CenterLine Software launches Professional Services organization; Alan H. Sarasohn leads effort to help customers deliver high quality software under aggressive schedules.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1996--CenterLine Software, Inc., a leading independent provider of quality automation and testing tools, today announced a new Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization to better support its customers' requirements to deliver high-quality software under increasingly aggressive schedules. CenterLine cen·ter·line n. 1. A line that bisects something into equal parts. 2. A painted line running along the center of a road or highway that divides it into two sections for traffic moving in opposite directions, or, in the case of also announced Alan H. Sarasohn has joined the company as vice president of Professional Services to lead the new group. CenterLine's Professional Services organization will provide a variety of training and consulting programs designed to complement the company's developer-centric model for improving software quality, advocating an integrated, full-lifecycle approach for software testing Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed computer software. Usually, quality is constrained to such topics as correctness, completeness, security, but can also include more technical requirements as described under the ISO standard ISO 9126, such . 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. a report published by analyst group International Data Corporation, pressure is mounting for more integrated solutions and the movement from point solution tools to integrated environments will drive acceptance for testing from the developer community.(1) These integrated solutions are important to businesses as computing environments become increasingly complex, making it more difficult to ensure software quality. Graphical user interfaces, client/server computing, multimedia, multiprocessing and distributed object Distributed objects are software modules that are designed to work together, but reside either in multiple computers connected via a network or in different processes inside the same computer. systems add huge layers of complexity and variability that make testing for quality difficult compared to the days of host-based, character-mode applications. "The development practices our major customers employ vary, depending on their size and market," said Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson (born January 28, 1943 in Lucknow, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian hockey left winger who played 13 , vice president of marketing at CenterLine. "The Professional Services organization will work with each development group to help them best apply our tools to their independent environment so they can yield maximum benefits from our technologies." Taking advantage of full functionality Because companies are under pressure to get software applications to market quickly, CenterLine's Professional Services organization will help engineering teams apply CenterLine's products most effectively to solve their business problems. DST (1) (DeSTination) Contrast with SRC, which is an abbreviation of "source." (2) (Digital Signal Trust Company, Salt Lake City, UT, www.digsigtrust.com) An organization that sets up and manages PKI systems for companies and industry groups. Belvedere Belvedere (bĕl`vədēr, Ital. bālvādĕ`rā), court of the Vatican named after a villa built (1485–87) for Innocent VIII. , a Boston, Mass.-based asset management software developer, used CenterLine's consulting services to help them take advantage of all the functionality in CenterLine's TestCenter software. "We needed help integrating TestCenter into our development environment and it made perfect sense to use CenterLine's consulting services because the company has a lot of experience in software development," said Jim Kimball  This article or section reads like a and may need a .Please help [ to improve this article] to make it in tone and meet Wikipedia's . , manager of development, DST Belvedare. "CenterLine's consultants came on-site and showed us how to get the most benefit out of the software. They validated what we were doing and helped us identify ways to streamline our development process." Alan H. Sarasohn leads new organization As vice president, Sarasohn will lead the Professional Services organization, helping customers effectively utilize CenterLine's products to improve the quality and speed of software application development. Sarasohn brings over 20 years of professional services, consulting and training experience to CenterLine. He joined the company from Bachman Information Systems (company) Bachman Information Systems - The company which merged with CADRE to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. , a $40 million developer and provider of application development software tools, where he held several senior-level positions, including vice president of support and services. Sarasohn's previous positions include vice president of network systems at BGS BGS British Geological Survey BGS Below Ground Surface (depth below the ground surface) BGS Bundesgrenzschutz (German: Federal Border Guard) BGS Bachelor of General Studies (degree) Systems, Inc., a provider of systems software tools, and various technical positions at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Sarasohn will be responsible for developing training and consulting programs that complement CenterLine's product lines, including the QualityCenter family of quality automation software testing tools. The company's wide breadth of products and support will help businesses deliver higher quality software according to more predictable schedules. "The deployment and use of software tools to assist in the development of today's complex, mission-critical applications requires advanced knowledge and expertise," said Sarasohn. "CenterLine's Professional Services organization will help both developers and QA teams improve development and testing practices to drive the production of higher quality code." CenterLine Software, Inc., a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., is a leading independent provider of quality automation solutions for professional developers. CenterLine offers a complete suite of tightly- integrated, open and standards-based solutions including C and C++ programming environments and testing tools, as well as education, development, training and consulting programs. CenterLine joins forces with major tools vendors to deliver value-added integrations spanning the entire software development lifecycle. -0- (1) Richard V. Heinman, International Data Corp., The Market for Software Testing Tools, October 1995 CenterLine is a registered trademark and TestCenter and QualityCenter are trademarks of CenterLine Software, Inc. CONTACT: Jill Godett CenterLine Software, Inc. 617-498-3287 godett@centerline.com or Laura Desmarais Beaupre & Co. Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , Inc. 603-436-6690 desmarai@beaupre.com |
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