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January 31, 2012
JNBRIDGE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF JAVA & .NET INTEROPERABILITY
Company to commemorate milestone with year-long series of events and activities
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 31, 2012 — JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com), a leading provider of interoperability tools that connect the Java and .NET Frameworks, today announced the 10-year anniversary of the company. Since 2002, JNBridge has grown from a start-up providing support for accessing Java classes from .NET to an award-winning interoperability tool provider for customers ranging in size from small independent software vendors to large global enterprises. JNBridge boasts some of the world’s foremost companies as customers: including financial services, insurance, telecom, media, government, healthcare and manufacturing industries. To celebrate the company’s 10-year milestone it will be looking both backwards and forwards: showcasing some of its current customer applications and inviting the developer community to create and share new use cases that incorporate new technologies, both in the cloud and on the ground.
“The past 10 years have been an incredible journey for our company and customers,” said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. “The interest and demand for our Java .NET interoperability solutions continues to increase, and we’re continually amazed by the breadth of applications our customers incorporate our tools into. As we look ahead, we will continue to explore and provide technologies that address the evolving needs of developers in emerging industries.”
Citrin co-founded the company in 2001 along with partner and COO Deborah Arhelger, back when .NET was still in beta. The company has achieved year-over-year growth without any outside investors. JNBridge’s focus on providing rich, high performance, and simple-to-use interoperability tools has earned the company industry recognition and helped to build an impressive list of clients, including Adobe, Pfizer, Barclays, HBO, Boeing and GE.
JNBridge’s interoperability adapters and software have received numerous accolades over the years, including being cited as a Gartner Cool Vendor, Reader’s Choice Award from Visual Studio Magazine, and Best of Tech-Ed finalist.
“Microsoft values the relationships it has cultivated throughout the years with partners like JNBridge,” said Tom Lindeman, Director of the Visual Studio Industry Partner program at Microsoft. “The technology of connecting .NET to other platforms allows us to extend our reach and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability.”
For more information on the company’s planned events and activities to celebrate its 10-year anniversary, please visit (www.jnbridge.com).
About JNBridge
JNBridge connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applications together with tools and adapters that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability, both in the cloud and on the ground. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Celebrating 10years, JNBridge counts 25 percent of the Fortune 100 as its customers. The company has more than 450 unique customers in 40 countries that use its award-winning solutions in a wide variety of applications in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. Please visit (www.jnbridge.com) for more information.
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Contact information:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
November 10, 2011
TASKTOP’S MIK KERSTEN TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN OPEN SOURCE ALM AT MICROSOFT ALM SUMMIT
Kersten to outline why ALM architectures must be untangled and legacy systems connected for modernization in ALM to occur
WHO: Mik Kersten – CEO and founder of Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com)
Kersten is the creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project and inventor of the task-focused interface. At Tasktop he provides the technical vision behind Tasktop Dev for developer productivity and tool integration and Tasktop Sync for enterprise ALM synchronization.
WHAT: “ALM in the Jungle”
Tue., Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Pacific
Over the past decade, many ALM stacks have shifted from vertically integrated silos to tangled and disconnected systems reminiscent of the London tube map. Layer upon layer of legacy, piecemeal Agile deployments and open source tools have brought traceability to a halt, forcing us into overloaded email inboxes and lengthy meetings for tracking delivery. The path forward is to either standardize the entire ALM stack, or to embrace heterogeneity. Either way, the ALM architecture must be untangled and the legacy connected for the modernization to happen. For inspiration, we can look to how ALM strategies have formed bottom-up in the very heterogeneous jungle of open source projects. Open source ALM combines distributed teams, heterogeneous stacks, resource constraints, massive amounts of stakeholder input, and an overload of cross-project dependencies. Despite these challenges, the velocity of many popular open source projects is measurably higher than that of their enterprise counterparts. In this talk, we will examine the key lessons learned from the latest developments in open source ALM, and examine how to apply the practices, ALM architecture patterns and strategies for embracing heterogeneity in order to help pave a path for your Agile and ALM modernization efforts.
