Telelogic Synergy Named Best Software Development Management Solution for Fourth Consecutive Year by Yphise
Synergy Earns Highest Rankings in Reducing Costs and Duration of Projects
MALMÖ, Sweden and IRVINE, California – 23rd July 2007 – Telelogic (Nordic Exchange/MidCap/TLOG today announced that Telelogic Synergy™ earned the top place on the 2007 shortlist of best software development management (SDM) solutions by Yphise, a leading French independent analyst firm. This is the fourth consecutive year that Synergy has received this honor.
Yphise evaluated the performance of five application change management tools from different vendors against three challenges that reflect the major trends in the SDM market. The categories were: 1) Supporting outsourcing; 2) Improving software development governance; and 3) Integrating the full application lifecycle.
Overall, Synergy ranks as the highest rated solution by Yphise and receives special recognition for optimizing business agility through cost and time savings. The report states:
- “Synergy stands out in all four assessment dimensions. It provides the best coverage of our list of requirements. It ranks as the best software development management solution for the fourth consecutive time (2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007). This demonstrates that Synergy is a comprehensive, mature and durable product.”
- “Synergy stands out in ‘Reducing costs and duration of projects’. It interfaces with project management and project portfolio management solutions. It provides original workflows based on requests on tasks. This makes the project workflow flexible and facilitates changes in emergencies. Synergy also provides good coverage of our requirements in ‘Guaranteeing the IT aligning on business needs’. It accurately creates and tracks the release based on functional purpose. Files and components are automatically linked to tasks. These tasks are attached to a request for change, tied to business needs. We appreciate this high-level management of releases.”
“Telelogic is proud that Yphise has ranked Synergy as ‘best’ four times in a row,” said Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO, Telelogic. “This recognition validates Synergy as a mature development lifecycle solution with a proven track record of reliability and ease of use. It also speaks to Telelogic’s firm commitment to delivering the most innovative lifecycle solutions to our customers.”
A complimentary executive summary of Yphise’s report, "Software Product Assessment – Software Development Management (SDM)”, can be downloaded from www.telelogic.com/yphise2007