Accelerance Resources Service

Contact:
Frances Mann-Craik
Mann-Craik & Associates
408-868-9577

OUTSOURCED TEAM SELECTION FROM 20 DAYS TO 2 DAYS WITH ACCELERANCE VISION RESOURCES SERVICE

Twelve Independent Outsourced Software Development Firms from Ten Countries - Charter Members of Accelerance Affiliate Program

Redwood City, CA, September 28, 2004 – Accelerance™, an expert outsourcing services firm, today announced the substantial time savings - from 20 days to 2 days - realized using the Vision Resourcessm service for outsourced team selection. Accelerance also announced the selection of the Charter Members of the Accelerance Affiliate Program, twelve carefully selected, independent outsourced software development firms from ten countries representing over one thousand engineers. Vision Resources provides an analytical and objective process for quick selection of the “best-fit” outsource firm from the pre-qualified Accelerance Affiliate Program members. The Vision Resources service is fully integrated with Accelerance’s other core advisory services: Vision Decisionsm (assessment of the in-house versus outsourced development decision); Vision Successsm (managed software product development) and Vision Perfectsm (quality assurance).

Accelerance Vision Resources provides quick selection – days rather than weeks or months – of outsourced software development teams based on its clients’ specific requirements. The Vision Resources analytical selection tool reviews each client’s technical, business, strategic and cultural requirements and evaluates the results against the range of Accelerance Affiliate Program members’ qualifications and experience (and optionally other outsourced resources proposed by the client). The result is an objective recommendation of the best-fit outsourced resource for the client’s project.

“Accelerance has mastered outsourcing - from initial evaluation to management of distributed software development projects. Accelerance shortens your learning curve and multiplies your effectiveness by outsourcing software development correctly, from start to finish,” said John T. Kucera, CEO of Asperon Corporation.

Vision Resources leverages members of the Accelerance Affiliate Program. Accelerance Affiliate Program Charter Members are an exclusive list of carefully selected, highly capable onshore and offshore software development firms. Each firm has a track record of successful US engagements and has been thoroughly screened and vetted by Accelerance to evaluate and confirm its business and technical capabilities. The Charter Members encompass over one thousand qualified engineers from twelve firms in ten countries: Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and the U.S.

“We are proud to be selected as a Charter Member of the Accelerance Affiliate Program,” said Vijay Shah from V2Solutions in Mumbai, India. “Accelerance helps us leverage our past success with U.S. projects, increases our market presence in the U.S. and brings us qualified new business.”

About Accelerance
Accelerance is an outsourcing services firm providing software development organizations with the information and support they need to leverage outsourcing for maximum benefit. Accelerance’s Vision services include: Vision Decision - assessment of the in-house versus outsourced development decision; Vision Resources - independent, global resource selection with twelve affiliates in ten countries employing over a thousand engineers; Vision Success - expert project execution; and Vision Perfect - quality assurance testing. Accelerance, located in Redwood City, California (the heart of the Silicon Valley), was founded in 2001 by Steve Mezak, a veteran of numerous software development companies and projects both onshore and offshore. For more information, visit www.accelerance.com.