Starbase Corporation Announces Partnership with Quality Systems & Software, the World Leader in Requirements Management Solutions
June 29, 2000 11:17 AM Eastern Time
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000--
The Partnership will Seamlessly Integrate Starbase's StarTeam and Quality Systems & Software's DOORS(R) to Accelerate Enterprise Web Application Development
Starbase Corporation SBAS , the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications, Thursday announced a formal products integration and marketing partnership with Quality Systems & Software (QSS), the world leader in requirements management solutions. The partners will integrate QSS' DOORS and Starbase's StarTeam to provide the marketplace with an integrated solution that delivers requirements management and collaborative team development for eBusiness applications. The solution targets the growing market for enterprise-level Web development teams.
StarTeam provides remote developers with the ability to effectively manage and collaborate on enterprise-wide applications. StarTeam's central repository is easily accessible by project contributors via a secure Web browser. QSS' DOORS requirements management solution assists companies in identifying and tracking project requirements and changes to those requirements, while automating project organization and improving group workflow contained in the StarTeam repository.
"The alliance between QSS and Starbase combines best-in-class tools to provide customers with the industry's most tightly-integrated requirements management and configuration management solution," said Bill Colacurcio, DOORSconnect Program Manager for QSS. "This integrated approach delivers a competitive advantage to our customers by accelerating the development of quality software. QSS is committed to providing the most integrated and effective solutions for requirements management."
Dick Heiman, an analyst with IDC, notes in the recently published Application Life-Cycle Management Forecast and Analysis for 2000-2004, (IDC No. 22311) "Managing project requirements (and changes to them) as an integral part of the development process can pay long-term quality and productivity dividends. A number of vendors are reporting keen interest in requirements management tools, and we expect this to continue in the future, particularly for those tools well integrated with overall life-cycle management tools."
"This partnership reaffirms out commitment to provide StarTeam customers with world class Web development and management systems," stated James Smith, executive vice president Starbase Customer Group. "Our customers are faced with the challenge of managing all phases in the life cycle of large complex eBusiness applications, from initial eBusiness requirements through development and deployment," continued Smith. "This led Starbase to form the alliance with QSS, and will result in integrated best-of-breed products that together will enable the efficient delivery of robust eBusiness applications. Teams will be able to collaboratively manage and trace their work from requirements to design, to development, to test, and then to deployment of their eBusiness applications."
This partnership affords Starbase formal status in the DOORSconnect Program. This program is designed to provide Starbase and QSS broad corporate marketing opportunities. Based upon the commitment of both partners to invest in the success of the relationship from joint engineering to joint marketing, the partnership has already resulted in a product integration and joint Web-based seminar, "Webinar". The recent seminar held on June 28th was the first in a series of several joint Webinar's addressing the challenges faced by corporations coordinating diverse development teams. The Webinars are designed to introduce corporate Web development teams to the benefits of a collaborative best-in-class solutions to Web development.
In addition, Starbase will be a participating sponsor in the upcoming QSS InDOORS 2000 user conference to be held in San Diego in October 2000.
About Quality Systems & Software Inc.
Quality Systems & Software (QSS) is the world's leading provider of enterprise-wide requirements management solutions for the development of products and services. QSS develops, distributes and supports DOORS(R), the market-leading requirements management solution. Other products include DOORSnet(TM), that brings the functionality of DOORS to distributed work teams via the Internet, and an entry-level tool, DOORSrequireIT(TM), that brings the benefits of requirements management to non-engineering users and those users who prefer to work in MS(R) Word. These and other products are complemented by an experienced and highly trained team that focuses on requirements management process, application consulting, training and worldwide customer support. www.qssinc.com.
About StarTeam
StarTeam, an integrated technical collaboration and software development management tool, is designed to significantly improve the productivity of software development teams. StarTeam delivers the integrations and server support to better manage the requirements of large development environments. StarTeam provides remote developers with the ability to effectively manage and collaborate on enterprise-wide applications, and enables access to projects via a secure Web browser. StarTeam is the only solution with an open API (JAVA & COM) that allows you to build your own interfaces to access StarTeam projects. Available by calling Starbase at 888/770-STAR or by visiting the Starbase Web site at www.starbase.com.
About Starbase
Starbase is the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for eBusiness applications. With over 1,300 StarTeam customers worldwide, its technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex eBusiness applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production of Web sites and eBusiness initiatives from multiple locations. StarTeam, the company's flagship product, was labeled as "StarTeam fuels team exchange" in an early release review from InfoWorld in January 2000 and received "Two Thumbs Up" from New Media in May 1999 and Four Stars from Software Development in August 1999. Microsoft and CMP Media named Starbase the 25th fastest growing ISV for Windows in April 1999. StarTeam also received the "Best of the Test Center" award by InfoWorld in January 1998. Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Lucent Technologies, Intel, BMC Software, Motorola, PepsiCo, Seagate Technology, Hollywood Entertainment, eTour.com, Oxygen Media, and Ann Taylor have selected StarTeam to manage their eBusiness development projects. Starbase has headquarters at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, CA 92707. Tel: 714/445-4400. Fax: 714/445-4404. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.
Starbase and its product names are trademarks of Starbase Corp. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
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, (vi) and other risks described in Starbase Corp.'s SEC reports and filings.
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CONTACT: Starbase Corporation, Santa Ana Martha Ray, Manager Public Relations 714/445-4531 mray@starbase.com Ann Jones, Director Investor Relations 714/445-4440 Ajones@starbase.com
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