 "HiSoftware, BarrierBreak Technologies Forge Strategic Partnership")
HiSoftware, a provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimise Web content, quality and regulatory compliance, and BarrierBreak Technologies, have announced a strategic partnership. As partners, the companies will be able to offer customers in India a combination of HiSoftware’s automated accessibility monitoring solution – HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff – and BarrierBreak’s range of accessibility training, testing and consulting services.
Shilpi Kapoor, CEO, BarrierBreak Technologies, said, “India is a software development hub making it extremely important to address the needs of persons with disabilities and ensure adherence to accessibility standards and guidelines. BarrierBreak Technologies has been offering accessibility testing services for WCAG and Section 508. We have a team of testers that conduct manual and automated accessibility testing using assistive technology and accessibility tools. HiSoftware products will allow us to provide a valuable service offering to our clients that would include ongoing and periodic monitoring of their websites against accessibility standards and guidelines. We will also work with HiSoftware to ensure adherence to the guidelines for Indian Government websites, which include accessibility requirements.”
As a HiSoftware value-added solution partner, BarrierBreak will now resell HiSoftware’s accessibility and content compliance solution HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff, in addition to their existing accessibility testing and consulting services offering. HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff provides organisations with an easy way to develop and maintain best-of-breed websites that promote high standards in Web governance, supporting a high quality user experience. It enables organisations to easily validate their website and applications content against standards-based and custom organisational policies for accessibility and privacy compliance. Compliance Sheriff allows organisations to integrate an automated solution for managing Web Governance standards as part of their best practices.
Kurt A Mueffelmann, HiSoftware president and CEO, said, “We are pleased to forge a key relationship with BarrierBreak, making our accessibility solutions readily available throughout India. By providing customers with HiSoftware’s automated accessibility solutions and their manual testing services, BarrierBreak can provide their customers with an end-to-end accessibility solution.”