MQSoftware Expands Platform Support for Q Pasa!Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 Technology Partnership with Willow Technology Gives Q Pasa! the Lead in Delivering the Largest Number of Legacy and Middleware Operating Platforms for WebSphere MQ MQSoftware, Inc., a leading provider of middleware technology solutions for the 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) WebSphere(R) family of products, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Willow Technology, Inc., that significantly expands its Q Pasa! platform support for WebSphere MQ. Willow Technology specializes in operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and middleware support for heterogeneous operating environments, and is an independent software provider of fully conformant WebSphere MQ platform solutions. Under the agreement, Willow will produce Q Pasa! client and agents for all its WebSphere MQ server platforms, including LINUX, the open source operating system. Working with Willow Technology, MQSoftware will have the most comprehensive platform coverage of any middleware management vendor. The agreement will also accelerate the use of Q Pasa! for international customers who have legacy platforms and need to have real-time operational monitoring and management information available. "The expanded Q Pasa! platform support gives us the broadest platform coverage of any vendor in this market," said Bill Cecchi, president and chief executive officer at MQSoftware, Inc. "Working with Willow will help our customers more easily address their management requirements from diverse legacy systems and let them see more of what is happening in their entire middleware environment using WebSphere MQ." "We are pleased to be partnering with MQSoftware, the industry leader in monitoring the WebSphere MQ environment," said Gary Clueit, president and chief executive officer at Willow Technology, Inc. "Our porting expertise and broad range of support for WebSphere MQ gives customers the ability to expand their usage of WebSphere MQ to more applications, giving them a competitive edge in supporting mission critical business services." Willow Technology's WebSphere MQ Server support includes the following platforms: BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. , Data General DG/UX, Hewlett-Packard MPE/iX, IBM DYNIX/ptx, Linux (Alpha and Sparc Editions), NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers MP-RAS, SCO OpenServer A server operating system for the Intel platform from SCO. It is based on Unix System V Release 3.2 and includes the Motif and X Window user interfaces and standard Unix networking (TCP/IP, NFS and NIS). SCO OpenServer has optional SMP support for up to 30 processors. , SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , UnixWare and others. For additional information visit the Willow Technology website at www.willowtech.com. About MQSoftware, Inc. MQSoftware, founded in 1996 is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota “Minneapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis (pronounced IPA: /ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the largest city in the U.S. , and is one of the leading worldwide suppliers of EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. and middleware solutions that focus on the IBM WebSphere family of products. MQSoftware is one of the fastest growing middleware technology companies in North America based on Deloitte & Touche's Technology 2001's Fast 500 list. MQSoftware's customers include Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. , Fortis, Deluxe Corporation, Guardian, Hartford Financial Services Group, Vodafone and Mitsubishi Trading. MQSoftware has regional offices located throughout North America, and international offices and business partners throughout Europe and Asia/Pacific. For more information visit, www.mqsoftware.com MQSoftware and DataFlow Studio are trademarks and Q Pasa! is a registered trademark of MQSoftware, Inc. IBM, WebSphere and MQSeries are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other tradenames are the property of their respective owner. |
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