MALMO, Sweden, Nov. 10, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Telelogic (Stockholm:TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced support for electronic signatures in Telelogic SYNERGY/Change(TM) 4.3. This is the first time that a change request tracking and reporting system has had this capability.
The electronic signature feature in SYNERGY/Change 4.3 empowers teams to have greater control over the process of validating and authenticating change items throughout the development lifecycle. Instead of creating, copying, and routing large paper files through the approval chain, SYNERGY/Change users can now sign off on changes electronically within the tool for greater efficiency and timesavings. All signatures and user comments are locked into each validated, time-stamped, and unalterable record of change approvals for unprecedented accountability.
"By incorporating the electronic signature capability into SYNERGY/Change, Telelogic has once again raised the bar in helping our customers achieve greater efficiency, higher quality, and faster time-to-market," said Scott Raskin, president, Telelogic Americas and Asia/Pacific. "Our SYNERGY customers, particularly in the medical device, pharmaceutical and defense industries, will be able to respond more quickly and confidently to audits imposed by government or industry regulations with a single, authenticated electronic data source."
SYNERGY/Change 4.3 with the electronic signature capability supports 21 CFR, Part 11, the Federal Food and Drug Administration's Electronic Records and Signature regulation that imposes strict quality control and security requirements for the validation and archiving of electronic records.
"Meeting the requirements of regulation 21 CFR Part 11 is extremely challenging, especially when large project teams are involved," said Jim Duggan, vice president at Gartner. "Many of our clients are looking for ways to include electronic signature to boost traceability and accountability, as well as help comply with these stringent regulations."
"Development organizations can benefit from having electronic signature capability integrated into their key processes," said Melinda-Carol Ballou, senior research analyst at META Group. "Verifying approvals electronically throughout the product development process helps ensure traceability and accountability of design and component changes."
Telelogic has also just released the first unicode version of SYNERGY/Change, making it easier for this task-based change management platform to be widely adopted by systems and software development organizations in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Availability The electronic signature feature in SYNERGY/Change 4.3 is available to Telelogic SYNERGY customers by downloading the SYNERGY/Change 4.3 Service Pack 1 from the Telelogic Web site, www.telelogic.com.
About SYNERGY/Change(TM) As a main component of Telelogic SYNERGY(TM), Telelogic SYNERGY/Change is an entirely Web-based and fully integrated change request tracking and reporting system that simplifies the process for change request management and enables organizations to respond to changes from both outside and inside sources. It introduces control to entire development lifecycles by providing reliable, end-to-end task-based and process-driven automation across teams in technical and business organizations. With SYNERGY/Change, development teams can track and manage all types of business critical software and content assets, Web-based applications and Web sites to meet the needs of an organization's customers as well as evolving organizational and business requirements.
About Telelogic
Founded in 1983, Telelogic(R) is the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development. The company's integrated best-in-class software tools, supported by professional services, enable companies to automate their entire development lifecycle, resulting in improved quality and predictability with reduced time-to-market and overall costs. To ensure interoperability with third-party tools, Telelogic's products are built on an open architecture and standardized languages. As an industry leader and technology visionary, Telelogic is actively involved in shaping the future of advanced systems and software development by participating in industry organizations like 3GPP, ETSI, INCOSE, ITU-T, OMG and others.
Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden with U.S. headquarters in Irvine, California, Telelogic has operations in 17 countries worldwide. Customers include Alcatel, BAE SYSTEMS, BMW, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Philips, Siemens and Thales. For more information, please visit www.telelogic.com.
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