SoftwareAGhttp://interopvendoralliance.org/blogs/softwareag/atom.aspxCommunity Server2006-11-15T11:33:00ZSoftware AG Joins Microsoft in Interop Vendor Alliancehttp://interopvendoralliance.org/blogs/softwareag/archive/2006/11/15/Software-AG-Joins-Microsoft-in-Interop-Vendor-Alliance.aspx2006-11-15T16:33:00Z2006-11-15T16:33:00Z<h4 style="margin:12pt 0cm;"><span><font size="5"><font face="Helvetica">Software AG Joins Microsoft in Interop Vendor Alliance</font></font></span></h4><h4 style="margin:12pt 0cm;"><em><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;"><font face="Helvetica">The alliance is commmitted to connecting people, data and diverse systems</font></span></em></h4><p><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><strong>Darmstadt, Germany, 14.11.2006 – Software AG has joined the new Interop Vendor Alliance, announced today by Microsoft, as a founding member.<span> </span>The alliance is committed to delivering interoperability to its customers and was established to connect people, data and diverse systems.<span> </span>Member companies are working collaboratively to ensure better interoperability across the industry.</strong></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">Joining the Interop Vendor Alliance allows Software AG to enhance its commit-ment to openness and interoperability, a commitment required by enterprises that are adopting services oriented architecture (SOA).<span> </span>Software AG and Mi-crosoft, through the Interop Vendor Alliance, are committed to creating trans-parency between CentraSite and the Microsoft platform.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:150%;text-align:justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">Earlier this year, Software AG and Fujitsu jointly announced the formation of the CentraSite Community, a rapidly growing coalition of partners committed to delivering on the promise of SOA interoperability and reuse. The aim of the community is to help enterprises to break down legacy, stove-pipe applications into modular components that can be leveraged across different business lines and units. </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:150%;text-align:justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">”The Interop Vendor Alliance offers a great way for Software AG to continue to add value to our customers while we expand our ecosystem,” said Dr. Stefan Ried, Vice President of Product Management at Software AG.<span> </span>“The crossvision suite in general, and CentraSite in particular, enables re-use of any services exposed from business logic located virtually anywhere.”</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:150%;text-align:justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“We are excited to have Software AG in the Interop Vendor Alliance,” said Simon Brown, Vice President of DPE EMEA for Microsoft.<span> </span>“The Alliance will bring a new level of efficiency for developers, allowing them access to a wide range of services providers.”</span></p><img src="http://interopvendoralliance.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=167" width="1" height="1">SoftwareAGhttp://interopvendoralliance.org/members/SoftwareAG.aspx