AEM Corporation Becomes First Federal JBoss Certified System Integrator; Leading Federal Contractor Bolsters Newly Launched JBoss Government Group.

ATLANTA -- JBoss(R), Inc., the Professional Open Source company, today announced that AEM Corporation, an IT and engineering services company, is the first federal systems integrator (SI) to become a JBoss Certified System Integrator. This follows the recent creation of the JBoss Government Group, which is aimed at providing government agencies with easy access to the widely adopted JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS(TM)). AEM provides consulting, integration and migration services to the private and public sector, including agencies such as the U.S. Department of Education, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. AEM has recently been awarded the U.S. Navy SeaPort-e Multiple Award Contract (MAC) and recently completed a Department of Defense agency-wide portal implementation using JBoss Portal.

Through its Professional Open Source business model, JBoss has reached mass adoption in the enterprise market. Now, with this valuable partnership with AEM, JBoss is continuing its drive to make open source accessible to the government sector, particularly with enterprise Java solutions which help agencies avoid proprietary lock-in and which have previously been out of reach for government agencies with limited budgets. The JEMS platform provides a comprehensive and modular suite of market-leading technologies for building business applications--all at zero-cost open source software licenses. As a certified SI, AEM uses JEMS to deliver creative and cost-effective solutions for Web-based and portal services to its federal government and life science customers.

"JBoss Portal is the cornerstone in many of our projects and, in particular, has expedited time to market for our life sciences customers because of the transparency of the source code, which facilitates the FDA compliance process," said Joe Dickman, program director, AEM Corporation. "Mature, high quality products backed by professional support have helped JBoss become a significant player in the mainstream market. As partners, JBoss and AEM are committed to bringing Professional Open Source solutions and peace of mind to our federal and enterprise customers, all at a lower total cost of ownership than proprietary software."

For many federal agencies, optimizing technology costs has become a mandate, particularly with the E-Government Act of 2002, which requires government agencies to consider the most cost-effective and efficient solution available with the goal of saving tax payer dollars. Open source provides a compelling option for government agencies because it prevents lock-in by proprietary vendors and delivers high quality technology at a lower cost.

"Our partnership with AEM is an excellent example of not only the accessibility of JEMS but also the rapid adoption by key government agencies," said Drew Ladner, general manager of the JBoss Government Group. "AEM is able to get projects up and running quickly with a disciplined approach using open source standards that are flexible, easy to maintain and backed by Professional Open Source. These are key requirements for mission-critical applications, and our partnership is not only making AEM, but more importantly, their customers, more agile in their service delivery."

Today, about one in 10 of the more than six million downloads of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System come from government users. In the U.S., JBoss software is in use at many federal agencies, such as the Department of Defense, NASA and the State Department. JBoss' Professional Open Source business model and superior technology have combined to make its products among the most popular middleware offerings today. The flagship JBoss Application Server is the most widely used J2EE application server, used in 34 percent of deployments today.

About JBoss, Inc.

Through its Professional Open Source model, JBoss, Inc. is making open source a safe choice for the enterprise. JBoss provides the resources, technology direction, core development and support services that enable popular open source projects to scale into enterprise-class open source software. These projects include JBoss Application Server, Hibernate, JBoss jBPM, JBoss Portal, JBoss Eclipse IDE and Apache Tomcat, which are core components of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS). Companies like Corporate Express, La Quinta and Nielsen Media Research rely on JEMS for mission-critical enterprise applications. Partners embedding JEMS and reselling JBoss services include Computer Associates, HP, Novell and Unisys. JBoss has headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. and Neuchatel, Switzerland. For additional information, please visit http://jboss.com.

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