AppLabs has signed a strategic partnership agreement with KnowledgeCore, an enterprise software solution company to support organisations in their implementation of Service-Orientated Architecture (SOA).

AppLabs and KnowledgeCore have developed a solution for the banking, financial services and insurance industries to help plan, prepare and implement high quality SOA developments and applications.

"The adoption of SOA is increasing at a phenomenal rate. Our partnership with KnowledgeCore will allow us to deliver a comprehensive quality management and testing solution with a real time dashboard. With SOA, organisations must get it right first time and therefore all stakeholders (Business and IT) need access to decision-making information instantly," said Gary Davies, VP of Strategic Alliances, AppLabs.

David Sudworth, marketing director, KnowledgeCore, commented, "The nature of SOA implementation is extremely complex and traditional approaches to testing are insufficient. By partnering with AppLabs, we are able to provide a service that guarantees quality and testing is given the attention it deserves to ensure our clients effectively meet their business objectives."