Alterion Assists Department of State in Modernizing Messaging System with Support to Its State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset (SMART) Program

Alterion Assists Department of State in Modernizing Messaging System with Support to Its State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset (SMART) Program

CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA (PRWEB) January 30, 2004 --ALTERION, a leader in Independent Testing, Quality Assurance and Independent Verification and Validation Services (IV&V) today announced a contract award, in conjunction with Gartner, Inc., to assist the Department of State (DoS) in evaluating, testing and Independent Verification &Validation for the new State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset (SMART). SMART is a new, simple, secure, and user-driven system designed to support the conduct of foreign affairs through modern messaging, dynamic archiving, and information sharing

Alterion feels privileged to assist the DoS team with implementing its new communication system and supporting a project of this magnitude and importance. By using Alterions SharpThought as the projects foundation, we are able to combine Alterion's proven processes and methodologies into an integrated, full life cycle offering ensuring that IT initiatives like SMART will have successful implementations. The combination of Alterions expert methodologies, coupled with worldwide industry standards and best practices, will increase the return on investment, productivity and success for the DoS and SMART program by continuous assessment of what could go wrong (risks), determination of which risks are important to deal with and implementation of strategies to deal with those risks" said Edward McLaughlin, Managing Partner, Alterion Inc.

About Alterion
Alterion was formed and is built upon the experience and success of its management team in supporting IT programs throughout the Federal Government since 1995. Alterion provides independent consulting, IV&V, security services, and testing services to government and corporate information technology decision-makers. Alterion relies on the experience of its staff to implement a rational, methodological approach to assist high-level government and corporate decision-makers in fitting IT products and services to meet current and future organization requirements. Alterion's Corporate/Commercial Operations provides Diagnostic Testing Services to hardware makers and software developers, as well as IT Support Services to Fortune 1000 companies. In many cases, Alterion can perform testing more effectively, efficiently, and at less cost than can be done by in-house staff. In addition, Alterion provides the independent and neutral testing and certification environment necessary for optimum quality assurance. Alterion falls under the classification of a Small Business, as defined by the United States Government. For more information visit Alterion's website at www.alterion.com
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