Microsoft extends Visual Studio 2005 modeling
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Microsoft is extending the modeling technology in Visual Studio 2005 to enable systems integrators and ISVs to build custom software factories for specific business processes and vertical industries.
The effort, an expansion of the Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP) Partner Program and part of a larger industry initiave aimed at creating software factories, is viewed as a big win for systems integrators and channel partners who were concerned that the team edition of Visual Studio 2005 --and Microsoft's expanded toolset push -- would minimize the role partners play in the application development process.