SCO EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH ERICOM BY RELEASING WSS ON UNIX.The SCO Group The SCO Group, Inc. (TSG, informally SCO; NASDAQ: SCOX) is a software company formerly called Caldera Systems and Caldera International. After acquiring the Santa Cruz Operation's Server Software and Services divisions, as well as UnixWare and , Inc. (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 :SCOX), Lindon, Utah Lindon is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,363 at the 2000 census. By 2004 its population had been estimated to increase slightly to 8,489. Geography Lindon is located at (40.338552, -111. , the owner of the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) operating system and a leading provider of UNIX- based solutions, has extended its strategic partnership with Ericom Software, a leading provider of advanced Web and wireless integration and Host Connectivity solutions by releasing the SCOx Web Services Substrate (WSS WSS Windows Sharepoint Services (Microsoft) WSS Web Services Security (OASIS) WSS Wavelength Selective Switch (Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer) ) on UNIX platforms. The SCOx WSS toolset combines the best in Web Services technology from both SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. and Ericom, allowing SCO UNIX customers to easily transform legacy applications and databases into new feature-rich Web and wireless applications. Currently, there are a significant number of SCO UNIX customers utilizing legacy systems -- equaling several hundred thousand installed servers -- that could benefit from this innovative solution. SCO UNIX customers that upgrade to SCO UnixWare(R) 7.1.4 automatically gain access to an innovative toolset that is specifically designed to help customers grow their business, connect with partners and integrate with suppliers using specialized Web Services. A separate release of the SCOx WSS will be announced soon for users of OpenServer 5.0.7 Supplement C. This combined SCO/Ericom product offering delivers the tools, applications and infrastructure to enhance Web and wireless access to legacy systems and databases. SCO and Ericom Software have teamed up to deliver state-of-the-art Web Services technology on SCO UNIX platforms through SCOx WSS. Currently shipping on UnixWare 7.1.4, SCOx WSS consists of SCO WebFace, SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Encapsulator, Web Application Manager and Ericom PowerTerm(R) Host Publisher. "The SCOx WSS framework helps resellers and developers who want to meet their SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and branch office customer needs for sophisticated Web-based solutions while leveraging their existing products and services," said Olaf Janssens, president of Janssens Consulting. "This combined product offering -- built from the SCO/Ericom strategic partnership -- is packed with powerful tools that can create Web Services rapidly, saving weeks, months and even years in redeveloping business logic. SCOx WSS customers on UnixWare 7.1.4 can now reuse, rather than replace their proven legacy system data and immediately begin integrating it with any other system or database on the Web." "The release of the SCOx Web Services Substrate marks an important milestone in our relationship with SCO," said Eran Heyman, 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. and founder of Ericom Software. "PowerTerm Host Publisher's inclusion in the SCOx WSS is a key element in helping SCO customers, resellers and developers easily unlock the power of their mission-critical legacy applications and integrate it with other applications via the Web. The best part about the solution is that it doesn't require customers to change their existing legacy application -- SCOx WSS simply hooks into the system and wraps the business logic up into reusable Web Services." "The challenge for most mission-critical legacy systems is that they are difficult to integrate with other data or systems without re-writing the entire application," said Jeff Hunsaker, senior vice president and General Manager, UNIX Division, The SCO Group. "By combining the best of SCO's own Web Services technologies and Ericom's PowerTerm Host Publisher, SCO customers that choose to upgrade, now gain the ability to easily unlock critical legacy data and business logic and integrate it with other systems and databases within their business without re-writing their entire legacy system." For more information on these solutions, contact a SCO representative or visit http://www.sco.com/scox. About Ericom Software Ericom Software develops and markets a range of legacy connectivity and integration software applications. Ericom products provide the broadest range of host application access for accessing and integrating legacy systems while implementing Web, wireless, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and other strategic IT initiatives like CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. . For more information, visit http://www.ericom.com. About SCO The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information, visit http://www.sco.com or call 801/932-5703. |
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