PRESS RELEASE 22nd
April 2004
PRAXIS CRITICAL SYSTEMS SIGNS U.S. SALES &
MARKETING AGREEMENT with
Pyrrhus Software
Successful
SPARK product to be marketed
in the USA by Pyrrhus Software
Praxis Critical Systems, the UK-based
company specialising in systems and requirements engineering, safety assurance,
and software development, has signed a lightweight alliance agreement to sell
its highly successful SPARK product line in the USA.
Praxis has teamed up with Phoenix
(Arizona) based Pyrrhus Software, who have a proven track record in the
development of Safety-Critical and
Real-Time Embedded Systems.
Joyce L Tokar, President of Pyrrhus
Software, is regarded as the leading Ada programming expert in the US, and has
worked extensively with Praxis in the past.
Pyrrhus Software is ideally placed to develop the presence of SPARK in
the USA.
SPARK is the world’s first truly
high-integrity, concurrent programming language. It is an annotated, design-by-contract subset of Ada95 which includes the Ravenscar tasking
profile and can be used at the most demanding integrity levels required by
regulatory bodies and high-integrity software standards. To date, SPARK has been applied successfully
in diverse applications including railway signaling, smartcard security and
avionics systems in the Lockheed C130J and EuroFighter ‘Typhoon’ projects.
Contd/……
The arrangement between the two companies will see Praxis pass sales
leads directly to Pyrrhus Software who will continue the sales process and provide
a US based contact who fully understands the US market and can also provide
SPARK support and training. This agreement also opens SPARK to “US eyes only”
projects that cannot be directly supported from the UK at present.
Commenting on the new agreement, Mel Jackson, Managing Director of
Praxis Critical Systems, said: “This is a groundbreaking agreement that will
allow Praxis to expand the use of SPARK in the US market. We are delighted to
be working with Joyce Tokar and Pyrrhus Software and we’re confident that our
combined track record in providing software and safety critical solutions will
lead to considerable success in the USA.”
“Pyrrhus Software is seeing increasing demands for high quality tools
that offer reliable support for the development of real-time, embedded,
safety-critical applications,” said Dr. Joyce Tokar, President of Pyrrhus
Software. “SPARK will give our
customers a well-integrated toolset to enable the development of high-integrity
software. We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Mel Jackson
and the excellent team of engineers at Praxis Critical Systems to bring the
SPARK tools into the US market.”
ENDS
For further information please
contact:
Gary Squires/David Pippett,
Creatrix PR, Tel: 01225 423400
e-mail gary@creatrixpr.co.uk/david@creatrixpr.co.uk
Praxis Critical Systems
has developed a global reputation in the fields of systems and requirements engineering,
software development, safety assurance, information security and risk
management and works with some of the leading aerospace companies and
organisations including; Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, ALSTOM
Transport, Westinghouse Rail Systems, The Civil Aviation Authority, The Federal
Aviation Administration and National Air Traffic Services.
Company revenue has risen from £2.5 million to £10
million per annum in the last 5 years and the company has now diversified into
several new markets including financial services, telecommunications, utilities
and pharmaceuticals.
Such innovation has seen
the company’s project volume increase rapidly and in turn expanded the
business, with the successful opening of two new offices in London and Derby,
as well as an increase in staff numbers from 40 to 140.
Adtranz UK London
Underground
Alenia Marconi Systems Lucent Technologies
ALSTOM Luftartversket
BAE SYSTEMS Ministry of Defence DPA
Boeing Mondex
International
BUPA National
Air Traffic Services
Civil Aviation Authority NAV CANADA
Computing Devices Company PACE Micro Technology
DERA Pfizer
EUROCONTROL Railtrack
European Commission Raytheon Systems
Federal Aviation Administration Siemens Transportation Systems
HM Prison Service TRW
Aerospace & Information Systems
Jaguar Cars Ultra
Electronics
Lloyds TSB Westinghouse
Signals
Lockheed Martin
Pyrrhus
Software’s mission is to provide long-lived, proven software solutions for
application development, training, project management and quality assurance.
Pyrrhus offers enduring solutions
that meet and exceed your software needs. Our team of engineers, each with more
than 15 years of experience, can provide you with expert engineering services.
Pyrrhus Software is a small, woman-owned business located in Scottsdale
Arizona, USA.
Pyrrhus
Software Website: www.pyrrhusoft.com
SEAKR Engineering
US Army
Boeing
Honeywell