WHERE: Microsoft ALM Summit (http://www.alm-summit.com/home.aspx) Microsoft Campus Redmond, WA
INFO: For more information and to arrange an interview with Mik Kersten please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or by email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
March 1, 2011
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROSOFT TO DEMO TASKTOP FOR VISUAL STUDIO AT CEBIT 2011 CONFERENCE
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROSOFT TO DEMO TASKTOP FOR VISUAL STUDIO AT CEBIT 2011 CONFERENCE
Latest version of Tasktop for Visual Studio available as Public Beta for .NET developer community
HANOVER, Germany – March 1, 2011 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of the Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, and Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) are jointly demonstrating the latest version of the Tasktop for Visual Studio plug-in at the CeBIT 2011 conference in Hanover. Set for general availability in Q2 of this year and now available for public beta, the new product brings Tasktop’s task management system and ALM integration and interface to Visual Studio users. Tasktop for Visual Studio integrates the Mylyn framework into the Visual Studio IDE and provides access to the wide range of Tasktop Certified task, change and Agile project management solutions.
“The proliferation of Agile, task and change management tools has meant that Visual Studio developers spend an inordinate amount of time switching between browser-based applications and their IDE,” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “At today’s CeBIT conference we will be showcasing the latest Tasktop for Visual Studio, recently hardened by a private beta, to bring even more of the benefits of Eclipse Mylyn’s task management facilities to Visual Studio developers.”
With Tasktop for Visual Studio, development teams using Visual Studio gain access to the broad range of Mylyn integrations that are available. The public beta includes support for HP Quality Center, HP ALM, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Mozilla Bugzilla and Accept 360. Support will be extended to the full list of Tasktop Certified Connectors when Tasktop for Visual Studio becomes generally available next quarter. This release also builds on Tasktop’s recently announced support for Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server and long-term partnership with Microsoft’s Interoperability Group. Tasktop is a Visual Studio Premium Partner.
“We are excited about our relationship with Tasktop and are looking forward to demonstrating this significant new add-on to Visual Studio at CeBIT,” said Steffen Ritter, product marketing manager for Visual Studio and MSDN subscriptions at Microsoft Germany. “Now with Tasktop, Eclipse Mylyn users can benefit from the advantages of Team Foundation Server. We want to support every developer to do the best job possible. Though programming environments are heterogeneous, data storage needs to be homogeneous. With Team Foundation Server, users benefit from a great ALM platform.”
By providing traceability and knowledge sharing between a wide variety of tools and platforms, Tasktop helps reduce the complexity and challenges of successfully scaling Agile programs beyond small teams. Organizations using Tasktop are able to integrate and gain added value from heterogeneous systems, improve the happiness and productivity of development teams, and integrate and manage emerging technology platforms, such as cloud computing and mobile applications, into existing development practices. By adding support for Visual Studio, Tasktop is further addressing the disparate needs of its customer base which not only works with a wide variety of ALM components but also works with a range of technology platforms.
Availability
Tasktop for Visual Studio is now available in public beta. To download a version please visit (http://tasktop.com/visual-studio). General availability is expected in the second quarter of 2011. In addition, Tasktop will host a webinar, Introducing Tasktop for Visual Studio on March 10, 2011, from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. PST. To register please visit: (https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/330000155).
About Tasktop Technologies
Tasktop Technologies is the company behind the Eclipse Mylyn ALM integration framework and its revolutionary task-focused interface technology. The task-focused interface is proven to make developers more productive by showing only the relevant information for each task, dramatically reducing search time and facilitating multitasking. Tasktop Enterprise is the company’s commercial product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email, calendars and commercial ALM components. Tasktop also provides consulting, connector development services and training to the growing number of companies adopting the task-focused paradigm and tools. For more information please visit (www.tasktop.com).
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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
October 5, 2009
JNBRIDGE’S JNBRIDGEPRO NOW COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 7
Leading Java and Microsoft .NET Framework interoperability tool is now compatible with Windows 7
BOULDER, Colo., October 5, 2009 – JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com), the award-winning provider of Java and .NET Framework interoperability tools, announced today that the current version of JNBridgePro has achieved the Compatible with Windows 7 logo from Microsoft. Microsoft’s logo program is designed to ensure that third-party software applications running on Windows 7 meet specific compatibility and reliability requirements.
JNBridgePro connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applications together with simple-to-use Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse plug-ins that remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridgePro provides fast access to anything Java-based from anything .NET Framework-based and anything .NET Framework-based from anything Java-based, including Java Standard Edition, Java Enterprise Edition, Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), AWT, SWT, Swing, Microsoft .NET APIs, Microsoft ASP.NET, Windows Forms (WinForms), Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Developers can explore Java or .NET Framework-based classes to quickly select which classes to integrate, and then JNBridgePro builds proxies that are callable from the other side.
