The document discusses the Synthesis Platform, which provides a common framework and infrastructure for ReliaSoft's new application software products called Synthesis Elements. It manages user access and allows seamless integration between the different software elements. The Synthesis Project took six years of dedicated effort and investment exceeding all previous versions and products to develop this platform.

2.  The Synthesis Platform provides the framework and
underlying infrastructure for all of ReliaSoft’s new
application software products, or “Synthesis
Elements.”
 It provides a common set of methods and
analyses, with related data storage, synchronization
and retrieval. It also manages user access rights to
provide seamless integration and communication
between all of the application software elements.

4.  The Synthesis Project is the result of a dedicated
six year effort and the culmination of our
combined expertise over the last twenty years.
 In itself, it represents an R&D investment (in
terms of both effort and capital) that
significantly exceeds the combined investments
to date for all versions and all products.

5. Half a century ago, “Reliability 1.0”
set the foundations of modern
Reliability Engineering.

6. Reliability 2.0 ushered in the
adoption, evolution and expansion
of individual Reliability Engineering
tools and methodologies.

7.  As individual approaches and
methodologies were adopted, the
majority of classical reliability
engineering activities were
unfortunately implemented as
discrete,
self-contained,
sequential and
monolithic checkmark activities.

8. Silo Approach

9.  As Reliability Engineering evolves and matures, so do the
emphasis and demands placed upon it by today’s
geographically dispersed organizations.
 These demands are further amplified by both the “faster-better-
cheaper” corporate mantra and the ever-increasing complexity of
today’s products.
 To meet these demands, a paradigm shift to a new
interdisciplinary approach to Reliability Engineering is
needed, one that leverages and re-engineers the proven
classical activities by employing advances in information
technology.
 This combination must maximize the benefits of each activity
and result in reduction of both time-to-market and
associated costs while simultaneously maximizing the
achieved reliability.