Remain and Original Software provide an innovative and robust platform for Software Change Management and integrated testing
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
January, 3, 2009 – Remain, developer of Software Change Management solutions for the IBM i (System i and iSeries) market and Original Software, the software quality solution vendor, today announced a strategic partnership to provide their best-of-breed technologies as an integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution. Original Software’s suite of testing solutions will be incorporated with Remain’s TD/OMS Software Change Management suite to cover the whole process from development to test, to acceptance and production. Remain will become a key distributor for Original Software throughout the Benelux region.
The integrated platform will provide a comprehensive ALM solution which will enable enterprises to adopt best practice in a seamless strategy to deliver quality and speed-to-market for IT projects. Remain’s reseller partners, Valok Global Midrange Software Solutions in Australia and Hista in Argentina, who both also offer expertise on the Original Software solutions, will have the advantage of being able to offer their customers all the benefits of an integrated solution.
“We are exited about this partnership. By combining best of both worlds we will be able to offer high quality support for the total software life cycle process.” says Marco Kok, Remain’s Director, responsible for Sales and Marketing. “Our companies have same ideas about adoption, implementation and the productivity of our solutions”.
George Wilson, Operations Director of Original Software said: “We are very happy to have Remain Software as a partner. They will be the focal point of contact for all our quality solutions throughout the Benelux region. Remain are well respected and offer a competitive and strong solution in the Software Change Management market. By integrating our testing solutions both companies will open new opportunities in the market place, benefiting users with a state-of-the art ALM solution for the IBM Systemi”.
About Remain
Since 1992, Remain has been developing software change management solutions for the IBM midrange System i market place to help companies to support their business applications.
‘TD/OMS’ controls the entire software change process from the System i platform, where the product’s repository resides. Changes can be tracked from incident to fix, through test, acceptance, and posting to the live production environment. It handles validation, user sign-off, and documentation of software changes. There is also a fully integrated helpdesk functionality which registers incidents and change requests.
These robust benefits are not limited to the System i environment. Programmers using Windows and UNIX can employ ‘TD/OMS’ functionality to upload software components to the System i. Furthermore, the product supports both unattended component deployment from the System i to UNIX and Windows environments and the installation of deployed code within those environments. Remain incorporates latest technology in order to approach and support the software life cycle process in a modern way. For more information please visit www.remainsoftware.com.
