Kovair Software, a leader in Integrated Application Lifecycle Management - ALM, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner Program (VSIP).

1. Kovair Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner Program
SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/22/13 -- Kovair Software, a leader in Integrated Application
Lifecycle Management - ALM, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry
Partner Program (VSIP).Gathering requirements aren't a matter of writing things down. It's a process of
discovery. So we should expect our requirements to be in a state of continuous change. Change is
constant and the one absolute in software development. Permitting changes to requirements in an
uncontrolled manner throughout the development life cycle invariably results in confusion, missed
schedules, and cost overruns. Frustration occurs between end users, analysts, developers, and managers
alike. As the amount of requirements that is captured grows, it is most likely to get harder and harder to
change.
Kovair Omnibus is an integration platform that connects more than 40 popular ALM tools from leading
vendors and open source groups. With Omnibus, Microsoft customers with heterogeneous software
development tool environments can achieve connectivity to non-Microsoft best of breed tools in the
industry and achieve process automation, traceability and reporting across the entire software
development lifecycle.
Kovair offers Omnibus connectors for many Microsoft products, including Visual Studio, Team
Foundation Server, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
Omnibus is based on .NET technology and uses Microsoft SQL Server for data repository, making it
easier for any Microsoft customer adoption.
Other Omnibus off-the-shelf connectors include various IBM Rational tools, HP Quality Center and QTP,
Atlassian JIRA, GIT, CA Clarity, Subversion and Hudson. Integration using Omnibus improves software
quality, accelerates time-to-market and provides more than 20% productivity boost with real-time
management reporting for globally distributed software development teams.
"Kovair has worked with customers of Microsoft tools for some time facilitating them to integrate
Microsoft and other tools. By joining the VSIP program, Kovair will be able to better align its product
development with Microsoft roadmap and be able to help customers implement their development
strategies ahead of the curve," said Bipin Shah, CEO and Chairman of Kovair Software.

2. "Kovair helps development teams move to a modern and cohesive ALM environment by integrating and
synchronizing requirements, work items, test cases and other artifacts between popular ALM tools and
Team Foundation Server," said Tom Lindeman, Director of the VSIP program at Microsoft. "We are
happy to welcome Kovair to the Visual Studio Industry Partner program and look forward to working
with them in further enhancing TFS and Visual Studio for developers."
About Kovair Software
Kovair is the innovation leader in Application Lifecycle Management Integration supporting global
software development and management. Its Omnibus Platform is based on an Enterprise Service Bus
and includes adaptive workflow and highly configurable process management. Kovair solutions are
designed from the ground up as an integrated web-based platform enabling anytime, anywhere access.
Kovair customers come from industries where automated workflow and reliable predictable processes
for managing the application lifecycle are critical. Industries included are ISVs, Banking and Finance,
Healthcare, High Tech, Government and Offshore Software Development Service Providers. More
information on Kovair: www.kovair.com.
Related Resources: ALM Integration , Quality Center Integration , JIRA Integration , TFS Integration
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