2008-05-12 23:48:12 -
www.atsva.com - ATS Corporation Joann O'Connell Vice President, Investor Relations 703-506-0088 or Media Contact: ATS Corporation Penny Parker Corporate Communications Manager 703-506-0088 or Ravenflow Press Contacts: Adam Frankl Vice President, Marketing, Ravenflow adam.frankl@ravenflow.com ATS Corporation ("ATSC") (OTCBB:ATCT), a leading information technology company that delivers innovative technology solutions to government and commercial organizations, and Ravenflow, the
leader in rapid requirements definition, today announced a strategic partnership that builds on the years of cooperation between the companies and elevates ATSC to the highest level of Ravenflow's partner program. ATSC will play a leadership role in promoting the adoption of RAVEN and requirements definition best practices in the Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC region as part of Ravenflow's Premier Partnership Program.
In 2007, ATSC acquired longtime Ravenflow partner Number Six Software, an early adopter of the award-winning RAVEN software for requirements elicitation and definition. Number Six has been recognized as an expert in iterative (Rational Unified Process) and agile software development approaches. Number Six was an early adopter and contributor to the development of the RAVEN software.
"Rapid and accurate requirements elicitation and definition is essential to the success of complex software development projects. ATSC has had many years of experience in the requirements management area, and we have selected RAVEN to be our primary solution for requirements definition and elicitation, which compliments our expertise," said ATSC Senior Vice President Mike Bonamassa. "In addition, we will be using RAVEN to increase customer success in the delivery side of our business."
"Number Six Software was renowned for its expertise in Rational Software technologies. The merger of ATSC and Number Six will leverage that expertise into new markets, such as the Federal Government, which will strengthen both our organizations," said Ravenflow President and CEO Susan Boers. "We are thrilled to have a leading development and consulting organization enhancing their expertise with our award-winning RAVEN solution. There will be extra benefit as well to RAVEN clients in the Mid-Atlantic region."
About ATS Corporation
ATSC is a leading provider of software and systems development, systems integration, infrastructure management and outsourcing, information sharing and consulting to the Department of Defense, Federal civilian agencies, public safety and national security customers, as well as commercial enterprises. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the Company has more than 750 employees at 14 locations across the country.
About Ravenflow
Ravenflow enables enterprises to deliver applications faster. The award-winning RAVEN software for requirements elicitation and definition quickly builds stakeholder consensus on requirements, reduces the time required for stakeholders to approve specifications, reduces developer rework due to requirements errors, and seamlessly integrates requirements and testing. RAVEN integrates requirements elicitation and definition with the application lifecycle management platforms from IBM Rational, Telelogic, an IBM Company, HP Mercury, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for ATSC, including statements about the estimated value of the contract and work to be performed, and other statements containing the words "estimates," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: our dependence on our contracts with federal government agencies for the majority of our revenue, our dependence on our GSA schedule contracts and our position as a prime contractor on government-wide acquisition contracts to grow our business, and other factors discussed in our latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2008, as amended on March 21, 2008 and April 4, 2008. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of May 12, 2008. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to May 12, 2008.
Additional information about ATSC may be found at www.atsva.com.
¶ Expanded Partnership brings together leaders in requirements
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