ATLANTA – November 18, 2008 – GT Software, a leading global provider of rapid SOA development solutions that leverage mainframe resources, today announced the Ivory mainframe service-oriented architecture (SOA) solution has been ca smart certified with CA Datacom and CA IDMS from CA, Inc. (CA). This certification enables the integration of CA IDMS and CA Datacom into a service oriented architecture using GT Software’s Ivory solution which helps extend SOA participation to mainframe assets, including online transactions, business logic and data.

 

Ivory from GT Software supports the deployment of mainframe-based Web services across a broad range of platforms, giving organizations flexibility where they choose to deploy SOA-related workload.

 

This certification provides integration capabilities which can be used to expose CA Datacom and CA IDMS data and applications as a Web service. Ivory’s certification with CA IDMS/DC allows native IDMS programs to consume Web services.

 

“CA customers are looking for ways to quickly, flexibly, and cost-effectively create Web-based services that leverage the rich information assets residing in their CA Datacom and CA IDMS mainframe databases,” said Mark Combs, senior vice president and general manager in CA’s Mainframe Business Unit. “GT Software's Ivory solution provides them with an excellent means of achieving this important objective.”

 

As part of the GT Software commitment to the CA customer base, GT Software will present two hands-on sessions at CA World, an education and networking conference for CA customers and partners in Las Vegas, NV, November 16-20, 2008. These sessions will educate CA IDMS, CA Ideal and CA Datacom users on cutting-edge service-oriented architecture solutions.

 

Registration for the GT Software sessions at CA World is accessible via the following links:

 

Mainframe SOA with Ivory Service Architect:    MD113SN – http://caworld.com/agendas/SessionDetails.aspx?SessionId=170

Hands-On SOA Deployment Lab (Part 1):          MD114LNA – http://caworld.com/agendas/SessionDetails.aspx?SessionId=169

Hands-On SOA Deployment Lab (Part 2):          MD114LNB – http://caworld.com/agendas/SessionDetails.aspx?SessionId=168

 

Participants in these sessions will gain practical hands-on experience in orchestrating and deploying mainframe Web services with CA IDMS and CA Ideal transactions and CA Datacom databases. 

 

“GT Software is intently focused on forging deep technology partnerships with world-class industry leaders like CA,” said Rob Morris, chief strategy officer for GT Software. “The ca smart certification yields a tremendous amount of opportunity for CA IDMS and CA Datacom users by enabling them to match proven mainframe SOA tools with highly scalable and reliable application and data platforms.”