Composite Software's SOA Solution Validated by The Linthicum Group.

Leading Data Services Technology Recognized for Enabling Users to Quickly Integrate Their Data From Existing Systems Into New Service-Oriented Environments

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Composite Software, Inc., the leader in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) data services, today announced it received the highest level of certification from The Linthicum Group's SOA Technology Validation and Verification Program. The program's rigorous evaluation and testing process ensures vendors' SOA solutions live up to their claims by providing the necessary components for optimal SOA implementation.

Composite Software provides data services technology, a critical element of a fully functional SOA. Data services are used to access, combine and virtualize underlying data sources. These data services then deliver information in the form of standards-based Web services to be consumed by any application requiring the information from existing systems throughout an enterprise.

"Data is one of the most critical components of enterprise computing and is often overlooked in a SOA implementation," said David Linthicum, CEO of The Linthicum Group, LLC. "The result is enterprises are able to service-enable the critical data from their existing systems. Composite's offering allows customers to bring forward data from their existing systems and easily integrate it into new, service-oriented environments. This is exactly what customers need to rapidly, yet intelligently make the most of SOA."

COMPOSITE'S SOA SOLUTION VALIDATED BY THE LINTHICUM GROUP

Key portions of the validation process include:

* Evaluation of the core purpose of the product and the role it plays within a SOA. Examples include governance, security, process orchestration, development, etc. There is also consideration that some vendors may provide more comprehensive solutions than others.

* Evaluation of the core claims made by the vendor, such as performance, functionality, quality, and technological fit, within the accepted notion of a SOA.

* Validation and verification testing custom designed for the technology.

* Presentation of customer use case analysis, including validation that the technology is working at one or many customer sites.

* Review of findings with SOA technology vendors, including a plan of action to improve the product and ideas for product marketing.

* A complete written report of the validation and verification findings.

* Ongoing support, including calls with customers and analysts to explain the validation and verification process, and the results.

"We are very pleased to have received the SOA Validation from The Linthicum Group," said Robert Eve, vice president of Marketing at Composite Software. "It is important for enterprises that are developing their SOA strategies or rolling out SOA technologies to have an independent source like The Linthicum Group verify for the fact that our product in helping companies effectively and seamlessly migrate toward SOA in a way hat truly benefits the companies."

A complete report may be obtained upon request at [e-mail].

About Composite Software: Composite Software, Inc.(r) is the SOA data services leader. Composite data services reach data where it lives in the enterprise, and delivers it as required, so the data appears as if it's in one place. Only Composite's award-winning Enterprise Information Integration (EII) technology, high-performance information server, easy-to-use data services development suite, and packaged applications services let enterprises easily leverage existing data assets to build applications faster across both SOA and traditional environments. More than 100 large enterprises, including five of the top six U.S. investment banks, rely on Composite to improve business responsiveness, reduce costs and mitigate SOA risks. Composite's technology is embedded by Cognos, Informatica, BMC and others. Founded in 2002, Composite Software Inc. is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit www.compositesw.com.

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