Seagull Software Sponsors Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Event in Barcelona

  • Customer Ryder Systems to present ‘service-enabling legacy applications for right-now value’

LONDON - 12 June 2006 - Seagull Software (AEX: SEAGULL), a leading provider of high-performance solutions that transform legacy business applications into service-oriented architecture (SOA) assets, announced participation at the 2006 Gartner Application Integration & Web Services conference being held June 12-13 in Barcelona, Spain.

In addition to exhibiting, Seagull Software is sponsoring a presentation by its customer, Ryder Systems, Inc., who will be speaking on the topic, 'Service-Enabling Legacy Applications for Right-Now Value'. The theme for this year’s event is “Merging Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Community Innovations and Enterprise Ecosystems”. Current challenges in integration and middleware, best-practices guidance and design strategies are the focus.

“I am pleased to be speaking at the 2006 Gartner AIWS event,” remarked Henry Wengier, senior director of IT, Ryder Systems. “This is a great opportunity to talk about our successes in achieving value as we have service-enabled important legacy applications at Ryder,” he concluded.

Ryder Systems purchased Seagull Software’s LegaSuite solutions in order to achieve higher customer service levels, modernise its repair shop management system across 700 shop locations while significantly lowering cost. The presentation by Wengier will unveil specifics in training time reductions and the annualised productivity improvements achieved.

For more information, go to http://www.seagullsoftware.com/events/promo/gartner-aiws-120606.html

About Seagull Software
Seagull Software specialises in technology that transforms “legacy” applications into SOA-compliant Web services, helping enterprises achieve exponentially faster IT support for business change, governance and compliance. Our LegaSuite® software platform includes integration, GUI, BPM and terminal emulation technology. With LegaSuite, customers connect legacy applications on IBM mainframe, ICL mainframe, iSeries, UNIX/VT and Windows client/server platforms to the Web, to other middleware and to newer-generations of applications such as portals, CRM and SCM. LegaSuite is based on open standards including Web services, XML, J2EE and .NET. Powerful and innovative tools require no coding, which means rapid results, reduced risk and no maintenance burden. Committed to providing the best customer experience in the industry, Seagull Software’s technology is in use in more than 8,000 business and government organisations worldwide, and by millions of end users. Seagull Software has direct operations in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany and Australia, supplemented by distributors serving approximately 30 additional countries. For more information, visit www.seagullsoftware.com.

For Additional Information Contact:    

Dianne Edwards   
Seagull Software     
Te: 001 404.760.1560 x2312  
dedwards@seagullsoftware.com   
 www.seagullsoftware.com 

Duncan Burford
UK PR for Seagull Software 
Tel: 01780 721433
dburford@iba-europe.com


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