Capgemini Nederland B.V. and JBoss to Provide a Safe Choice for Open Source in Europe; Systems Integrators Seeing Demand for Reliable Open Source Solutions from Customer Base

Business Wire, June 6, 2005

ATLANTA -- JBoss, Inc., the Professional Open Source company, today announced that Capgemini Nederland B.V., one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has become a JBoss(R) Certified Systems Integrator, part of the newly announced JBoss Certified Partner Program. The strategic partnership will allow Capgemini Nederland B.V. to provide enterprise-class consulting and training, and to deliver production-ready projects to customers deploying on the JBoss Application Server.

Under the agreement, JBoss has already begun to train and certify Capgemini consultants in the Netherlands with the skills needed to offer integration and migration projects to its customers within the Benelux countries. Initially the partnership will cover services around the JBoss Application Server; however, as demand grows, this will expand to include the full JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS)(TM).

"Capgemini's partnership with JBoss really underpins the strategy behind our open source practice; to provide highly functional and flexible open source solutions that are proven to perform within the high-pressure environments that our customers operate in," said Henk Kolk, alliance manager, Capgemini Nederland B.V. "We have spent a while developing our open source strategy and we are now in a position to chase customers."

"As a JBoss Certified Systems Integrator, Capgemini Nederland B.V. has demonstrated its commitment to providing customers with the best open source solutions available in the market today and clearly paved the way for enterprises throughout Europe to choose open source as the safe option," commented Marc Fleury, chairman and CEO of JBoss, Inc. "Capgemini's customers can be confident that their solutions have been built on and backed by Professional Open Source from the developer level."

Through the JBoss Certified Partner Program, JBoss will help partners accelerate to market, support solutions built on or complementing JEMS and optimize service delivery to the growing number of enterprises shifting from proprietary middleware to a JBoss-based open source middleware strategy. Partners gain access to the JBoss Network(TM), the standard mechanism for JBoss to deliver services to customers, and receive support and training from the core technical experts behind JEMS. The partnership also entitles members to direct indemnification from JBoss and reseller opportunities.

About JBoss, Inc.

Through its Professional Open Source model, JBoss, Inc. is making open source a safe choice for the enterprise. JBoss provides resources, technology direction and core development for innovative open source projects and stands behind them with enterprise-grade support and services. These projects include JBoss Application Server, Hibernate, JBoss jBPM, JBoss Eclipse IDE and Apache Tomcat, which are core components of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS). Companies like Corporate Express, La Quinta Inns and Nielsen Media Research rely on JEMS for mission-critical enterprise applications. Partners who embed or bundle JEMS and resell JBoss services include Computer Associates, HP, Novell and Unisys. JBoss has headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. and Neuchatel, Switzerland. For additional information, please visit www.jboss.com. For more information about the JBoss Certified Partner Program and other partner programs, visit http://www.jboss.com/partners/index.> About the Capgemini Group and the Collaborative Business Experience

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, called the Collaborative Business Experience. Backed by over three decades of industry and service experience, the Collaborative Business Experience is designed to help our clients achieve better, faster, more sustainable results through seamless access to our network of world-leading technology partners and collaboration-focused methods and tools. Through commitment to mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, we help businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 60,000 people worldwide and reported 2004 global revenues of 6.3 million euros. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com

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