CHICAGO and ATLANTA, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (ESOA) is the technical foundation for a new approach to streamline business processes, reduce IT maintenance cost, and move from expensive one-off development to efficient software manufacturing. GT Software, Inc. and Herzum Software have joined forces to help IT transition to this ESOA approach and leverage valuable existing software assets.

Ivory(TM) Web Services from GT Software offers an innovative solution for companies that want to move to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and eventually build an on-demand environment, but still need to preserve their investment in lBM legacy applications that provide high-quality, enterprise- wide service routines.

COSM(TM) is Herzum Software's widely used approach for enterprise architecture and agile software manufacturing. Companies around the world leverage COSM(TM) to achieve rapid ROI from IT projects and programs, and cost-effectively empower business through IT. COSM(TM) is used to support and align the delivery of SOA solutions across the enterprise.

Together, the two companies offer service-oriented and component-based software design expertise, enterprise architecture experience, and a robust software framework for building and deploying Web services that integrate legacy systems. This combined approach for creating ESOA will enable rapid delivery of enterprise solutions while dramatically reducing complexity and total cost of ownership.

"The Web browser is a ubiquitous product for accessing documents and content without prior knowledge of the Web provider's technical infrastructure," says Bill Nadal, CTO of Herzum Software. "The industry's move toward an Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture promises ubiquitous access to business services with 'point-and-click' ease. This partnership between Herzum Software and GT Software brings the IT industry another step closer to making good on that promise."

About GT Software, Inc.

GT Software is a leading provider of enterprise application and data solutions that integrate mainframe data and applications into client/server and Web applications using ODBC, JDBC, Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Web services. Our solutions provide a complete, flexible, and non-programmatic foundation to leverage more value to enterprise systems and applications, and to take full advantage of today's Internet technologies.

GT Software has more than 2,000 installations worldwide, and provides high-quality, innovative and cost-effective solutions for many Fortune 1000 companies. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Atlanta, GT Software is a privately held company that is currently represented in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and South America. For more information, call 800-765-4348 or visit http://www.gtsoftware.com/ .

About Herzum Software

Herzum Software is an international consulting company specializing in IT strategy, enterprise architecture, software integration and agile software development. Our mission is to Empower business through IT.

We can help reduce your IT costs and resolve your architectural, project, or technology challenges. Herzum Software handles projects and organizations from the startup phase to the Fortune 100 level.

Many of our customers accelerate their successes by adopting COSM(TM), our widely-used approach for Enterprise Architecture and Agile Developments. It is the only approach able to scale from the smallest project to the management of a whole IT portfolio, assuring a common conceptual framework and continuous flow from business strategy down to individual projects, Unifying IT(TM). For more information, call 312 602 1001, email information@herzumsoftware.com , or visit http://www.herzumsoftware.com/ .

Ivory is a trademark of GT Software, Inc. All other names, brands or products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Steve Mosca of Herzum Software, +1-617-484-8328, or
smosca@herzumsoftware.com ; or Suzanne Aliberti of GT Software,
+1-404-253-1300, or saliberti@gtsoftware.com

Web site: http://www.gtsoftware.com/
http://www.herzumsoftware.com/

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