“JNBridge is fully committed to supporting the latest technologies on both platforms” said Wayne Citrin, CTO for JNBridge. “By ensuring that JNBridgePro is compatible with Windows 7, we can offer developers tools that will be guaranteed to work on their development machines, and enable them to build cross-platform applications that support Windows 7.”
Availability
JNBridgePro is available for immediate download from www.jnbridge.com, and can be purchased directly from JNBridge.
About JNBridge
JNBridge connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applications together with tools and adapters that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has over 350 unique customers in 40 countries that use JNBridge’s award-winning solutions in a wide variety of applications in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. Please visit www.jnbridge.com for more information.
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Contact information:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
October 28, 2008
JNBRIDGE ANNOUNCES NEW VERSION OF JMS ADAPTER FOR BIZTALK SERVER AT THE 2008 MICROSOFT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
Latest release adds support for transactions and 64-bit platforms
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 27, 2008 (Microsoft PDC Conference Booth # 1211)-JNBridge, a provider of Java and .NET Framework interoperability tools, announced today a new version of its JNBridge JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server at the Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC). The JNBridge JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server enables enterprises to quickly and easily integrate BizTalk Servers into any existing JMS (Java Messaging Service) infrastructure, allowing messages to be passed seamlessly between systems in a heterogeneous environment. The latest version of the adapter adds support for transactions and 64-bit platforms.
The JNBridge JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server provides enterprises with a fast and easy way to connect JMS capabilities with Microsoft’s BizTalk Server 2006 or BizTalk Server 2006 R2.The adapter uses a simple interface that hides the complexities of building a JMS client, requires no changes to existing JMS enterprise servers, and is compatible with any vendor’s JMS server.
The adapter utilizes the technologies in JNBridgePro, JNBridge’s flagship Java and .NET Framework interoperability product.
“Transactions are necessary for reliable business applications,” explained Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. “Without JMS transactions, if a BizTalk Server orchestration detects a problem during document processing, the incoming messages are lost. The messages may represent financial transactions – so losing them means money. With transactions, the messages are pushed back into the queue, so that when the problem is fixed, those messages can then be processed correctly, and not become lost.”
In addition, JNBridge will be releasing a new version of its JMS Adapter for .NET Framework, also with support for transactions and 64-bit platforms.
Both adapters are available immediately and full-featured evaluation copies can be downloaded by visiting www.jnbridge.com. The new versions will be released in early November.
About JNBridge
JNBridge connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applications together with interoperability tools that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has over 300 unique customers in 37 countries that use JNBridge’s solutions in a wide variety of applications in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. Please visit www.jnbridge.com for more information.
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All product or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact information, press only:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
July 28, 2008
JNBRIDGE EXPERTS SHOWCASE LATEST JAVA .NET INTEROP AT MICROSOFT TECH READY EVENT
Company executives to share insights on Java .NET interoperability
Who: Wayne Citrin
CTO
JNBridge
www.jnbridge.com
Bill Heinzman
Senior Software Engineer
JNBridge
www.jnbridge.com
What: Connecting a .NET application to a Java Messaging Service (JMS) system historically has been a top customer request, yet, until recently, difficult to achieve. Citrin and Heinzman will share how JNBridge’s solutions are leading the market in allowing enterprises to connect .NET and BizTalk Server applications. The sessions will explore the general structure and capabilities of the company’s interoperability solutions and provide an in-depth demo showing how the technology can be used in a variety of scenarios.
Where: Tech Ready
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101-2350
When: Mind the Gap
Tue., July 29
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. (Pacific)
The WCF Adapters for JMS
Thursday, July 31, 2008
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. (Pacific)
Contact: For more information on JNBridge or to set up an interview please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 13 or cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
May 23, 2008
JNBRIDGEPRO NAMED FINALIST IN BEST OF TECH-ED 2008 DEVELOPER AWARDS
Java & .NET Interoperability Tool Recognized by Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazines
BOULDER, Colo., May 22, 2008 (Tech-Ed Booth #1545) – JNBridge, the leading provider of Java and .NET interoperability tools, today announced that its flagship product, JNBridgePro, has been named a finalist in the “Best of Tech•Ed 2008 Developer Awards” in the Developer Tools category. The annual award is sponsored by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®.
