Sonata Teams with Microsoft for .NET-Based Solutions

Sonata Software Ltd. (www.sonata-software.com) and Microsoft Corp. today announced they have forged a strategic alliance designed to bring significant business benefits to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), large enterprises, and mid-market organizations.

Sonata is a pioneer in product co-development services for ISVs. Sonata's unique "360-degree partnership" model helps ISVs in meeting speed-to-market goals and provides an opportunity to reach out to the growing Indian market.

The ISVs also benefit from the Microsoft Windows® platform and .NET architecture adoption, which provide flexibility, ease-of-use and scalability. Sonata has more than 35 ISV clients who are deriving significant business value from its "360-degree partnership."

Sonata offers a host of application re-platforming and platform migration service options to enterprise customers. This includes a signature methodology - eNAbLE© and a tool-based approach -- to help mainframe and mid-range platform customers achieve a cost-effective, low-risk migration to Microsoft Windows.

"We have had the good fortune to team with Sonata in our recent P&C Insurance technology product development on .NET," said Gary Gilbert, President & CEO of IDP, a computer services and applications software company for the property and casualty insurance industry and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

"Sonata has proven expertise in helping both software applications vendors and large enterprises take advantage of .NET software to accelerate product development and reduce the cost of ownership," said Simon Witts, corporate vice president of the Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft.

B. Ramaswamy, President and MD of Sonata Software, said, "We are excited at this opportunity of working closely with Microsoft. With this alliance, Sonata will be providing customers a unique blend of leading edge platforms, future-ready solutions and a low-risk global delivery model. It is a compelling value proposition to customers worldwide."