Attunity Launches Seminar Series with Microsoft on E-Business Integration for IBM AS/400 Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 The Combination of Microsoft BizTalk Server Microsoft BizTalk Server, often referred to as simply "BizTalk", is a business process management (BPM) server. Through the use of "adapters" which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in a large enterprise, it enables companies to automate and integrate and Attunity Connect Provides a Turnkey Solution for AS/400 Integration Attunity Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ATTU Attu, island: see Aleutian Islands. ), a leading provider of standards-based integration middleware for accessing mainframe, enterprise data sources and legacy applications, today announced a nationwide seminar series with Microsoft Corp. on today's leading enterprise technologies for integrating 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) AS/400 systems in the extended enterprise, utilizing Microsoft BizTalk Server and Attunity Connect. Microsoft BizTalk Server, an integration platform with over 2,000 customers worldwide, offers a productive and cost-effective platform for enterprise integration and business process orchestration. Attunity Connect is a widely used adapter for legacy integration offering a robust and reliable integration middleware for AS/400. The combined Microsoft and Attunity offering provides a complete solution for integrating AS/400 data (DB2) and legacy applications (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. , COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. , C). "Attunity's adapters for BizTalk Server provide an effective solution for bidirectional integration of RPG, COBOL and other 3GL programs," said Eric Swift, group product manager for the E-Business Servers at Microsoft Corp. "A large number of organizations are looking at how to get the most out of their legacy systems by utilizing an integration solution, such as BizTalk Server. This seminar series will help educate them about the products Microsoft and Attunity offer, which are both cost-effective and flexible." The first seminars in the series will take place in New England in the following schedules (click to register): -- May 5th, 8-12 EST, Waltham MA -- May 15th, 8-12 EST, Farmington CT "There are thousands of AS/400 enterprises that have homegrown and highly customized packaged applications such as J.D. Edwards," said Dan Potter, Vice President of Marketing at Attunity. "Attunity and Microsoft have solved such integration challenges with AS/400 customers and the seminar series will show other enterprises how to leverage this proven integration solution and maximize the return on their existing investments." "Our evaluation of Attunity has shown that the adapters are robust and work seamlessly with BizTalk Server. We have chosen Attunity for integrating our RPG programs and DB2 data with BizTalk Server," said Vince Biddlecombe, VP IS Architecture, RUAN Transportation. About Attunity Ltd. Attunity(TM) is a leading provider of standards-based integration middleware for accessing mainframe, enterprise data sources and legacy applications. Founded in 1987 and traded on the NASDAQ exchange, Attunity's worldwide operations support over 1,000 direct end-users including many of the Fortune 1000. Through distribution and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreements with global-class partners such as Oracle and HP, Attunity-based solutions are deployed on tens of thousands of systems worldwide. The Attunity Connect product family provides standards-based access to over 35 data sources on 20 different computing platforms. Attunity Connect adapters reside natively on each target platform and provide enterprise-class integration capabilities such as real-time read/write access, distributed transaction management, heterogeneous joins between relational and non-relational data sources, and optimized query execution. Attunity Connect makes legacy systems accessible through SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. and XML based interfaces including JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database , ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , JCA (1) (Java Cryptography Architecture) An umbrella term from Sun for implementing security functions for the Java platform. It includes Sun's Java Security API as well as the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE), which adds more programming interfaces for encryption , COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. and SOAP. Attunity's products are available through direct sales and support offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, the People's Republic of China, and Australia, as well as distributors in Japan, S.E. Asia, Europe and Latin America. For more information, visit www.attunity.com or email info@attunity.com. Copyright (C) 2002 Attunity Ltd. All rights reserved. Attunity, the Attunity logo, Application Adapter Framework, Attunity AAF AAF abbr. Army Air Forces , Attunity Connect and Web Services Process Integration are trademarks of Attunity Ltd. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. (Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based upon a number of factors, including but not limited to risks and product technology development, market acceptance of the products and continuing product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, changing economic conditions, both here and abroad, release and sales of new products by strategic resellers and customers, and other risk factors detailed in the company's most recent annual report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.) |
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