SAGA to Broaden Support for e-Business with IBM's Websphere Application Server

Business Wire, June 3, 1999

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1999--

Sagavista Will Support IBM's Websphere, Standard and Advanced Editions

SAGA SOFTWARE, Inc. (SAGA(TM))(NYSE:AGS) today announced development plans to extend its open platform strategy by enabling its in-development flagship enterprise integration product, Sagavista(TM), to operate with IBM's Websphere application server, Standard and Advanced Editions.

Support of Websphere, which provides an open, standards-based architecture, will further strengthen and expand SAGA's strategy and provide customers with a choice of open application servers when developing e-business applications.

IBM WebSphere(TM) Application Server, Standard and Advanced Editions V2.0 is a Java(TM)-based Web application deployment environment for server-side applications and JavaBeans. It helps customers deploy and manage Web-based applications ranging from simple Web sites to powerful e-business solutions.

The WebSphere Application Server, Standard and Advanced Editions helps solve real e-business problems today by offering a portable Java-based execution and management environment for server-side critical business logic while enabling powerful Web transactions.

"We are delighted to be able to deepen our long-standing alliance with IBM in the e-business solutions space," said Timothy L. Hill, SAGA's vice president, marketing and international operations. "Our customers around the globe are demanding enterprise class platforms and applications to achieve their e-business objectives. Sagavista's support of the IBM WebSphere platform will allow end users to combine the advantages of open, standards-based architectures with enterprise scalability and reliability."

"The use of open, standards-based technology is critical for any customer looking to implement an e-business solution," said Paraic Sweeney, Vice President of WebSphere marketing at IBM. "Customers must be able to make their IT decisions based on the technology that is best suited to maximize their business value, regardless of vendor or platform. IBM's WebSphere, which provides a scalable, open, Java-based deployment environment, will help streamline the path to e-business for Sagavista users and SAGA customers."

"The extension of our platform strategy to include WebSphere is yet further confirmation of our commitment to offer a best of breed enterprise integration solutions in an open environment. And we will continue to expand our platform choices to include other outstanding technologies in the near future," said David Linthicum, CTO at SAGA.

"Sagavista complements the WebSphere platform as it provides the ability to import, edit and manage data definitions, sequence and route messages based on content rules, and transform application data without writing additional code," said Andre Yee, Vice President of R&D for SAGA.

Availability

SAGA expects that the Websphere-enabled version of Sagavista will be available in the fourth quarter of 1999.

About SAGA SOFTWARE, Inc.

SAGA, based in Reston, Virginia, provides enterprise systems software and a full suite of enterprise integration solutions that support billions of mainframe transactions daily for some of the world's largest organizations.

SAGA's suite of mission critical products and associated professional services take customers from the heart of the enterprise to the desktop, freeing their information and leveraging their IT investment. SAGA's parent company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AGS. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.sagasoftware.com.

SAGA is a member of IBM's worldwide Solution Developer Program which is designed to help commercial software developers reach broader markets, lower their costs of doing business, and take their products to market faster. The program is focused on leading-edge technologies that enable developers to deliver complete e-business solutions to their customers.

For more information on the Solution Developer Program or to join the program, visit: http://www.developer.ibm.com

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