The Best of Tech•Ed 2008 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products in the industry. The judges reviewed more than 65 products and services submitted for the contest and chose 13 finalists to be interviewed at the Tech•Ed 2008 Developers Conference in Orlando, Fla. Winners will be announced on June 5 at an evening reception for all of the finalists.
“Choosing from such a wide variety of outstanding entries is a challenge every year, and the quality of this year’s entries was particularly high,” said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategy director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. “The products selected as finalists clearly provide innovative solutions and strategic importance to the market and provide exceptional value to customers.”
JNBridgePro is a Java and .NET interoperability tool that allows access to an entire object-oriented Application Program Interface (API) from the other side, within a process or across a network. JNBridgePro removes the complexities of cross-platform interoperability, enabling development teams to build solutions in a day instead of weeks.
“We are honored to be recognized for our solution, JNBridgePro, which is uniquely designed for developers building cross-platform applications,” said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. “Interoperability is a key issue for any developer and JNBridgePro offers a streamlined way to ensure complete and immediate interoperability.”
About Windows IT Pro
Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication. Windows IT Pro also includes SQL Server Magazine and Office SharePoint Pro. The Windows IT Pro network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its Web sites each month, and more than one million subscribers who opt-in to one or more email newsletters. Windows IT Pro is the world’s leading producer of custom road shows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT and developer professionals. For more information visit: www.windowsitpro.com.
About Penton Media
Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company’s market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
About JNBridge
JNBridge connects Java and .NET based components and applications together with tools and adapters that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has over 300 unique customers in 37 countries that use JNBridge’s solutions in a wide variety of applications in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. Please visit www.jnbridge.com for more information.
Contact information:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
All product or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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October 20, 2007
JNBridge Releases Two New JMS Adapters for Microsoft .NET Framework and Biztalk Server
New adapters allow developers to quickly and easily integrate a JMS infrastructure with any .NET Framework application or BizTalk Server
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 30, 2007 – JNBridge, LLC today announced the release of two new first-to-market JMS adapters: The JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET and the JNBridge JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server. The new adapters provide a streamlined and automated method to connect JMS (Java Messaging Service) capabilities to Microsoft .NET Framework applications and BizTalk Server to accelerate the delivery of new software products and services to the enterprise.
“As customers use the .NET Framework and BizTalk Server as a foundation for their enterprise information systems, interoperability is a key requirement,” explained Dino Chiesa, Director of Marketing for the .NET Platform at Microsoft. “These new JMS adapters from JNBridge allow customers that already have Java-based messaging systems to connect to those systems from .NET and BizTalk programs. Interoperability between .NET or BizTalk applications and JMS systems just got a whole lot easier.”
The JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET integrates any vendor’s JMS implementation directly with a .NET Framework application. This adapter is the first commercially-available JMS adapter that relies on Microsoft’s new WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Line-of-Business adapter technology, allowing it to work with any custom .NET Framework application or any Microsoft program that can consume a WCF endpoint.
The JNBridge JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server provides enterprises with a fast and easy way to connect JMS capabilities with Microsoft’s BizTalk Server 2006 or its newly released BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
Both the JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET and the JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server use a simple interface that hides the complexities of building a JMS client. The JMS adapters require no changes to existing JMS enterprise servers and are compatible with any vendor’s JMS server. Both adapters utilize the technologies in JNBridgePro, JNBridge’s flagship Java and .NET interoperability product. The BizTalk adapter supports .NET Framework 2.0 and above, the .NET adapter supports .NET 3.0, and in the future JNBridge plans to support .NET 3.5.
“For years, our JNBridgePro customers have asked for an easy way to allow .NET Framework or BizTalk Server applications to send and receive messages from JMS servers,” explained Wayne Citrin, CTO at JNBridge. “Now, with our new JMS adapters for the .NET Framework and BizTalk Server, they have a streamlined and automatic way to ensure complete and immediate interoperability. Users don’t need to have detailed knowledge of both JMS programming and adapter construction to use the JMS Adapter for .NET or the JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server. We have fully automated the process for them in one single step.”
Both adapters are available immediately and full-featured evaluation copies can be downloaded by visiting www.jnbridge.com
About JNBridge
JNBridge connects Java and .NET based components and applications together with interoperability tools that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has grown to hundreds of customers and tens of thousands of users worldwide. Organizations using JNBridge products range from Global 500 enterprises to ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) and consulting shops, solving Java and .NET interoperability issues in a tremendous variety of applications. Please visit www.jnbridge.com for more information.
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All product or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact information, press only:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
