Prover Technology and IKOS Consulting Join Forces to Meet Customer Demand for Automated Rail Control Development

STOCKHOLM and PARIS, February 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Prover Technology, a world leader in software technology for Automated Development of Rail Control Software, and IKOS, a leading consulting firm specialized in railway engineering, today announced that they will join forces to better serve customers who seek to introduce automation in their development of rail control systems.

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Under the partnership, IKOS will provide customers with expert engineering services from its locations across Europe, including Paris, Lyon, Madrid, Brussels and Berlin. Prover will provide its standard solution for the development of rail control systems, including formal requirement specifications, the Prover iLock tool suite for development of revenue-service ready code, and Prover Certifier for "sign-off" safety verification. The partnership is a response to the increased demand for an integrated suite of software products that cover the whole development process, from formal requirements to sign-off verification of the revenue-service software code.

Arne Borälv, CEO of Prover Technology, commented: "We are delighted to partner with IKOS to bring modern, automated development to new customers across Europe."

Serge Chelly, CEO of IKOS, commented: "We see considerable value in this partnership, based on Prover's leading software technology for rail control development, our engineering skills and know-how in local railway markets and complementary geographical locations".

About Prover Technology

Prover Technology pioneered the use of formal safety verification in rail control in the 1990s, and today offers complete software solutions for development of rail control systems.

Prover Technology is a privately held Swedish company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with wholly owned subsidiaries in France and the USA. For more information, visit Prover Technology's web site at http://www.prover.com/.

About IKOS

IKOS was founded in 2005 by two seasoned engineers based on two objectives: to focus on projects that are strategic for the client, and to provide a new world-class alternative that stands out from the firms dominating the market by offering both expertise and a local presence. IKOS' growth stems from two strategic factors:

• Specialization in the rail sector, which has been our passion and expertise for nearly 20 years.
• A drive to develop a new kind of consulting firm at a human scale that focuses on our clients' technological achievements and our consultants' progress.

IKOS is a group of six subsidiaries with 350 engineers.

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Editorial Contacts:

Prover Technology:
info@prover.com

IKOS:
Lucile ROBICHON    
lrobichon@ikosconsulting.com
+33(0)1-41-34-10-45