Press Release Summary: Skelta Software CTO, Arvind Agarwal signs Technology Adoption Program agreement with Microsoft for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 framework testing.
Press Release Body: Skelta Software, a privately held software company specializing in BPM workflow software built on cutting edge .NET technology, announced that their CTO, Arvind Agarwal has signed a participating agreement with Microsoft for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 framework testing under Microsoft's Technology Adoption Program (TAP) Arvind heads Skelta's product development, and technical support functions and is responsible for software design and architecture, technical strategy, and product evangelization. A champion of the lasting benefits of BPM, he pioneered the development of Skelta BPM.NET built on cutting edge .NET technology. As per the TAP initiative, he will participate actively in the pre-releases evaluation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .Net framework 4.0. Evaluation feedback will take the form of surveys, interviews, artefacts and instrumentation and will heavily influence the final shipping product. Under Arvind's technical guidance, Skelta will provide a testing ground for both technologies and also commit to enhancing their final versions through evaluation of multiple scenarios as well as deploying the pre-release versions in their own environment. Signing the agreement for Skelta, CTO Arvind Agarwal said "Becoming a TAP participant means that we will be able to connect with Microsoft expertise on both technologies and get critical support with early adoption. We also look forward to providing our qualified feedback after testing on Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0." About the TAP initiative: Microsoft's Technology Adoption Program garners technology partner strengths to provide product groups with actionable feedback critical to the production of high-quality, feature-rich software. Information generated from the real world experience of the programs' participants informs and influences how new technologies are marketed by Microsoft. In return, TAP programs provide participating organizations the opportunity to adopt critical enabling technologies early and shape the final product by providing early and deep feedback. About Skelta Software Skelta is an innovative software product company specializing in enterprise-wide Business Process Management (BPM) and Advanced Workflow Solutions for small to large-sized businesses worldwide. Its flagship product, Skelta BPM.NET 2008 is a BPM workflow software that is built on cutting-edge Microsoft .NET, XML, and Web services technologies. It is also the world's first embeddable workflow engine. Skelta enables business users and developers to design and deploy workflow applications using software tools with which they are already familiar with. In addition, Skelta enables businesses to leverage on their existing investments in Microsoft technologies such as InfoPath, BizTalk Server, and SharePoint. Skelta, a recent recipient of the 2008 American Business Awards Finalist and 2008 CODiE Awards Finalist, has also won several other awards at industry forums such as Microsoft 2006 Regional Winning Customer Award, Microsoft Tech-Ed 2007 Attendee Choice Award, Finalist in 2007 International Business Awards (Stevie Awards), Best of Tech Ed award in the Software Components category and NASSCOM IT Innovation 2005 Award. Skelta has also been named one of Asia's top 100 companies by Red Herring magazine and acknowledged twice as one of the fastest growing technology companies in India and Asia Pacific region by winning Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India & Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Awards for 2006 and 2007.
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Contact Details: For more information on Skelta and its products, visit www.skelta.com. Skelta may also be contacted on phone at +1 (678) 306 4110 and on email at sales@skelta.com. For Media enquiries, contact: Kalpa Shah, Executive VP Tel: 91 (80) 4060 2600 Fax: 91 (80) 4060 2610 email: publicrelations@skelta.com