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 (External Website)), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance, and BarrierBreak Technologies (http://www.barrierbreak.com (External Website)), 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'ss 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 (External Website)) 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 (External Website)) 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.

HiSoftware
Irena Mroz
HiSoftware Inc.,
+1.603.578.1870
irena@hisoftware.com

About BarrierBreak Technologies

BarrierBreak Technologies (http://www.barrierbreak.com (External Website)) 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.

BarrierBreak Technologies
+91-22-26860485
info@n-syst.com

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