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HiSoftware
and BarrierBreak Technologies Forge
Strategic Partnership
Leading accessibility providers
partner to offer end-to-end software
and testing solutions throughout
India
Nashua, NH, USA and Mumbai, India
— July 21, 2009 — HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com),
a leading provider of software,
services and managed operation
solutions that monitor and optimize
Web content, quality and regulatory
compliance, and BarrierBreak
Technologies (BarrierBreak) (http://www.barrierbreak.com),
today announced a strategic
partnership. As partners, the
companies will be able to offer
customers in India the robust
combination of HiSoftware’s
automated accessibility monitoring
solution HiSoftware Compliance
Sheriff™ and BarrierBreak’s range of
accessibility training, testing and
consulting services.
Shilpi Kapoor, BarrierBreak
Technologies CEO, said, “India is a
software development hub making it
extremely important to address the
needs of persons with disabilities
and ensure adherence to
accessibility standards and
guidelines. BarrierBreak
Technologies has been offering
accessibility testing services for
WCAG and Section 508. We have a team
of testers that conduct manual and
automated accessibility testing
using assistive technology and
accessibility tools. HiSoftware
products will allow us to provide a
valuable service offering to our
clients that would include ongoing
and periodic monitoring of their
websites against accessibility
standards and guidelines. We will
also work with HiSoftware to ensure
adherence to the Guidelines for
Indian Government Websites (http://web.guidelines.gov.in)
which includes accessibility
requirements.”
As a HiSoftware value-added
solution partner, BarrierBreak will
now resell HiSoftware’s
accessibility and content compliance
solution HiSoftware Compliance
Sheriff™, in addition to their
existing accessibility testing and
consulting services offering.
HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff
provides organizations with an easy
way to successfully develop and
maintain best-of-breed web sites
that promote the highest standards
in Web governance, supporting a high
quality user experience. It enables
organizations to easily validate
their website and applications
content against standards-based and
custom organizational policies for
accessibility and privacy
compliance. Compliance Sheriff
allows organizations to integrate a
comprehensive and automated solution
for managing Web Governance
standards as part their best
practices.
Kurt A. Mueffelmann, HiSoftware
president and CEO, states, “We are
pleased to forge a key relationship
with BarrierBreak, making our
accessibility solutions readily
available throughout India. By
providing customers with
HiSoftware’s leading automated
accessibility solutions and their
manual testing services,
BarrierBreak can provide their
customer with an end-to-end
accessibility solution.”
About
HiSoftware Inc.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Inc.
(www.hisoftware.com) is a leading
provider of software, services and
On-demand solutions that test,
repair, monitor and enforce Web
content, quality and regulatory
compliance. The company’s solutions
empower content developers, Web site
architects and executives to work
collaboratively to create and manage
corporate Web standards for
accessibility, privacy, security,
search engine optimization (SEO),
site quality and performance,
branding and application transaction
testing.
About
BarrierBreak Technologies (http://www.barrierbreak.com):
BarrierBreak Technologies is an
innovative firm that provides
solutions in the field of
Accessibility for People with
Disabilities based in India.
BarrierBreak works with goverments,
corporates, and institutions to
provide accessibility training,
accessibility testing and
accessibility consulting services
that would empower people with
disabilities to avoid discrimination
and enjoy equal rights and
opportunities. BarrierBreak
specializes in Accessibility testing
and has been providing services to
India, UK, Australia and the US.
Media Contact
Irena Mroz, Marketing
HiSoftware Inc.
+1.603.578.1870
irena@hisoftware.com
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