Attachmate Joins Web Services Interoperability Organization; Members Promote Web Services Standardization and Cross-platform Technologies

Business Wire, June 6, 2002

Business Editors, Technology Writers

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2002

Attachmate Corporation (www.attachmate.com), a leading provider of enterprise presentation and application integration products and services, has announced the company has joined the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization as an active community member.

WS-I is an open organization chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms, operating systems, and programming languages. The WS-I organization provides guidance, best practices, and resources to customers for developing Web services solutions.

"As a leading vendor for legacy application extension products and solutions, Attachmate will provide the WS-I organization with in-depth knowledge of the interoperability issues associated with host access," said Larry Schuiski, Attachmate senior vice president, products and support. "Attachmate's participation in the WS-I will help establish the means for customers to use the technologies of the Internet to better leverage their existing legacy assets."

WS-I brings together a diverse community of Web services leaders, such as Attachmate, to respond to customer needs with solutions based on common, accepted definitions and related XML standards support. The community of WS-I members includes software vendors of all sizes, enterprise customers, and many others interested in Web services. Attachmate will join other member organizations as a participant in workgroups to expand standardization efforts.

In the next few years, analysts expect Web services to gain in popularity as a more efficient way to build software. Web services technology allows businesses with different computing systems to more easily interact and conduct transactions.

But analysts and technology buyers warn that Web services won't catch on industry wide unless there is a widely accepted way of including existing legacy systems. "The legacy applications of the back office have traditionally not been able to fully participate in client-server integration technologies. Web Services technology provides the means to bring those two worlds together," continued Schuiski. "Attachmate will be a leader in integrating legacy applications with the new technologies and standards associated with Web services."

About WS-I Organization

The Web Services Interoperability Organization is an open industry effort chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms, applications, and programming languages. The organization brings together a diverse community of Web services leaders to respond to customer needs by providing guidance, recommended practices, and supporting resources for developing interoperable Web services. Those implementing Web services will be able to use the tools and materials made available by WS-I, to ensure that their services interoperate with others. For more information on WS-I, go to www.ws-i.org.

About Attachmate

Attachmate Corporation is a privately held worldwide supplier of mission-critical host access solutions for Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises. The company provides solutions for direct, real-time access to back-office systems, Web-to-host and desktop-to-host solutions, plus flexible enterprise application integration and legacy Web services offerings. News and information is available at http://www.attachmate.com or by calling Attachmate(R) worldwide headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, at (425) 644-4010.

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