AdaCore

Founded in 1994, AdaCore is the leading provider of commercial, open-source software solutions for Ada, a modern programming language designed for large, long-lived applications where reliability, efficiency and safety are absolutely critical. AdaCore's flagship product is GNAT Pro, the commercial-grade open-source Ada development environment, which comes with expert online support and is available on more platforms than any other Ada technology. AdaCore has customers worldwide; see http://www.adacore.com/customers.php for more information.

Use of Ada and GNAT Pro continues to grow in high-integrity and safety-critical applications, including commercial and defense aircraft avionics, air traffic control, railroad systems, financial services and medical devices. Adacore provide a full solution for building safety-critical applications through the GNAT Pro HIE package and expert partner tools including the static code analysis tools provided by Axivion.

Microconsult

Training, Coaching & Engineering for Industrial Hardware and Software Engineers:

For 30 years, MicroConsult has been a recommended partner for industrial HW and SW developers.

MicroConsult contributes to your project success

• in a competent, reliable and personal way
• with Training, Coaching and Engineering services
• for technologies, tools, methods, processes and teams

Know-how for every project phase, from specification to test: www.microconsult.com

SQS Software Quality Systems AG

SQS is the largest independent provider of software testing and quality management services in Europe. Founded in Cologne, Germany, in 1982, SQS has around 1.000 employees across Europe and achieved revenues of EUR 78.9 million in 2006. With more than 4,000 successfully completed projects under its belt SQS has a strong customer basis from all industries. Among the clients, there are names like Barclays, BP, Daimler, Dresdner Bank, T-Systems, or Zurich Group.

SQS offers consultancy services, covering the whole life cycle of the software. This allows SQS' customers to monitor their development processes constantly, guaranteeing that the systems meet quality and budget requirements. The SQS portfolio is completed by managed services for long-term outsourcing/offshoring/homeshoring of software testing, by tool solutions, as well as by high-tech engineering in the fields of test systems and embedded systems.

SQS consultants have proven skills in a wide range of areas like test management, test environment analysis, testing strategies, Agile development methods, Internet and Web testing, test asset management, health checks, performance and load testing and tuning, automation and in consultancy services.