Softricity Launches .NET Version of SoftGrid; On Display at Microsoft .NET Solutions Pavilion in New York Technology Showcase.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2002 Softricity Inc. today launched and demonstrated the .NET version of its SoftGrid(TM) application deployment and management platform to attendees of the Microsoft .NET See .NET. Solutions Pavilion at the New York New Media Association Technology Showcase. This latest version of SoftGrid allows enterprise customers to manage existing Microsoft(R) Windows(R)-based applications as 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. .NET-powered services over corporate networks. SoftGrid(TM) transforms existing Windows applications into network services without changes to source code, which reduces the time, complexity and cost associated with providing access to applications across an enterprise to both Windows Desktops and Terminal Services/Citrix(R) MetaFrame(TM) servers. The newest version of SoftGrid announced today integrates Microsoft .NET connected technologies to enable automated and time-saving features such as application discovery and provisioning, and user authentication See authentication. through Microsoft Passport See Windows Live ID. to applications outside the firewall. By employing Microsoft .NET Alerts, IT administrators can now use the SoftGrid Management Console to automatically send messages to clients when a new application service has been added, updated or terminated. Finally, SoftGrid's integration with Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. (TM) and Microsoft BizTalk(R) Server software products will allow IT administrators to gather and review real-time information about application performance and usage. "We are honored to be part of the Microsoft's .NET Solutions Pavilion. It is the perfect setting to launch the .NET version of SoftGrid, the first tangible result of our three-year agreement with Microsoft," said Harry Ruda, 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. , Softricity. "Customers of the SoftGrid product can now make all the existing Windows applications within their enterprise .NET compliant. We greatly value our partnership with Microsoft and plan further .NET-related additions to the SoftGrid platform in the future." More information about Softricity's SoftGrid .NET initiative is available in the "Softricity and .NET: Delivering Enterprise Applications as Web Services" white paper, which can be downloaded from http://www.softricity.com/solutions/softricity-net.asp. About Softricity Softricity Inc. develops products that allow its enterprise customers to reduce the cost of application administration and realize significant returns on their investment by enabling applications to be delivered as network services to thousands of computers from a single server. The company's flagship product, the Softricity SoftGrid Platform 2.0, eliminates the need for installing and updating software on a machine-by-machine basis, simplifying the management and administration of Windows desktops and Terminal Services and Citrix(R) MetaFrame(TM) Servers. Softricity has a multiyear Strategic Alliance with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade "), is a Microsoft Terminal Services Industry Partner and is a Premier Citrix (Nasdaq "CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ") Business Alliance Member. More information can be found by visiting the Softricity Web site at http://www.softricity.com/. |
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