Actional Announces Strategic Agreement with Microsoft; Go-to-Market Program to Help Organizations More Effectively Build and Manage Web Services.Business Editors MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 Actional Corp., the Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. management market-share leader, today announced the signing of a broad technology, sales, and marketing agreement with Microsoft Corp. Together, Actional and Microsoft will market and sell an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for the managed introduction of Web services into the enterprise. Actional complements Microsoft's .NET-connected technologies with a comprehensive Web services management platform and has committed to the Microsoft .NET See .NET. Framework across its entire product line. "The ability to manage and secure applications is something that has been missing from enterprise deployment of Web services. Companies like Actional and Microsoft can create a complementary solution for handling this type of issue by combining their Web services offerings," said Daryl Plummer, group vice president and research general manager of Software Infrastructure at Gartner, Inc. ".NET-connected technologies enable customers to easily and consistently connect disparate information, systems and devices, allowing for businesses to be more agile. We are thrilled to partner with Actional, as its Web services management platform delivers a comprehensive solution to the unique application management challenges commonly faced in enterprises," said Dan'l Lewin Dan'l Lewin is the corporate Vice president of strategic and emerging business development at Microsoft Corporation. He previously worked at Apple Computer and NeXT, and was also CEO of Aurigin Systems Inc. External links and references
v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the benefits across their enterprise." Further solidifying the companies' strategic relationship, James Phillips, Actional's senior vice president of products and marketing has been appointed to Microsoft's Infrastructure Partner Advisory Council (IPAC IPAC Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (NASA Caltech/JPL) IPAC Institute of Public Administration of Canada IPAC Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection System IPAC International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium ). IPAC represents a unique resource for both Microsoft and Actional as it serves as a valuable mechanism to test and tune products and channel strategies for Microsoft. For Actional, the council provides a forum for delivering actionable input and the opportunity to gain unique insight into Microsoft's product and business strategies directly from the corporate teams driving them. Roy Singham, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at ThoughtWorks, a systems integration firm working with both Microsoft and Actional to help customers deploy efficient, cost-effective, and smart business applications, states: "We are committed to helping companies streamline their business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , through the use of technologies such as XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and Web services that allow them to reduce costs and decrease deployment cycle times. Actional has a clear vision and powerful, leading-edge Web services management solutions -- strengths we intend to leverage as we deliver on our commitment to ThoughtWorks' clients." Actional's Web services management platform is designed to help organizations manage the impact of constant change, inherent in enterprise Web services environments. The solution's patented technologies provide the granular level of visibility and active control required to proactively identify, isolate and correct Web service network issues before they disrupt business operations. This level of control, combined with the ability to interoperate with software and services across platforms with .NET-connected technologies, enables customers to have a complete Web services solution that will allow them to solve complex challenges within Web services environments. By providing active control on a solid Web service framework companies can ensure service network uptime while dramatically reducing the costs of ongoing Web services management. "Microsoft and Actional are committed to helping organizations reap the rewards of XML Web services," said Frank Bergandi, Actional CEO. "By combining our market-leading management platform with the power of Microsoft's NET-connected technologies, we are in a position to provide our customers with easy-to-manage solutions that will help them realize the full promise of their Web services deployments." In addition to the announced go-to-market relationship, Actional is a Microsoft Platform Strategy Group managed partner and a certified development partner program member. Its products have been certified by Microsoft's .NET Enterprise Server group. About Actional Corporation Actional is the Web services management market-share leader, committed to delivering solutions that help organizations avoid the cost and complexity of unmanaged Web services deployments. The company's Web services management platform enables organizations to dramatically reduce the impact of constant change inherent in dynamic enterprise Web services environments. Actional's patented technology provides unmatched visibility, flexibility and active control across the entire Web service network -- ensuring uptime while dramatically reducing the costs of ongoing Web services management. Actional is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , with offices across the US, Canada and Europe. More than 100 of the Global 2000 including AT&T, Cara, Citrix, Sabre, Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
About ThoughtWorks, Inc. ThoughtWorks(R), Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com) is a leading provider of custom e-business application development and advanced system integration services to Global 1000 companies. ThoughtWorks delivers solutions that require sophisticated software capable of integrating advanced business functionality with a company's existing core I.T. assets. ThoughtWorks is headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Nashville, Calgary, London, Melbourne, and Bangalore, India. Founded in 1993, the company is privately held. |
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