Acucorp Partners with Gersoft
San Diego, CA - January 16, 2002 - Today Acucorp, Inc., an international provider of application extension solutions that solve mission-critical business issues, announced a partnership with Gersoft, a company that specializes in the migration of proprietary systems to graphical open systems. The new partnership offers solutions for ISV's that currently have RPG or COBOL applications running on AS/400 platforms and who want to migrate to UNIX or Windows NT platforms. By combining their technology, Acucorp and Gersoft have made it possible for software houses to keep their business processes and original logic intact. This allows them to retain their current staff while introducing new technologies, like RDBMS and GUI, with no disruption to their existing customers.
"This partnership offers an excellent opportunity for ISVs with AS/400 clientele to expand into new markets," said Gerold Ekström, Acucorp's Vice President, Strategic Directions. "In addition, it is also advantageous for any company running legacy applications on an AS/400 and interested in running on open systems. Gersoft's extensive knowledge of AS/400 systems and flexible migration tools combined with Acucorp's proven solution form a strong partnership."
Gersoft's tools are especially suited for the ISV market because they provide technology that can help ISVs access new markets without being limited by hardware platforms and having to re-write applications. With Acucorp's extend™5 family of solutions, software developers can leverage their investments in COBOL applications by transforming these applications into modern systems. Currently available on more than 600 platforms, extend5 with ACUCOBOL™-GT includes products and services for Internet deployment, COBOL-based GUI development, COBOL access to RDBMS/ODBC data, distributed computing and programmer productivity.
About Acucorp
Founded in 1988, Acucorp, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Acucorp's products are distributed in more than 75 countries throughout the world, and its technology users include DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Lockheed Martin, McDonald's Corporation, Siemens, Thomas Cook, Tower Records and Warner Music Group. The company continues to design, develop, and market robust solutions for extending the life of inherited COBOL applications.
About Gersoft
Founded in 1996, Gersoft Hispania S.L., is a privately held migration specialist company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. Some of Gersoft's customers include BJC, Bosch, Business T&G, Expert, Danzas and Otis. Additional information is available at http://www.gersoft.com/.
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