IdeaBlade
Achieves Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
Status
Microsoft
.NET Development Tools Leader Also Announces Acceptance Into
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Technology Adoption
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TECH ED, Orlando, FL,
June 4, 2007 - IdeaBlade, Inc., a leading provider of
enterprise application development tools and infrastructure
for the Microsoft .NET Framework, today announced that it has
attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft
Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions,
one of the first .NET Framework rapid application development
(RAD) and object-relational mapping (ORM) tools vendors to
achieve this designation. The company also announced that it
has been accepted into Microsoft's Technology Adoption Program
(TAP) for the upcoming release of Microsoft Visual Studio
2008.
IdeaBlade develops and markets
IdeaBlade DevForce, a family of RAD and ORM tools and run-time
infrastructure products that enable .NET Framework-based
developers to reduce their application development time by
more than half. The DevForce product family supports the
development of smart-client, n-tier enterprise applications
that leverage the Internet and web services to deliver high
performance and responsiveness.
The company's products support
the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 and
run on all Windows platforms, including Windows Vista. In
addition, IdeaBlade DevForce supports Windows Communication
Foundation (WCF) with support for Windows Presentation
Foundation planned.
"Microsoft's .NET Framework
technology offers enterprise developers unparalleled
opportunities for creating rich, highly productive and usable
applications," said Albert Wang, CEO of IdeaBlade. "We have
built our products specifically to tap into and extend the
power of .NET Framework for our enterprise and ISV customers.
Our Gold Certified Partner status is testament to our
expertise and close relationship with Microsoft, which we
believe is delivering the industry's best development
foundation technologies."
According to Microsoft, the
Gold Certified Partner ISV/Software Solutions Competency
recognizes the skill and focus partners bring to a particular
solution set. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that have
obtained this competency have a successful record of
developing and marketing packaged software based on Microsoft
technologies.
"Solutions competencies are an
important way for Microsoft to better enable ISVs to meet
customer needs," said Joe Marini, Group Manager of the Visual
Studio Industry Partner program at Microsoft. "Microsoft has a
long history of working closely with ISV partners to help them
deliver compelling solutions and applications to our mutual
customer, and the Microsoft Competencies are an important step
in continuing to enhance vital relationships with ISVs
worldwide."
IdeaBlade
to Participate in Visual Studio
2008 TAP
IdeaBlade
also announced today that it has been invited to participate
in Microsoft's Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for the
upcoming release of Visual Studio 2008 toolset. The Technology
Adoption Program is designed to enable key customers to
maintain a direct line into Microsoft product teams while
using prerelease versions of Visual Studio 2008 to build
production software.
TAP
partners benefit from the program by ensuring that the
upcoming Visual Studio 2008 release supports their product, by
training their employees on the latest and most productive
toolset, and by learning from direct interactions with the
teams that build Visual Studio.
About the
Microsoft Partner Program
The Microsoft Partner
Program was launched in October 2003 and represents
Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners
worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering
framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total
impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and
delivers more value to help partners'
businesses be
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About
IdeaBlade
IdeaBlade,
Inc., is a leading supplier of .NET Framework tools and
infrastructure for rapid development and deployment of
enterprise Internet applications. IdeaBlade's DevForce
framework, which extends the Microsoft .NET Framework with
class libraries, components, RAD tools, and a business object
server, enables developers to focus on delivering business
value while they shorten their development cycles by more than
half. Founded in 2001, IdeaBlade has delivered .NET Framework
development solutions to hundreds of independent software
vendors (ISVs) and enterprises in many industries including:
healthcare, insurance, finance, education, agriculture,
biotechnology, and business services. IdeaBlade is a
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and member of the Microsoft
Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program. For more information
on IdeaBlade products and services visit www.ideablade.com.
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IdeaBlade, the IdeaBlade logo, and
DevForce are trademarks of IdeaBlade, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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Kate Quackenbush
VP Marketing
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