Seagull Software Joins Consortium Responding to EU Commission Tender

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The University of Saarbrücken and a consortium of IT companies submit SAMSON project for the integration of legacy systems

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Böblingen – 8 November 2005

Within the framework of a consortium made up of IT companies and scientific institutes, Seagull Software, leading provider of solutions for the migration of legacy applications to SOA and Internet architectures, has submitted a research project to the EU Commission. Using procedural models, methods and tools, the project entitled Stepwise Migration of Legacy Systems to Service Oriented Systems - "SAMSON" for short - aims to assist the conversion of rigid corporate IT systems to flexible service-oriented architectures (SOA) that are easily tailored to changing business procedures.

Under the leadership of the Institute of Business IT (Institute für Wirtschaftsinformatik - IWi) of the University of Saarbrücken, the consortium comprises a total of nine members including such companies as HP, Seagull Software, Intesi, and Q-Sphere as well as the Universities of Vienna and Stuttgart and research institutes in Slovenia and Lithuania.

The research project is based on the tender issued by the European Commission, "6th EU Framework Programme (FP6)," which focuses on technologies of today's information society. The tender's primary aim is to assist small and medium-sized companies in developing and managing their software systems to maximize competitiveness in a global market. The tender also includes the development and expansion of open and interoperable platforms, methods, middleware, standards and tools.

Seagull Software specializes in middleware and tools for rapidly transforming existing software systems ("legacy systems") into re-usable assets for the information economy. Seagull Software's contributions to the consortium will include:

• Expert perspectives on technology and methodology for transforming legacy applications into service-oriented architecture (SOA) assets.
• Use cases that showcase the business and technology benefits of transforming legacy applications into SOA assets

The EU Commission is not expected to reach a decision about the submitted research project before March 2006.

About Seagull Software

Seagull Software specializes in transforming legacy business applications into Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) assets, helping organizations accelerate the delivery of IT support for changing business needs. Seagull Software's LegaSuite^® integrated software platform connects IBM mainframe, Fujitsu/ICL mainframe, iSeries, UNIX/VT and Windows applications and databases to the Web and to other, newer-generations of applications and SOA's including XML, J2EE, .NET, HTML and Web Services. LegaSuite BPM orchestrates human and machine business processes to automate workflows and implement governance processes for regulatory compliance. For more information, visit www.seagullsoftware.com.

Committed to providing the best customer experience, Seagull Software's technology is in use in more than 8,000 Global 2000, mid-market and public sector organizations worldwide, and by well over 2 million end users. Seagull Software has direct operations in the United States, the Netherlands, England, France, Germany and Australia, supplemented by distributors serving approximately 30 additional countries.

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