CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
02 November 2004
Product News
MKS Brings Innovative Process and Workflow Support to Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003
MKS announced an expanded integration
into Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 bringing the powerful capabilities
of MKS Integrity Manager® , MKS's process and workflow solution, directly
to the developer's desktop.
Using the MKS Integrity Manager "Worktray," developers may receive
work assignments (tasks), run queries, review, and update their work without
ever stepping outside of the Visual Studio .NET integrated development
environment (IDE). All software changes are easily linked to approved
development tasks, providing complete traceability of all development
work, significantly aiding any compliance initiatives and IT audit-ability
within the organization.
"IT organizations who have a strategic investment in Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET and Microsoft .NET Framework-based programming environments,
and who are seeking to reach higher levels of process maturity or comply
with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, will be delighted with this new
capability," says David Martin, MKS vice president, Product Management.
"MKS, as a premier member of the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry
Partner (VSIP) program, already offers one of the most robust ESCM integrations
on the market today into the .NET environment. Now, with our integrated
workflow capabilities, developers can follow prescribed process with ease.
In turn, project managers can trust that development work is properly
resourced, and have immediate visibility through MKS Integrity Manager
of work assignments and progress. We are proud to continue our track record
of innovation and support for the .NET Framework."
"MKS's new MKS Integrity Manager Worktray facilitates collaboration
and provides team coordination for Visual Studio .NET development projects.
Microsoft is pleased that MKS has integrated this solution into Visual
Studio as it provides our mutual customers a way to manage the entire
application life cycle from within the IDE," said Prashant Sridharan,
senior product manager in the .NET Developer Product Management Group
at Microsoft Corp. "The MKS Integrity Manager Worktray creates an
audit trail of who is working on what code and makes requirements, test
cases, plans and results available to all team members, significantly
enhancing project visibility."
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