The VSIP program provides technical and marketing support to partners who have integrated their products with Visual Studio.

DiscountASP.NET, a Windows Hosting provider, yesterday announced that it has joined the Visual Studio Industry Program (VSIP), to closer align its hosting services with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

The company avers that with almost 200 partners, the VSIP program provides technical and marketing support to partners who have integrated their products with Visual Studio. The VSIP program provides Microsoft partners direct access to extensive technical resources, previews of upcoming technologies, and support for developing products that integrate with Visual Studio.

"With our participation in the VSIP program, we will work closely with Microsoft and with other VSIP partners to enhance and add value to our hosting services," said Takeshi Eto, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for DiscountASP.NET. "Our goal is to help developer teams improve their application lifecycle management productivity through hosted solutions."

"We are pleased to have DiscountASP.NET join the VSIP program and add more depth to hosted Team Foundation Server services," said Tom Lindeman, Director of the Visual Studio Industry Partner Program.