MITEM adds Enterprise Messaging Support with Release 6.0 of MitemView™

First product designed to standardize the development of interfaces between legacy systems and messaging middleware

MENLO PARK, CA - Nov, 19th 2002 - MITEM Corporation, a leading provider of legacy integration software, today announced the immediate availability of MitemView version 6.0. This major release includes a new Enterprise Messaging Architecture that bridges the gap between legacy systems and messaging middleware. Other significant features include support for the Microsoft .NET platform, five new or improved terminal interfaces and further additions to the ProStart template library.

MitemView's new Enterprise Messaging Architecture provides a consistent way to work with virtually any messaging middleware solution. This architecture is designed to support today's pervasive middleware technologies including IBM MQSeries, TIBCO Rendezvous and ActiveEnterprise, HL7, XML, ASC X12, JMS and SOAP. The 6.0 release exposes myriad complex interfaces as easy-to-use, high-level adapters that take full advantage of the powerful MitemView framework.

"We have designed our messaging support from the ground up to avoid the unwieldy 'patchwork quilt' approach that requires discrete knowledge of different interfaces. MITEM now has support for enterprise messaging that is on par with our expertise in legacy terminal interfaces. This robust framework allows us to rapidly support additional messaging interfaces as our customers demand", stated Martin Fincham, vice president of marketing for MITEM.

By providing the ability to quickly integrate legacy applications with any messaging backbone, MitemView 6.0 allows companies to connect disparate systems, further automate business processes, and accelerate the deployment of end-to-end integration solutions while maintaining the performance and reliability of business critical applications. MitemView 6.0 is an integration solution that is infrastructure-ready; it is compatible and convergent with existing enterprise systems as well as whatever technology requirements an organization may add in the future.

MitemView 6.0 ships with support for:

• IBM MQSeries, TIBCO Rendezvous and TIBCO Active Enterprise. Additional
  messaging interfaces will become available throughout 2003.
  
  
• Five new or improved terminal interfaces: HP 700 family (includes models 2400, 2600, 2700), ADDS, Wyse, Televideo and Hazeltine.
  
  
• The Microsoft .NET platform: MitemView applications can now be developed using Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET in addition to the existing support for Visual Basic 6.0 and Java.
  
  
• New ProStart templates: ProStart, a Wizard-style application development tool, uses pre-built templates to automatically generate the foundation of a MitemView-based application. Several new templates are available in this release to assist customers with reducing development time and gaining efficiencies by using a powerful, reliable foundation upon which they can quickly build composite applications.
  
  
• Enhanced development tools: Various improvements to the tools and utilities that comprise the MitemView Software Development Kit (SDK).
  

About MitemView

MitemView is the industry's proven, non-invasive integration solution used to create composite applications from existing legacy system assets. By adopting a non-invasive approach to integration, MitemView serves as a truly universal adapter, able to interface with any existing or future system regardless of the underlying operating system, programming language, database, communications protocol or messaging infrastructure. Unlike other middleware and screen-scraping products, MitemView is engineered to preserve the high performance and reliability of business-critical applications.

MitemView's unique message processing system enables legacy applications, with no apparent formal message structure, to communicate with a MitemView server in a message-oriented way. This happens without modifying the legacy applications to 'message enable' them. Message-oriented systems simplify the integration control logic and maintain a flexible, loosely coupled architecture that enhances adaptability.

Contact:

MITEM Corporation
Andy Nelson
650.323.1500
pr@mitem.com

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