Released on: October 15, 2008, 8:33 pm

Press Release Author: Skelta

Industry: Software

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.



Web Site: http://www.skelta.com

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.
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Kalpa Shah, Executive VP
Tel: 91 (80) 4060 2600
Fax: 91 (80) 4060 2610
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