Candle Corporation Acquires MQView Business From Apertus Technologies; Candle Becomes Leading Supplier of Message-Based Solutions.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. and EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 13, 1997--Candle Corporation and Apertus Technologies Incorporated (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 : APTS APTS Alexandra Palace Television Society (UK) APTS Advanced Public Transportation System APTS Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Texas) APTS Association of America's Public Television Stations ) announced today that Candle has purchased Apertus' MQView product line. The purchase is valued at approximately $7.4 million. MQView is the leading product for centralized installation, configuration, and monitoring of IBM's MQSeries messaging software in a distributed computing environment See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks . "This acquisition is a strategic fit for Candle's Solutions for Networked Businesses(TM)," said Aubrey Chernick, chairman and chief executive officer of Candle Corporation. "Adding the MQView business to our software portfolio gives Candle the broadest range of message-based solutions in the industry. We can now offer our customers an unparalleled set of tools and services to run the networked applications on which their businesses depend." "The sale of MQView to Candle will allow Apertus to better focus on the market for its new generation of Internet and application integration products while also strengthening the company's capital position," said Robert D. Gordon, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Apertus Technologies. MQView is standards-based system management software specifically designed to manage IBM's MQSeries middleware on distributed computer platforms. Telcos, banks, and pharmaceutical companies use MQView to cut costs, speed deployment, and simplify the management of their distributed MQSeries systems. Candle Corporation will use the SNMP-based technology within MQView to further strengthen its growing position in the distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. marketplace. This will also serve to reinforce Candle's commitment to open systems. About Candle Corporation Candle Corporation of Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, , is a leading independent developer and supplier of Solutions for Networked Businesses. As part of that, Candle offers Solutions for Networked Applications(TM), in which the company offers customers software and services to help them design, develop, test, and deploy applications that run their businesses. Candle also offers Availability Management Solutions, which include advanced systems management tools, such as the Candle Command Center(TM), to help customers manage the performance and availability of their systems and applications. Candle has developed a complete line of products over the last two decades for enterprise availability management, including automation, status management, applications integration, and database management. The company began shipping its Candle Command Center solutions in 1995, enabling the integrated management of distributed and mainframe systems to support customers as they develop and deploy complex, client server and distributed applications, spanning the enterprise. About Apertus Apertus Technologies Incorporated, with annual sales in excess of $40 million, provides Internet and application integration software solutions that enable organizations to "extend the enterprise" to employees, trading partners, and customers by leveraging the power of open network computing See ONC. Open Network Computing - (ONC) Sun's network protocols. . Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , Apertus has sales and service offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. For more information on Candle Corporation, visit the company's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.candle.com or call 800-843-3970. For more information about Apertus Technologies, call 800-793-3509, send e-mail to info@apertus.com, or visit Apertus' Web site at http://www.apertus.com. Names, products, and services mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Apertus Technologies Press Relations: Beth Gallob (612) 828-0162 Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. : Don McIlwain (212) 828-0311 or Candle Corporation Scott McDermott (310) 582-4395 Richard Cline (415) 962-9550/ Stephanie Graves (310) 822-4669 Miller/Shandwick Technologies rcline@miller.shandwick.com sgraves@miller.shandwick.com |
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