Capgemini Nederland B.V. and JBoss to Provide a Safe Choice for Open Source in Europe; Systems Integrators Seeing Demand for Reliable Open Source Solutions from Customer Base.ATLANTA -- JBoss, Inc., the Professional Open Source company, today announced that Capgemini Nederland B.V., one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has become a JBoss(R) Certified Systems Integrator, part of the newly announced JBoss Certified Partner Program. The strategic partnership will allow Capgemini Nederland B.V. to provide enterprise-class consulting and training, and to deliver production-ready projects to customers deploying on the JBoss Application Server For the JBoss company itself, see . JBoss Application Server (or JBoss AS) is a free software / open source Java EE-based application server. Because it is Java-based, JBoss AS is cross-platform, usable on any operating system that Java supports. . Under the agreement, JBoss has already begun to train and certify Capgemini consultants in the Netherlands with the skills needed to offer integration and migration projects to its customers within the Benelux countries. Initially the partnership will cover services around the JBoss Application Server; however, as demand grows, this will expand to include the full JBoss Enterprise Middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a System (JEMS JEMS Journal of Emergency Medical Services JEMS Judicial Enforcement Management System JEMS Joint Embedded Messaging System (Operator configurable message translation device) JEMS Jenks East Middle School JEMS Joint Effects Management System )(TM). "Capgemini's partnership with JBoss really underpins the strategy behind our open source practice; to provide highly functional and flexible open source solutions that are proven to perform within the high-pressure environments that our customers operate in," said Henk Kolk, alliance manager, Capgemini Nederland B.V. "We have spent a while developing our open source strategy and we are now in a position to chase customers." "As a JBoss Certified Systems Integrator, Capgemini Nederland B.V. has demonstrated its commitment to providing customers with the best open source solutions available in the market today and clearly paved pave tr.v. paved, pav·ing, paves 1. To cover with a pavement. 2. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement. 3. To be or compose the pavement of. the way for enterprises throughout Europe to choose open source as the safe option," commented Marc Fleury Marc Fleury (born Paris, 1968) is the creator of JBoss, an open-source Java application server. Fleury holds a degree in mathematics and a Doctorate in physics from the École Polytechnique in Paris and a Master in Theoretical Physics from the École Normale. , chairman and 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. of JBoss, Inc. "Capgemini's customers can be confident that their solutions have been built on and backed by Professional Open Source from the developer level." Through the JBoss Certified Partner Program, JBoss will help partners accelerate to market, support solutions built on or complementing JEMS and optimize service delivery to the growing number of enterprises shifting from proprietary middleware to a JBoss-based open source middleware strategy. Partners gain access to the JBoss Network(TM), the standard mechanism for JBoss to deliver services to customers, and receive support and training from the core technical experts behind JEMS. The partnership also entitles members to direct indemnification Indemnification Used in insurance policy agreements as to compensation for damage or loss. In the context of corporate governance, Director Indemnification uses the bylaws and/or charter to indemnify officers and directors from certain legal expenses and judgements resulting from from JBoss and reseller opportunities. About JBoss, Inc. Through its Professional Open Source model, JBoss, Inc. is making open source a safe choice for the enterprise. JBoss provides resources, technology direction and core development for innovative open source projects and stands behind them with enterprise-grade support and services. These projects include JBoss Application Server, Hibernate See hibernation mode. , JBoss jBPM, JBoss Eclipse IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. and Apache Tomcat Apache Tomcat is a web container, or application server developed at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications from Sun Microsystems, providing an environment for Java code to run in cooperation with a web , which are core components of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS). Companies like Corporate Express, La Quinta A division of Seagate that was originally an acquisition and then absorbed into the company by 1999. Quinta was the developer of Optically Assisted Winchester (OAW) technology. See OAW. Inns and Nielsen Media Research rely on JEMS for mission-critical enterprise applications. Partners who embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. or bundle JEMS and resell JBoss services include Computer Associates, HP, Novell and Unisys. JBoss has headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. and Neuchatel, Switzerland. For additional information, please visit www.jboss.com. For more information about the JBoss Certified Partner Program and other partner programs, visit http://www.jboss.com/partners/index. About the Capgemini Group and the Collaborative Business Experience Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, called the Collaborative Business Experience. Backed by over three decades of industry and service experience, the Collaborative Business Experience is designed to help our clients achieve better, faster, more sustainable results through seamless access to our network of world-leading technology partners and collaboration-focused methods and tools. Through commitment to mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, we help businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 60,000 people worldwide and reported 2004 global revenues of 6.3 million euros. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com JBoss is a registered trademark and JEMS and JBoss Network are trademarks of JBoss, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks herein are property of their respective owners. |
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