SAP Expert Invests in Top Innovation "CodeProfiler"

HEIDELBERG, Germany, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas Kastner is the new shareholder of Virtual Forge GmbH. As Managing Director, the former SAP(R) employee and successful company founder, is responsible for the Product Management of the Heidelberg software security specialist. Thomas Kastner complements the current management of Andreas Wiegenstein and Dr. Markus Schumacher, who, as managing partners, continue to lead the R&D and Sales departments. Thomas Kastner has long-standing SAP(R) experience and profound technical competence, and will particularly drive the SAP(R) Integration. With this strategic move, Virtual Forge has set the course for further solid growth.

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Despite the financial and economic crisis, the IT Security market has grown in the past years. Analysts see the biggest growth in the field of Security Services, which equates the service portfolio of Virtual Forge. "I have been monitoring the SAP(R) market carefully for a long time, and to me, the Virtual Forge CodeProfiler software is the most promising innovation of the past years," says Thomas Kastner. For anyone developing ABAP(TM) code, security is a must-have and CodeProfiler is the best testing and quality solution on the market. "Product, personnel and the economic outlook are attuned - this is what convinced me. Virtual Forge meets all the prerequisites to be successful in the market." Thomas Kastner co-founded the company Pecaso, which specialized in SAP Human Capital Management. After successful growth, he sold his first company to Accenture in 2006, where he worked in the Human Capital Management and Software Architecture field until June 2010.

By committing this investor, Virtual Forge has established itself and irrevocably deemed company stability. "Our start-up days are over," says CEO Dr. Markus Schumacher. "This confirms our previous strategy, and we are very pleased to have won an experienced investor and partner in Thomas Kastner. If anyone with a 25-year SAP(R) history invests in us, it honors us." Virtual Forge GmbH now intends to extend its own portfolio and find new sales partners. "In addition to this, with Thomas' experience and expertise holds, we can boost our SAP(R) integration," says CTO Andreas Wiegenstein.

Company Profile

With its headquarters in Heidelberg, Virtual Forge GmbH is an independent provider of security products. The employees are leading experts in the field of SAP(R) Application Security. Based on their unique specialist knowledge, the world's first tool for static code analysis and compliance tests in ABAP(TM) environments, the CodeProfiler, was developed. SAP(R) customers around the world use the ABAP(TM) security suite of Virtual Forge, to optimize the development process of their ABAP(TM) applications. This applies to all industries: defense, pharmaceuticals, banking, automotive, oil and gas, engineering, health and insurance companies, through to agriculture. SAP(R) has also licensed the CodeProfiler for internal quality assurance.

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