Seagull Software Sponsors Gartner Application Development Summit 2006 in Phoenix, AZ

September 26, 2006; 03:35 AM
ATLANTA - Seagull Software (AEX: SEAGULL), a leading provider of high-performance software solutions that transform legacy business applications into service-oriented architecture (SOA) assets, will sponsor the Gartner Application Development Summit, September 25 - 27 in Phoenix, AZ. LegaSuite® 5.0 will be shown at the Solution Showcase to be held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Hotel & Spa.

"Enterprises are looking for a SOA-compliant solution to relieve their legacy integration headaches, and LegaSuite is the perfect cure' said Kim Addington, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Seagull Software. "In addition to exhibiting at the conference, our LegaSuite solutions will be showcased in a presentation by the CIO of a large publishing corporation who will give a first-hand account of their successful Peoplesoft CRM and back office integration project," she remarked.

The recently-announced LegaSuite 5.0 will be highlighted during the application development summit. LegaSuite is a proven technology that liberates mainframe applications by transforming them into SOA-compliant assets. Solution features include:

-- New Eclipse Workbench - an integrated IDE for all Service Builders for all platforms and architectures
-- Architecture flexibility - choice of runtime architectures
       - Native CICS, distributed or hybrid
       - Hybrid is unique in the market - offload XML parsing to conserve MIPS,
-- Security: JAAS security framework for distributed integration engine
-- Bi-directional Web services support

Seagull Software also offers BlueZone -- the faster, thinner terminal emulator for 3270, 5250, VT and FTP. Companies are making the switch from Attachmate EXTRA!, IBM Personal Communications, NetManage Rumba and WRQ Reflection to BlueZone, which can cut maintenance costs up to 83%.

Gartner Application Development Summit is designed for CIOs, their direct reports, application development management, AD consultants and IT management who are involved in SOA and Web strategies. Case study sessions on SOA and portfolio management successes along with the solution showcase are the highlights of the three-day event.

For more event information, go to: http://www.gartner.com/us/ad

About Seagull Software

Seagull Software (www.seagullsoftware.com) specializes in technology that transforms "legacy" applications into SOA-compliant Web services, helping enterprises achieve exponentially faster IT support for business change, governance and compliance. Our LegaSuite® software platform includes integration, GUI, BPM and terminal emulation technology. With LegaSuite, customers connect legacy applications on IBM mainframe, VME/ICL mainframe, System i5, UNIX/VT and Windows client/server platforms to the Web, to other middleware and to newer- generations of applications such as portals, CRM and SCM. LegaSuite is based on open standards including Web services, XML, J2EE and .NET. Powerful and innovative tools require no coding, which means rapid results, reduced risk and no maintenance burden. Committed to providing the best customer experience in the industry, Seagull Software's technology is in use in more than 8,000 business and government organizations worldwide, and by millions of end users. Seagull Software has direct operations in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, UK, France, and Germany, supplemented by distributors serving approximately 30 additional countries.