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ASNA(R) Unveils Professional Services.


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SAN ANTONIO -- ASNA (Amalgamated Software of North America) announced today the creation of ASNA Services Group. This new division provides the services industry professionals with expertise in application development, migration, modernization to the System i (iSeries([R]), AS/400[R]) community employing ASNA's product suite for Microsoft([R]) .NET[TM].

The scope of the ASNA Services Group includes:

* Windows, Web and Web Services development extending legacy System i applications.

* Consultative service in the design, architecture, and implementation of Microsoft .NET applications.

* Complete or partial migration of AS/400 applications to Microsoft .NET with ASNA Monarch([R]).

* DB2/400[R] database conversion to Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. [TM].

The services group responds to ASNA customers' desire to supplement their RPG (Report Program Generator) One of the first program generators designed for business reports, introduced in 1964 by IBM. In 1970, RPG II added enhancements that made it a mainstay programming language for business applications on IBM's System/3x midrange computers.  programmers' talents with .NET developers who share in the knowledge of business applications.

"Many of our customers have programming departments committed to existing maintenance and collateral projects, and as a result have limited developer resources," says ASNA President Anne Ferguson. "We recognized that combining services with our growing product acceptance would provide our customers with complete solutions that fit their iSeries strategies."

Heading up ASNA Services Group is Rick Farina, formerly of Farina and Associates in Albany, New York For other uses, see Albany.
Albany is the capital of the State of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany lies 136 miles (219 km) north of New York City, and slightly to the south of the juncture of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers.
. Recently named ASNA's Director of Software Services, Farina brings over 26 years of developer experience in the 3X/400/iSeries community including more than ten years of product development with ASNA Visual RPG[R] and ASNA DataGate[R].

ASNA (Amalgamated Software of North America, Inc.) has been developing visual programming and systems software for the midrange community since 1982. ASNA Web and Windows development products include ASNA Visual RPG for .NET, DataGate, and the ASNA DataGate Component Suite. ASNA Monarch is a fully integrated solution for transforming RPG applications to the Microsoft .NET platform. ASNA is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms  Industry Partner, an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  Tools Network Partner, and an Advanced Tier Member of IBM's PartnerWorld for Developers. ASNA is also a founding member of the Midrange Alliance Program, or MAP, and an exclusive Delivery Partner for the Microsoft NXT NXT Next  program for ISVs. Business applications developed with ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) and DataGate are used by more than 750,000 end-users. Based in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation).
San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S.
, ASNA also has offices in Europe (Guildford, UK) and more than 20 international distributors. For more information, please visit www.asna.com.

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