Press Release - translated into English from original Japanese version -

Nihon UNISYS Solution, Japan sign Technical Agreement with IV Square - STAG Software - in the field of Software Testing
Source: Online Nikkei net, Mar 8, 2007
(http://it.nikkei.co.jp/business/news/release.aspx?i=154898)

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Nihon UNISYS Solution, signs a Technical agreement with IV Square - STAG Software - in the field of Software Testing and plan to adopt integrated test methodology " STEM^TM " of STAG software as the standard process of a software testing at Nihon Unisys solution to enhance its quality of product to customer.

Nihon UNISYS Solution Corporation, Tokyo, CEO: Mr. Katsuto Momii concluded a know-how agreement in software test field with IV Square Corporation, Tokyo, CEO: Morihisa Tanizaki, on Mar 8, 2007.

USOL will apply the integrated test methodology " STEM^TM - STAG Test Engineering Method" - from STAG Software, Bangalore, India, to its development project to enable further quality improvement. IVsquare is the JV partner of STAG Software and Japanese representative in this quality initiative, and for STAG, it is the first case to conclude a major IT deal in Japan.

USOL is taking charge of development of the systems construction issue whose order Nihon UNISYS group receives. Nihon UNISYS group places "quality improvement" as the most important problem of customer service about an order item in an enlarged tendency, as systems construction item is becoming complicated year by year.

STAG is a test specialized company having its main office in Bangalore, India, and gained the trust of customer in Europe and America and India in test outsourcing. STAG extends its solution not only in embedded software but also in enterprise business application. Through IV square which is a Japanese representative, they offer outsourcing service of software testing for Japanese company.

Now, USOL concludes a know-how agreement with an IV square (STAG) and adopts " STEM^TM " as a standard process of software testing to offer its customer a much improved quality product. This know-how agreement between USOL and IV Square (STAG) will improve testing process and help bring quality improvement of its product.

Integrated test methodology " STEM^TM " is a set of Technology, Process, Metrics and Tool to minimize a business risk. It is the basic principle of test strategy / test design and test implementation for guaranteeing test quality. Its feature is as follows:

• The "orthogonal" principle

It focuses on the defect which should be detected and the optimal test be carried out in the combination of three axes (Level, Technology, and Type)
• The "reductionist" principle

Required and the minimum test case are designed and in order to guarantee the validity of a test, it comes out enough and a certain thing is proved
• The "quality growth" principle

Start test activity at an initial stage of development and make a quality risk clear as early as possible and arrest defect through a development process objectively

STAG also offers educational service for training test specialist in India. IVSquare is going to promote education service by offering an education curriculum on test technology in earnest in future for a Japanese company.

According to STAG Software - CEO: T Ashok

"Software testing as a specialized discipline is well recognized in India, US. However, software testing is more than "just testing" for defects. There is science and engineering of testing, that enables to engineer-in quality by preventing and by early detection of defects. STEM™ a formal body of distilled knowledge from STAG Software helps to build excellent software and deliver business result to the company."

"We endorse UNISYS theme of "Clean Software" and are honored and pleased to drive this initiative with IVSquare in Japan. We look forward to a strong business partnership and expand our business in Japan."