Eindhoven, 20 August 2010 - Sioux (Eindhoven) and Verum Software Technologies BV (Waalre) have closed a commercial partnership agreement around Verum’s ASD:Suite software development toolset.

Sioux, the leading innovator in embedded systems and technical automation development services, offers its customers a range of unique business models for outsourced software development. Sioux differentiates itself from many other suppliers through its readiness to bear the risk of an outsourced software development project and its willingness to be paid on a performance related basis. As a result of this powerful combination, Sioux is experiencing a large increase in demand for its services.

In order to meet resultant demand, to enhance its ability to take on complex software development projects and to provide its customers with the highest quality result, Sioux has entered into a partnership agreement with Verum for the use of Verum’s ASD:Suite. Ron Willems, Director of Sioux Embedded Systems (?), said, “We evaluated the ASD:Suite and concluded that it can significantly improve the time to market and productivity of our development projects, whilst also greatly improving the quality of the finished product. By adopting the ASD:Suite we will be able to continue setting the standard for cost and quality effective software development.”

Verum is equally pleased with the new partnership. Robert Howe, CEO of Verum, said, “Sioux is on course to changing the way that business is done in the outsourcing market. The systematic use of Verum’s ASD:Suite will help them deliver maximum value to their customers.”

Sioux’s evaluation of the ASD:Suite resulted in more than a 400% improvement in software development productivity. Willems: “We were surprised and impressed by the results of our evaluation. Bearing in mind that the market average is around 2 – 3 ELOCS per man hour for software that is certainly not defect free, the business case for ASD is clear.”

Howe added: “Demand for the ASD:Suite is growing and Verum is increasing its focus on pure product development. We have recently scrapped our consultancy group, creating instead an expanded customer solutions and service team. The demand for ASD related consultancy will therefore shift to our partners and thus we’re very pleased to welcome Sioux into the fold.”