Message from the CEO
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The world of software development is changing every day and in almost every way it is becoming more complex and difficult to manage. Software has become omnipresent in all of our lives and the ways in which consumers and businesses interact with products and services businesses are seen more and more through the lens of software applications. Organizations that do not recognize software development as an integral part of their offering (and a source of competitive advantage) will be left behind. Software is the area where the most significant innovations are made, and software is where the quality of products are most directly felt. As such, with software being at the epicenter of global trade, the forces acting against innovative and high quality software development are more diverse and intense than ever before. |
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With all of these ever-growing forces acting against software innovation and product quality, organizations are, in turn, looking for ways to tame the inherent and ever increasing complexity of software development. Even the most advanced global organizations are finding that adding more headcount is not the answer. Over the years, these same enterprises have tried an exhaustive combination of loosely-coupled engineering tools, which has only proven to exacerbate the problem. These companies are now looking to implement solutions that can effectively manage the collaboration and automation of change and configuration across all software-related artifacts.
This is where MKS, and our software engineering platform, MKS Integrity, play an important role. MKS is dedicated to the deployment of MKS Integrity as the leading software engineering platform in the market. It is our firm belief that the challenges involved with developing software today can only be addressed through a coherent engineering platform. This platform must encompass the best practices of the evolving marketplace, yet be adaptable to all software development environments; not only must it allow for rich competence in each domain area (program managers, software architects and quality assurance specialists to name a few) but it must also provide a coherent view of the entire development cycle, while remaining implementable and adaptable into the most challenging of situations.
Our focus, at MKS, is firmly on the customer. We believe that solving the toughest software engineering challenges is the greatest way to create value for our customers. We give our customers the ability to manufacture increasing volumes of complex software while ensuring quality, cost control, risk mitigation and accelerated product cycle times. This obsessive focus on the customer drives everything that we do and is the foundation behind our development of the most intelligent ALM platform in the market. We take great pride in a rich understanding of our customers’ environments and challenges and we apply our vast expertise and best practices to address these challenges with practical solutions. For enterprises where software engineering is critical to success, MKS is the ideal partner.”
- Michael W. Harris, President & CEO, MKS Inc.
