroom through existing sales channels in Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries.
Starbase will distribute, market and support QStudio for Java, the Java code analysis tool from QA-Systems, through its network of distributed sales teams across the United States and Canada, as well as through Starbase's International Distributor organization.
``Starbase addresses the challenge of managing and controlling the software development process with an extensive suite of productivity enhancing solutions,'' stated Wim van de Brug, CEO of QA-Systems.
``The Starbase Suite of products will add significant value to what we offer and will enable us to extend even further our mission to help customers better manage an integrated development process.''
Continued van de Brug: ``There are a growing number of high-tech companies based in our distribution target market that are as eager as their North American counterparts to reduce development costs and improve the ROI of their software investments. We look forward to introducing a solution like the Collaboration Suite that will assist in that effort.''
``Partnering with an international leader such as QA-Systems will deliver immediate revenue opportunities for Starbase through the joint distribution of products and expanded sales channels provided for in this agreement,'' stated William R. Stow III, president and CEO.
``Broader European adoption of the Starbase Collaboration Suite will not only strengthen our share of market, but also increase our visibility within the global development market. Our partnership strategy to expand and extend the tools, best practices and services we have to offer, both nationally and internationally is strengthened by this alliance.''
About QA-Systems
QA-Systems -- The software quality company -- is an innovative provider of software quality assurance and testing solutions. QA-Systems' products enable software development organizations to improve the quality of the software product's source code and to reduce the time it takes to deliver software applications.
QA-Systems offers its customers professional services through the QStudio(TM) methodology that includes consulting, training and maintenance services to facilitate successful implementations. For more information, visit: www.qa-systems.com.
About Starbase
Starbase is the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of integrated content and code for enterprise and e-business applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for e-business applications.
With more than 3,500 Starbase customers worldwide, the company's technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex e-business applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production and management of Web sites and e-business initiatives from multiple locations.
Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Chase Bank, Dell Computer, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, PepsiCo and Seagate Technology have selected Starbase products to manage their e-business development projects. Deloitte & Touche named Starbase to the prestigious ``2001 Orange County/San Diego Technology Fast 50'' program, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area.
Starbase has headquarters at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 900, Santa Ana, Calif., 92707. Tel: 714/445-4400. Fax: 714/445-4404. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
When used in the preceding discussion, the words ``believes, expects, or intend to'' and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) conditions in the general economy or the software industry, (ii) the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, (iii) competitive factors, (iv) demand for team productivity software products, (v) sell-through of products in the sales channel, and (vi) other risks described in Starbase Corp.'s SEC reports and filings.
Note to Editors: Starbase and its product names are trademarks of Starbase Corp. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
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