London, 22 June, 2010 – ChangeBASE AOK Limited, the global leader in automated application compatibility testing and remediation, today announces the signing of a strategic partnership with KiZAN, one of the Microsoft’s leading US Gold Partners.

The partnership with KiZAN further strengthens the company’s US footprint and illustrates the demand by US organizations for a best of breed application compatibility solution to help them successfully migrate to Windows 7.

KiZAN has been a strategic partner of Microsoft since the company’s formation in 1991, achieving the highest level of competency and experience across the majority of Microsoft solutions. The company counts many central North American organizations as its clients, combining world-class products with KiZAN’s commitment to technical delivery excellence resulting in a service which improves corporate efficiency and productivity.

 “Continually adding value to our customers is at the very core of KiZAN. Over the last year, we were increasingly being asked to engage on OS migration projects with a Windows 7 and/or virtualization focus,” says Robert Steele, Managing Partner of KiZAN. “A first step to achieve this is to assess and report on the compatibility of their application estate. We reviewed a couple of solutions on the market and found ChangeBASE AOK to be the best suited to what we needed. AOK has speed and accuracy of application testing and reporting but the key for us was automatic fixing. With AOK as part of our portfolio, we can enable our customers to easily and quickly migrate their application estate at a fraction of the cost, time and resource traditionally required. Our client base is already seeing the benefits of using AOK.”

“Working with KiZAN has already yielded early fruit for ChangeBASE AOK. The longevity of KiZAN’s relationships is evidence of the trust and success that they have with their customer base,” says John Tate Managing Director of ChangeBASE AOK. “To have a partner such as KiZAN taking AOK to the central North American market will be key to our US growth. They have the experience and expertise to take the unique capabilities of AOK to the market, enabling organizations of every size to make the successful transition to Windows 7 and beyond. We’re delighted to be working with them.”