HiSoftware Signs Planet Technologies as Technology Business Partner

New partner to provide implementation services for HiSoftware’s Microsoft Office SharePoint Sever Compliance and Accessibility Solutions

Nashua, NH – February 27, 2008 – HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance, today at the Microsoft Public Sector CIO Conference in Redmond, Washington, announced that Planet Technologies, a Microsoft-focused International IT consulting services company, has been named a HiSoftware Technology Business Partner. As a HiSoftware Technology Business Partner and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Planet Technologies is authorized to provide implementation services around HiSoftware’s complete product line for Microsoft Office SharePoint Sever 2007 (MOSS) compliancy designed to enable MOSS users to address Web Governance directives focused on accessibility (Section 508), privacy and site quality. Additionally, Planet Technologies is the only Microsoft US partner participating in the beta testing for Microsoft and HiSoftware’s jointly developed Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS), an open source kit which provides reusable tools and components as well as documentation and tutorials to ensure that MOSS provides a basic solution for Web accessibility compliance.

“We are excited to partner with HiSoftware as a Technology Business Partner and look forward to leveraging our joint Microsoft expertise to provide Web governance solutions to organizations focused on accessibility, privacy and quality,” said Scott Tucker, CEO and President of Planet Technologies.

HiSoftware’s President and CEO, Kurt Mueffelmann, said, “HiSoftware is pleased to name Planet Technologies as a Technology Business Partner. Planet Technologies’ focus on, and expertise in, implementing Microsoft applications makes HiSoftware’s Web governance solutions a natural extension to their product offering for the MOSS market. We look forward to working closely with Planet Technologies in support of HiSoftware’s rapidly expanding MOSS customer base.”

HiSoftware has worked closely with Microsoft as an ISV partner since 1998, providing solutions that integrate with and operate on the Microsoft platform, to compliment, extend and provide a complete trustworthy customer experience. In May 2007, HiSoftware introduced the first of a series of commercially available solutions to provide end-to-end compliance for MOSS users (with integrations into Microsoft Office® SharePoint® Designer, Microsoft Expression® and MOSS). HiSoftware’s compliance solutions for MOSS enable mutual customers to address ongoing Web Governance standards through a collaborative workflow solution between development, content providers, compliance officers and executive management.

About Planet Technologies

Planet Technologies, founded in 1997, is an international IT services and business consulting firm with expertise in the integration and customization of advanced technologies and data center solutions. Planet is a 100% Microsoft-focused services company and was named a Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Planet’s clients include the some of the largest government, enterprise and service providers in the world. Visit Planet on the web, www.go-planet.com.

About HiSoftware

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a leading provider of software, services and On-Demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality and regulatory compliance. The company’s solutions empower content developers, Web site architects and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimization (SEO), site quality and performance, branding, competitive intelligence and application transaction testing. HiSoftware’s customers boast many of the world’s largest public and private sites including U.S. and international government agencies and Global 2000 companies such as Gateway, HP, California State University, U.S. Department of Transportation and Microsoft. For more information about HiSoftware visit www.hisoftware.com.

Company Contact
John Rogers
HiSoftware
+1.603.578.1870
jr@hisoftware.com

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