GT Software and DreamFactory Partner to Provide Re-Use of Legacy Applications in Service-Oriented Architectures

GT Software and DreamFactory Partner to Provide Re-Use of Legacy Applications in Service-Oriented Architectures

ATLANTA and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta-based GT Software, a leading provider of mainframe integration solutions and DreamFactory, a pioneer in providing rapid construction of rich client user interfaces for Web services, today announced a strategic partnership to enhance and extend legacy investments with newer technologies.

"We are pleased to announce this partnership," said Joe Ganem, president and CEO of GT Software. "Combining the DreamFactory solution with Ivory Web Services, will drastically reduce the costs and time associated with the development process and the two solutions do not require any mid-tier application server in order to operate."

GT Software's Ivory(TM) Web Services offer an innovative solution for companies that want to move ahead with an SOA framework but still need to communicate with IBM legacy applications in order to provide enterprise-wide service routines. With Ivory, mainframe legacy applications can communicate seamlessly with open systems platforms, such as Java 2 Enterprise Edition, .NET and others.

DreamFactory's SBuilder is a rich-client for XML Web services. This technology empowers an exciting new class of sophisticated portals and Web applications built from native XML documents and driven by pure Web services transactions. DreamFactory offers standards-based integration with Java 2 Enterprise Edition, and .Net Servers, enabling the seamless aggregation of multiple data sources on a single browser page without the installation of additional server software. This approach streamlines design, enhances user experience, reduces network traffic, and dramatically lowers development costs.

"Ivory's WSDL seamlessly integrates into our SBuilder solution within a matter of minutes," stated Bill Appleton, president of DreamFactory. "This shows how two companies on opposite ends of the technology spectrum can work together. Now companies can extend their legacy investments to the newer technologies of today."

"GT Software and DreamFactory solutions are fulfilling the promise of Web Services by re-using existing technologies in a platform independent environment," commented Wilson Rains, alliance manager of GT Software. "We are taking Web Services from the Mainframe and extending them all the way to the browser without one bit of coding -- that's remarkable."

About DreamFactory

Located in Los Gatos, California, DreamFactory Software accelerates the rapid construction of rich client user interfaces for enterprise Web applications powered by XML documents and Web services. This standards-based approach streamlines design, enhances user experience, reduces network traffic, and dramatically lowers development costs. DreamFactory runs on both Macintosh and Windows, all OS versions, as a stand-alone application or browser plug-in, and in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, and Firefox. For more information about DreamFactory Software, please visit their Web site at www.dreamfactory.com.

About GT Software

GT Software is a leading provider of enterprise application and data solutions that integrate mainframe data and applications into client/server and Web applications using ODBC, JDBC, Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Web services. Our solutions provide a complete, flexible, and non-programmatic foundation to leverage more value to enterprise systems and applications, and to take full advantage of today's Internet technologies.

GT Software has over 2,000 installations worldwide, and provides high-quality, innovative and cost-effective solutions for many Fortune 1000 companies. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Atlanta, GT Software is a privately held company that is currently represented in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and South America. For more information call 1-800-765-4348 or www.gtsoftware.com.


Source: GT Software, DreamFactory

CONTACT: Suzanne Aliberti of GT Software, +1-404-253-1300, ext. 235,
saliberti@gtsoftware.com; or Cory Edwards of Connect Public Relations,
+1-415-222-9691, corye@connectpr.com, for GT Software

Web site: http://www.dreamfactory.com/

Web site: http://www.gtsoftware.com/


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