AVISTA and Silver Software Team to Deliver Avionics Software Services.World's leading avionics software Avionics software is embedded software with legally-mandated safety and reliability concerns used in avionics. The main difference between avionic software and conventional embedded software is that the development process is required by law and is optimized for safety. engineering service providers join forces to offer industry-leading experience with offshore rates PLATTEVILLE, Wis. and MALMESBURY, United Kingdom -- AVISTA AVISTA Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science and Art Incorporated[R], the U.S. leader in critical systems software engineering services, and Silver Software, a world leader in offshore high integrity software engineering services, have formed a strategic alliance to provide software engineering services to U.S.-based tier-one aircraft and avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. manufacturers. This new offering allows avionics customers to enjoy the benefits of experienced, U.S. based project management and onsite support while realizing the cost savings of offshore software development services. Underpinned by high maturity processes, joint customers can be confident of a seamless high-quality, low-cost service across the full or partial development lifecycle. Despite the growth in offshore development, many U.S. aircraft manufacturers and their avionics contractors still face challenges managing offshore resources. The new alliance addresses these challenges by combining the best domestic and offshore teams in the industry. AVISTA's industry-leading expertise in DO-178B certification and vast experience managing programs for U.S. based companies, combined with Silver Software's avionics domain expertise and SEI CMMI See CMM. Level 5 rated offshore development capabilities, reduces the risks and overcomes cultural barriers that can sometimes occur with offshore outsourcing Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. . "Aircraft manufacturers are facing incredible competitive pressures today, and while offshore development offers considerable cost-savings, there are hidden risks that can be difficult to manage and program challenges that impact product delivery timelines," says James T. Schneller, president of AVISTA. "This alliance provides significant cost benefits and long-term value to our clients. Working with Silver Software, who has consistently delivered highest standard offshore software engineering services for over a decade, means we can jointly offer aircraft companies and their partners an unparalleled software engineering solution." "When it comes to avionics, effective process and quality is critical to meeting DO-178B requirements," says Parminder Singh, managing director of Silver Software. "The alliance with AVISTA, given their 20 year history with more than 700 projects completed, provides our customers with the familiarity of in-country management and support combined with offshore cost benefits and efficiency. We are pleased to work with AVISTA to bring our unique combination of expertise to the avionics market. Both our companies bring a singular focus on supporting the client's business objectives with a high-quality, cost-effective software engineering solution." About Silver Software Silver Software has a proven track record of developing real-time embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. in Aerospace and a wide range of other safety-critical environments. Working to recognized industry standards, Silver Software has a history of working hand in hand with systems designers to successfully deliver services across the development lifecycle, on time and to budget. Established in 1995 Silver Software is based in the UK with offices in Spain and India. Silver Software is a SEI CMMI Maturity Level 5 company and an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 certified company. www.silver-software.com About AVISTA AVISTA Incorporated[R], a subsidiary of Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ), is a full-lifecycle software engineering services company, specializing in critical systems development projects for avionics and medical device applications. With more than two million project hours completed, AVISTA fields the strongest, most stable, and most capable DO-178B experienced software development team in the industry. The company has completed more than 700 client projects in systems design, requirements capture and analysis, software design and implementation, and software verification Software verification is a broad and complex discipline of software engineering whose goal is to assure that a software fully satisfies all the expected requirements. There are two fundamental approaches to verification:
The city is home to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. , is a SEI CMMI Maturity Level 3 rated company, and an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. www.avistainc.com |
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