Released on: October 8, 2008, 6:39 am

Press Release Author: Jessica Jones

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Fiorano and Grid-Tools announce a new partnership,
integrating Fiorano SOA Platform with Grid-Tools Datamaker, creating a compelling
package for test data management

Press Release Body: LOS GATOS, CA, August 2008 - Fiorano Software, Inc.
(www.fiorano.com) the world's leading provider of Message-Driven SOA, today
announced a partnership with Grid-Tools Ltd (www.grid-tools.com), specialists in
test data management, to provide a compelling package for customers to increase
profitability and streamline operations by maximizing testing performance.

"Grid-Tools welcome the chance to develop a closer working partnership with Fiorano,
as they have a great product and an extremely progressive attitude. We've been
looking for a long time for a well structured and robust technology set to control
and expand the Datamaker server processes. Fiorano is truly the best of the breed.
Also, one can easily see the value in Fiorano SOA. It is an incredibly powerful and
flexible tool. We were quickly able to build a set of standard work flows and
components that could be used in conjunction with Datamaker, proving a truly
exciting new development in data management", said Huw Price, Managing Director at
Grid-Tools.
"Our key product, Datamaker, has the ability to generate quality test data from any
database platform. Although this type of functionality is highly persuasive, data
requirements often involve large volumes of data, or the need to process multiple
jobs on a consistent basis. This type of functionality needs to be combined with a
powerful and flexible workflow engine. This is where Fiorano provides a compelling
solution, and Datamaker and Fiorano SOA together provide an extremely compelling
test data management package."
"Our partnership with Grid-Tools is an important landmark in the automated testing
business - bringing together test-data management and distributed services. The
combination of the technologies, already deployed at several sites including the UK
Inland Revenue, dramatically decreases the time taken to create meaningful test
data. We see this as a first in many new testing products that will increasingly
move towards an SOA from an architectural standpoint", said Atul Saini, President
and CEO of Fiorano.

In the current growth-oriented environment, the Fiorano/Grid-Tools partnership helps
customers to work together on specific tasks and job flows. Grid-Tools' Datamaker
offers Fiorano a new palate object which injects complex and diverse test data into
Fiorano work flows. Benefits of utilising the functions of Fiorano SOA combined
with Datamaker include lower costs, new revenue opportunities, increased
profitability and maximized testing performance.

About Fiorano Software:

Fiorano Software (www.fiorano.com) headquartered in USA, is the world's leading
provider of Message-Driven SOA, enabling organizations to rapidly integrate systems
and reap the benefits of Service Oriented Architecture without the time, cost and
complexity normally involved with process-driven approaches. Fiorano's technology
provides ease of use and flexibility powering a variety of businesses from Medium
Enterprises to Global leaders and Fortune 500s such as Boeing, British Telecom,
British Petroleum, NASA, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Lockheed Martin,
Motorola, Schlumberger and POSCO among others.

About Grid-Tools Limited:

Grid-Tools are specialists in data creation, test data management and information
lifecycle management. Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing
solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for over 15
years. The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data
management including Datamaker, DataShrink, Data Test Professional and Data Archive.
Within a short span of time, Grid-Tools have picked-up significant momentum and an
impressive list of well known and respected customers such as the UK National
Healthcare Service, British Telecom, Deutsche Bank and Sony. Grid-Tools software is
also used within a large UK Government agency.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the "data-centric" approach to testing
whereby, their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data being used is of the
right quality for successful testing.


Web Site: http://www.grid-tools.com

Contact Details: Jessica Jones
Marketing and Sales Executive
Grid-Tools Ltd
14 Hanborough Business Park,
Long Hanborough,
Oxfordshire,
OX29 8LH
+44(0) 1865 980679
gridtools@momentumws.co.uk
www.grid-tools.com