PrismTech signs new Partnership Agreement with Object Engineering to deliver Complete and Cost Effective Solution to Swiss CORBA Users

PrismTech, a leading provider of distributed software infrastructure, today announced that it had entered into a partnership with Object Engineering GmbH of Switzerland to deliver a complete and cost effective solution to Swiss CORBA users.

PrismTech, a leading provider of distributed software infrastructure, today announced that it had entered into a partnership with Object Engineering GmbH of Switzerland.

Object Engineering, based in Uitikon near Zurich, Switzerland was founded by Andres Koch in April 1995 with the mission of providing project-based object-oriented technology support. The company has extensive experience in distributed systems with particular skills in integration and migration solutions for legacy applications. The company is very highly regarded for its expertise in distributed CORBA® technologies in Swiss market sectors including telecommunications, financial services and other industrial sectors.

PrismTech provides unrivalled technology, connectivity and cost of ownership for enterprise and embedded CORBA users. PrismTech's OpenFusion® product suite combines the innovative packaging of leading open source ORBs with its value-add CORBA products to deliver a complete CORBA environment on a wide variety of platforms, from the largest enterprise systems down to the smallest Digital Signal Processing chip.

This partnership agreement means that Swiss users can now fully benefit from a complete and cost effective solution able to meet all their CORBA needs; with PrismTech providing its OpenFusion CORBA products and world renowned product support, and Object Engineering providing its consulting and professional services.

"It has always been our primary purpose to provide the best technological solutions to solve our client's problems," said Andres Koch, General Manager, Object Engineering GmbH. "CORBA today is more relevant than ever, and provides a very mature and reliable platform for an interoperable enterprise service bus. When this is combined with the packaged open source business model it can deliver the best and most cost effective solution for our clients. So we are very happy to be working in co-operation with PrismTech to make this a reality for our Swiss clients."

"Partnering with such a highly respected distributed systems specialist as Object Engineering is essential to further developing our Swiss customer base," said Jean-Paul Marbeau, VP EAME, PrismTech.

"This agreement means we are now able to provide complete turn-key solutions to Swiss users who are amongst some of the most sophisticated CORBA users in the world," added Sigrid Haberkorn, Move It CEO and PrismTech distributor for Central Europe.

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About PrismTech
Founded in 1992, PrismTech develops and markets the OpenFusion range of standards-based distributed software infrastructure products. OpenFusion provides leadership in advanced technology, connectivity and cost of ownership for both Java and CORBA environments. PrismTech's reputation for delivering high quality, reliable, scaleable and performant software is reflected in our world-class customer base in the telecommunications, data communications, defense, aerospace and financial services markets. For additional information about PrismTech, visit the web site at www.prismtechnologies.com.

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