Company consolidates eight pension fund information management systems into a single unified system running on IBM WebSphere Portal
San Jose, Calif. - November 12, 2007 Mainsoft® Corporation, a leading .NET-Java™ EE interoperability company, today announced that Opal Future Technologies Inc., an IT provider for eight pension funds, was named to the top ten of IDG's InfoWorld 100 Most Innovative Corporate Solutions for 2007. The annual awards honor IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals.
Using Mainsoft software, Opal crossed the .NET-Java EE software standards divide to consolidate eight pension fund software systems running on a variety of disparate platforms, into a unified, rich end-user environment running on an open standards-based IBM WebSphere Portal environment. Mainsoft's .NET Extensions for WebSphere Portal allowed Opal's team of Microsoft® developers to quickly integrate critical .NET applications and services directly onto the portal, without having to rewrite the applications in Java.
"Whether ushering legacy systems into the agile era or revolutionizing how their companies leverage technology to meaningful ends, this year's winners are both inspiration and proof that striking a new path in IT can reap deep organizational rewards," said InfoWorld Senior Editor Jason Snyder.
In a two-phased approach, Opal gave more than 500 government employees and pension fund managers single sign-on, role-based access to a uniform set of tools and applications to administer the funds. Phase two, scheduled for deployment in February 2008, opens the portal to three million pension fund account holders, who will be able to access their account balances and reports online as well as adjust contribution levels and allocations to different investment options.
"We applaud Opal's recognition as one of InfoWorld's Top 10 most innovative corporate solutions for 2007," said Yaacov Cohen, president and CEO, Mainsoft. "Opal joins a growing number of organizations that are integrating .NET and Java assets into an open, scalable Java EE architecture."
For more information on Opal visit: http://www.mainsoft.com/solutions/opal.aspx. For more information on 2007 InfoWorld 100 Awards visit: http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=93246.
About Mainsoft
Founded in 1993, Mainsoft Corporation is a leading provider of .NET-Java EE interoperability solutions. The company's product suite and services enable businesses to deliver a complete front-end Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), with secure, role-based access to .NET and Java services. Currently, Mainsoft is helping more than 150 businesses deploy Windows applications natively on open systems, including IBM WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server as well as on the UNIX and Linux operating systems. For more information about Mainsoft, visit www.mainsoft.com.
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