ATG Announces Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support in ATG 6.Business Editors JavaOne 2003 Booth No. 612 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003 Move Increases Customer Platform Alternatives While Lowering Total Cost of Ownership ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant (Art Technology Group, Nasdaq: ARTG ARTG Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods ), a leading provider of innovative software applications for commerce and customer self-service, today announced that the company's ATG 6 product suite now supports the Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. platform is available both to customers looking to build commerce and self-service applications on the Linux platform, as well those who wish to migrate their ATG applications from an existing operating system. The decision to support Linux is the latest milestone in ATG's ongoing commitment to provide the industry's most adaptable, platform-independent applications, designed to fit into any existing IT architecture. ATG continues to demonstrate strong technical leadership in supporting critical enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. technology, as evidenced by the company's early commitment to enterprise Java technology; open application server support; and its recent decision to certify Linux for its innovative online applications. Companies running on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform will now be able to tap into ATG's best-of-breed applications while existing ATG customers can continue to generate ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). from ATG's products and lower the total cost of ownership by leveraging the Linux platform. "Linux has shown over the years that it can provide a robust environment that can handle the flexibility and scalability needs of customers of all types and sizes. Indeed, it has entered the domain of mainstream corporate computing," said Fumi Matsumoto, chief technology officer, ATG. "Now, customers have the best of both worlds - the industry's finest offering for commerce and self-service applications running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, a platform that helps reduce overall costs." ATG has joined the Red Hat Ready program, a program designed to allow software vendors to test and qualify their applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Customers who choose to deploy Red Hat Ready applications will have the assurance that the software has been tested on the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and that vendors are compliant with Red Hat's guidelines for interoperability. "A solution with ATG applications running on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform is a very flexible, reliable architecture," said Mike Evans, vice president of channel sales and development, Red Hat. "There has been great customer demand for enterprise applications such as ATG's commerce, self-service, and personalization applications to be compatible with the cost-effective and powerful Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform. Customers will now have the benefits of an affordable, enterprise-ready solution that meets the needs of companies of all sizes." ATG has historically provided Linux support in specific implementations for some customers. Many of those customers have found that the reduction in costs associated with the operation of the system environment has freed up their budgets to pursue additional projects and initiatives. "ATG's decision to generally and formally support Linux is a positive move," said Keith Nichols Keith Nichols (born February 13 1945) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger, a player of the piano, trombone, reeds, and accordion born in Ilford, Essex, UK. Nichols was a child actor and an award winning accordionist in his youth. , director of development, Restoration Hardware. "We believe that the flexibility from a resources standpoint of running on Linux will allow us to be even more creative and forward thinking in our use of ATG products." Linux support will be available beginning June 30. About ATG ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.) is a leading provider of innovative software applications for commerce and customer self-service. Customers around the globe rely on ATG for the frontline applications that help build and manage mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationships. Deployed on the industry's most popular application servers, ATG's application suites for e-commerce, portals, and relationship management are ideal for integrated e-business initiatives across the enterprise. ATG has delivered e-business solutions to blue chip companies worldwide including Aetna Services, Inc., Alcatel, American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Barclays Global Investors Barclays Global Investors is a subsidiary of British-based Barclays Bank which is in the investment management industry. It is the largest corporate money manager in the world, with over £936 billion (US$1.77 trillion) under management as of March 2006[1]. , Best Buy, BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Direct, Eastman Kodak, Ford Motor Credit, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , J. Crew, Sun Microsystems, Walgreen Company, and Wells Fargo. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about ATG, please visit our Web site at www.atg.com. (C) 2003 Art Technology Group, Inc. ATG and Art Technology Group are registered trademarks of Art Technology Group, Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause ATG's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risk factors affecting ATG's business generally may be found in their periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. Risk factors related to the subject matter of this press release include the possibility that the ATG deployment of Linux will not be successful, on time or significantly enhance the user's Internet experience or handle user volumes; that ATG will not continue to support Linux in the future; that that those customers leveraging ATG and Linux will not have the opportunity to increase revenue and decrease future costs; the need to adapt to rapid changes so products do not become obsolete; the possibility of errors in ATG's software products; the possibility that the solution will not make customer implementations faster or more flexible or permit the customer to meet its customer-facing or infrastructure requirements; and the risks and costs of intellectual property litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . ATG undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release. |
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