Axway Recognized for Strength in Financial Services.

Company's Business-to-Bank Integration Enhances Flexibility and Visibility for Financial Institutions

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Axway, Inc. today announced that TowerGroup recognizes Axway in a recent evaluation for its strong business-to-bank (B2Bank) integration solutions, providing corporations and financial institutions with enhanced flexibility and visibility for expanded e-business collaboration.

The report, titled "Connecting Banks and Corporate Clients: B2Bank Integration Solution Alternatives" includes Axway among vendors offering secure managed file transfer applications and business-to-business (B2B) gateway solutions with integration capabilities, both on-premise or as a hosted service. TowerGroup defines B2Bank as "the technology used to manage the connections between the applications running at a bank and the financial and accounting systems of its corporate and other wholesale clients."

According to the report, "Axway has a well-developed and comprehensive vision for supporting the critical need for both flexibility and enhanced visibility in the integration points between businesses and their trading partners, including banks. The Synchrony SOA framework is the embodiment of that vision, combining a wide range of components and services that can be implemented in an almost infinite number of combinations based on the existing environment and preferences of the client."

"Axway has a strong reputation as a global provider of B2B solutions and has extensive experience in banking as a provider of packaged software, a supplier of custom solutions, and an active participant in financial services standards development," stated Susan Feinberg, research director at TowerGroup, in her report.

In the report, TowerGroup profiles vendor solutions from Axway, GXS, Sterling Commerce, Tumbleweed Communications, and webMethods. "We're honored to gain such credible industry recognition for our Synchrony framework and the flexible, scalable solutions we deliver to our high-profile, global customer base in the financial services industry," said Jim Haggard, solutions director at Axway.

To view a recording of Axway's recent Webinar featuring Feinberg, "Wholesale Customer Integration -- The Top Seven B2Bank Components and Services You Must Have," please visit the following URL: http://www.axway.com/webinars.

About Axway

Axway is the leading global provider of collaborative business solutions. Axway establishes the dynamic connections - within and among enterprises - that make companies easier to do business with. Over 8000 organizations worldwide depend on Axway to manage and control their business-critical information in motion - improving value chain efficiency, regulatory compliance and quality of service. Axway's solutions feature a highly flexible integration and B2B framework, analytics, services, and customized applications for the financial services and life sciences industries. A subsidiary of Sopra Group, SA, Axway is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has offices in 20 countries.