Abiliti Solutions Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program -VSIP-.Business Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001 VSIP VSIP Visual Studio Industry Partner (Microsoft) VSIP Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park VSIP Visual Studio Integration Program (Microsoft) VSIP Voluntary Separation Incentive Program will power Abiliti's next generation of programmable billing systems Abiliti Solutions, an industry-leading supplier of billing systems for telecom and network service providers, announced that they have signed an agreement with Microsoft to join the Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP). VSIP members gain access to two Microsoft technologies for combining their software with Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms for the .NET environment. The Visual Studio Integration (VSI VSI Vinyl Siding Institute VSI Voltage Source Inverter VSI Virtual Switch Interface VSI Vertical Speed Indicator VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive VSI Virtual Socket Interface VSI Vision Systems International VSI Vertical Shaft Impactor ) toolkit provides a means to seamlessly combine member software with Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. . The Visual Studio for Applications (VSA VSA (in New Zealand) Voluntary Service Abroad ) toolkit enables members to add Visual Studio .NET programming features to their applications. Microsoft licenses members to distribute products that incorporate these VSIP technologies. Abiliti intends to use the VSIP for the programmable business rule subsystem of their next-generation billing system, currently named Tetra. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dave Schmitt, Abiliti's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , "We are very pleased with the effectiveness and performance of our current home-grown business rule development system, and we believe VSIP gives us the means to extend that concept with more powerful scripting languages, easier debugging, and more. Furthermore, by introducing Microsoft Visual Basic as our primary rule authoring language, we give Abiliti's products the same familiar customization capability as Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. and other Windows applications." Robert Green, lead product manager for Visual Studio .NET at Microsoft Corp. added, "Microsoft is pleased to have Abiliti Solutions as a VSIP member, particularly because they are applying our customization technology to the telecom billing market, which has not traditionally used Microsoft Visual Basic to any great degree. By basing their next generation products on Microsoft .NET and VSIP, Abiliti has chosen the right technology for delivering some exciting web-based billing and customer care services." Although Abiliti has not announced Tetra availability dates, Schmitt indicated that they are planning for an initial deployment during 2002, contingent upon the rollout of Microsoft's .NET technologies as well as general market conditions. About Abiliti Solutions Abiliti Solutions brings network service providers a better way to manage their billing - whether they choose a traditional site license through our NetworkStrategies(R) billing application suite; our "hands-free" approach through our own Billing ASP, BillingCentral(TM); or our industry-leading EventProcessor(TM) rating engine. Our solutions give network service providers the ability to adapt to a dynamic marketplace, the freedom to focus on growing their business and the lowest total cost of ownership. Abiliti Solutions is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. For more information visit www.abilitisolutions.com. |
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