Xbridge Host Data Connect Supports Microsoft Server 2003.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003

Xbridge Host Data Connect(TM) from Xbridge Systems now supports Microsoft Server 2003, leveraging the improved dependability, productivity and communication features of the new operating system.

Xbridge Host Data Connect enables Windows(R), Web and mobile applications to quickly and securely access virtually all OS/390(R) and z/OS mainframe data including Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM), Queued Sequential Access Method (QSAM), DataBase 2 (DB2) and Information Management System (IMS DB), and to see the data in the format of the requesting application (e.g., Excel), all in real time.

Of particular interest to Host Data Connect customers is the product's seamless integration with Windows 2003's improved XML Web services, according to Ron Hankison, president and CEO of Xbridge Systems. Those services include Microsoft's UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) support for the enterprise, native support for .NET and the enhanced version of Internet Information Server, Microsoft's Web server.

"The integration of Host Data Connect and Microsoft Server 2003 means that mainframe data will be even more readily available to Xbridge customers running on any platform, including those accessing the Web via Java," Hankison said. "This announcement reflects our ongoing commitment to enable our users to get mainframe data to their desktops quickly and easily."

Xbridge will soon be announcing enhanced Web-services capabilities for Host Data Connect, which will make it even easier to access, download and integrate mainframe data from any Web-enabled application.

Pricing and Availability

The new capability, which is standard with the product, is available now. Purchase options for Xbridge Host Data Connect begin at $20,000 for a single-seat, single-system environment. Annual licensing options are available for approximately one-third the one-time charge.

About Xbridge Systems

Xbridge Systems develops and markets high-performance software that enables critical corporate data to be shared instantaneously between OS/390 and z/OS mainframes and desktop open-systems environments. More information on the Los Gatos, California-based company is available by calling 866-356-1515, emailing [e-mail] or going online to www.xbridgesystems.com.

Note to Editors: Xbridge Host Data Connect is a trademark of Xbridge Systems, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.