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JNBRIDGE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF JAVA & .NET INTEROPERABILITY

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:50:57 +0000

Company to commemorate milestone with year-long series of events and activities

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 31, 2012 â�� 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 worldâ��s foremost companies as customers: including financial services, insurance, telecom, media, government, healthcare and manufacturing industries. To celebrate the companyâ��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. â��The past 10 years have been an incredible journey for our company and customers,â�� said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. â��The interest and demand for our Java .NET interoperability solutions continues to increase, and weâ��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.â�� 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. JNBridgeâ��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. Â JNBridgeâ��s interoperability adapters and software have received numerous accolades over the years, including being cited as a Gartner Cool Vendor, Readerâ��s Choice Award from Visual Studio Magazine, and Best of Tech-Ed finalist. â��Microsoft values the relationships it has cultivated throughout the years with partners like JNBridge,â�� said Tom Lindeman, Director of the Visual Studio Industry Partner program at Microsoft. â��The technology of connecting .NET to other platforms allows us to extend our reach and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability.â�� For more information on the companyâ��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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TASKTOP ANNOUNCES BETA OF MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO ADD-IN

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:54:35 +0000

TASKTOP ANNOUNCES BETA OF MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO ADD-IN

Tasktop for Visual Studio brings Eclipse Mylyn ALM interoperability to the .NET developer community

VANCOUVER, December 2, 2010 -Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of the Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced Tasktop for Visual Studio. Now available in beta, with general availability scheduled for the first quarter of 2011, the new product will bring Tasktop's award winning task management system and ALM integration and federation 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, including the recently released HP Quality Center.

"With Mylyn having transformed the way that developers work in the Eclipse IDE, we are thrilled to start providing the benefits of task-focused collaboration to all those who have requested this functionality in Visual Studio," said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. "This beta release provides Mylyn's task management functionality within Visual Studio and layers on Mylyn's unique collaboration features, enabling developers to plan and communicate with their team without leaving Visual Studio."
With this new beta release, development teams using Visual Studio gain access to the broad range of Mylyn integrations that are available, including HP Quality Center and ALM, IBM Rational Team Concert, Bugzilla, Trac, Mantis, Rally, ThoughtWorks Studios, VersionOne, Accept 360, CollabNet, Perforce, Polarion and JIRA. 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.

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 for evaluation as a beta. To participate in the initial private beta, please sign up at (http://tasktop.com/visual-studio). General availability is expected in the first quarter of 2011.

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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JNBRIDGE WINS MERIT AWARD FROM THE READERS OF VISUAL STUDIO MAGAZINE

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:40:57 +0000

JNBRIDGE WINS MERIT AWARD FROM THE READERS OF VISUAL STUDIO MAGAZINE

JNBridgePro awarded in middleware, SOA and server-based tool market category

BOULDER, Colo., November 4, 2010 - JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com), the leading provider of interoperability tools that connect the Java and .NET Frameworks, today announced that JNBridgePro received a Readers Choice Merit Award in the Visual Studio Magazine (VSM) 18th Annual Readers Choice Awards. The 2010 winners are chosen by the readers of VSM and honor the best Visual Studio-related tools available in the market today. JNBridgePro was selected by readers for a Merit Award for adding significant value to the developer market in the Middleware, SOA and Server-based tools category.

"We rely on Visual Studio Magazine subscribers to drive our annual Readers Choice Awards, because they are among the most demanding and knowledgeable developers on the planet," said Michael Desmond, editor-in-chief of Visual Studio Magazine. "Our readers live and die by their tools. So when a product earns recognition in our survey, it really means something. These tools have proven themselves out where it really counts-not in a reviewer's lab, but in the field. I commend all the winners in this year's VSM Readers Choice Awards."

The Readers Choice Awards are based on the hard-won expertise and insight of VSM subscribers. Every year, the publication invites a select subset of readers to fill out survey ballots and identify the top products across specific tooling categories. The process ensures the awards reflect the opinion of VSM readers.

"We are honored to be recognized by those who know our products the best - developers - as there is no better confirmation that we are delivering upon our promise to provide useful tools that bridge Java and .NET and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability," said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. "It has been a rewarding experience to see the rapid adoption of JNBridgePro by enterprise developers who seek to connect Java and .NET Framework components and APIs together. We look forward to continuing to deliver solutions which meet developers' needs."

For more information on JNBridge and their interoperability product offering, please visit: (www.jnbridge.com).

About Visual Studio Magazine
1105 Redmond Media Group's Visual Studio Magazine provides news, analysis and how-to, practical articles that teach enterprise developers how to create applications with Visual Studio better, faster and more easily. The award-winning editorial reaches the core of the Microsoft developer community-software architects, senior developers and development managers. The publication reaches 75,000 subscribers monthly. For more information, visit http://VisualStudioMagazine.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. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has over 400 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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JNBRIDGE TO RELEASE JNBRIDGEPRO VERSION 5.1 WITH SUPPORT FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2010 AND MICROSOFT.NET FRAMEWORK 4

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:22:46 +0000

JNBridgePro 5.1 enables developers to access Java from Visual Studio 2010 while working with multiple versions of the .NET Framework

BOULDER, Colo., April 12, 2010 - JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com/jnbpro51.htm), the award-winning provider of Java and .NET Framework interoperability tools, today announced it will be releasing JNBridgePro 5.1. The company's latest version of its core product has been upgraded to include support for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.

JNBridgePro connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applications together with simple-to-use Visual Studio and Eclipse plug-ins that remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridgePro 5.1 enables developers to access Java components from Visual Studio 2010, and work with multiple .NET Frameworks, including .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and now 4.0.

".NET Framework 4 has a brand new set of core assemblies," said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. "Users need to be able to create interoperability projects that are targeted toward a specific version of the .NET Framework. Visual Studio 2010 supports multi-targeting toward .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0. JNBridgePro 5.1 enables users to target the specific .NET Framework version they need."

JNBridgePro's Visual Studio plug-in allows developers to explore and expose Java classes directly within Visual Studio 2010. Developers can access any Java-based component or application, and use JNBridgePro to build proxies that are directly callable from .NET Framework-based code.

"Microsoft is pleased that JNBridge, a Visual Studio Industry Partner, has invested early in supporting Visual Studio 2010 and our next-generation application development platform, and is simultaneously shipping JNBridgePro version 5.1," said Eddie Amos, General Manager, Developer Platform and Tools Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "Products like JNBridgePro help customers simplify their development process from design to deployment when using Microsoft products like Visual Studio 2010 and.NET Framework 4."

Availability
JNBridgePro 5.1 will be available for download beginning on April 26, and can be purchased directly from JNBridge. For more information on JNBridgePro please visit: (www.jnbridge.com/jnbpro51.htm).

About JNBridge
JNBridge is the industry's leading provider of interoperability software that connect Java and .NET framework-based components applications together with simple-to-use tools and adapters that remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability and generate high performance communications. The company's core product, JNBridgePro, and its JMS adapters for .NET and for BizTalk Server are uniquely designed to enable enterprises to quickly and easily integrate between heterogeneous infrastructures. JNBridge was founded in 2001 in Boulder, Colorado as a privately held company and boasts more than 400 customers in 40 countries. Customers include leading Fortune 500 companies and organizations in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. For more information, please visit (www.jnbridge.com/jnbpro51.htm).

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Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com