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ArrAy Inc. Adds Offshore Capabilities to Successful Outsourcing Business Model.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2003

Unique Software Engineering Services Company to Add Greater Value

to Client Base in Challenging Economic Times

ArrAy Inc., a software engineering services firm that provides unique support to software development companies, announced today that it has added offshore resources to its already proven business model. The company's strong history of timely, cost-effective and high quality results for clients will become an even more economical and effective solution for a wider range of clients with the addition of the offshore team.

Although most software development budgets have been drastically dras·tic  
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, workloads have either stayed the same, or increased. Companies everywhere are being forced to do more with less. ArrAy's offshore component allows the service firm to aggressively respond to customers' evolving requirements in these tough times.

"ArrAy Inc.'s strategy has always been to serve as a partner to our clients, enabling them to confidently outsource to us the ongoing management of their existing software while they focus in-house resources on new development," said ArrAy Inc. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Charlie Palmer Charlie Palmer is the name of:
  • Charlie Palmer (footballer), retired professional footballer in England
  • Charlie Palmer (chef)
. "As a partner, we're committed to helping our customers succeed. Offering offshore resources in our outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management.  solution was a logical outgrowth of that commitment."

Customer response to ArrAy's new capability has been positive. Human Asset Technologies, a leading provider of automated au·to·mate  
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 performance management solutions, was one of the first companies to take advantage of ArrAy's new business model.

"ArrAy's blended offshore/onshore approach proved very successful in mitigating mit·i·gate  
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To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve.

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To become milder.
 the risks typically associated with offshore development - time zone differences, communication difficulties, visibility and management limitations - while offsetting the higher cost of U.S. talent," observed Matt Park, Vice President at Human Asset Technologies. "ArrAy's integrated delivery team gave us the best of both worlds."

Other companies such as Mindspeed Technologies, the Internet infrastructure business of Conexant Systems, have also contracted with ArrAy to take advantage of the software engineering firm's new offshore capabilities.

"ArrAy's business model of guaranteeing a minimum level of specific deliverables for a fixed-price was of major interest to us", according to according to
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 Bill Noel, Director of Software Engineering at Mindspeed. "It puts all of the productivity burden on ArrAy, where it should be. Our relationship with ArrAy has been a win-win."

"Our high productivity in working with previously developed code is well-known," notes Palmer. "We're able to achieve impressive productivity levels due to our unique ArrAy Way(TM) methodology. But in these strained times, customers also need to be able to rely on us for the lowest possible cost for service. Adding offshore capabilities enables us to maximize our cost-effectiveness without sacrificing productivity. It lets us be the most helpful partner possible."

About ArrAy.

ArrAy Incorporated, headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts For other uses of "Westborough", see Westborough (disambiguation).
For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Westborough, please see the article Westborough (CDP), Massachusetts.
, is a global software engineering services firm that provides unique support to software developers. ArrAy's comprehensive set of services - including maintenance, porting, enhancements, and software quality assurance - help developers preserve and extend the viability of software products quickly, cost-effectively, and with high quality.

ArrAy's blended onshore/offshore business model, highly expert staff, ArrAy Way methodology, and collaborative work style deliver the industry's most productive yet economical outsourcing solution. Clients include application software companies, tools providers, system software developers, and 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.  vendors.

ArrAy and ArrAy Way are trademarks of ArrAy Incorporated.
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