Las Vegas, Nevada "“June 16, 2008 - ComForte GmbH, a global leading provider of Host Connectivity and Security Solutions for the HP NonStop platform announced at the HP Technology Forum and Expo in Las Vegas, that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Unlimited Software Associates, Inc and the Intellectual Property Rights for the security solutions from Baker Street Software, Inc. and Cross-El Software Solutions, Inc.
USA, Inc. is a long-time distributor of comForte and its preceding companies in the US as well as the sales and support partner for Baker Street Software and Cross-El Software Solutions. comForte adds the products SafePoint®, BOSS and eBOSS to its Security Solutions offering making comForte the one-stop shop for security solutions on HP NonStop.
With the BOSS solution, organizations can guard against harmful breaches while, at the same time, ensure that only qualified users get reliable access to the information and systems they need. BOSS delivers the sophisticated capabilities to intelligently control if, when, and how specific users can access corporate data and applications.
With the eBOSS solution, organizations can provide users with secure, single sign-on access to corporate applications through a centralized Enterprise portal regardless of their platform.
SafePoint® offers a centralized interface, which enables administrators to more efficiently and effectively manage Safeguard security on HP NonStop. With SafePoint®, administrators get a single solution for managing, monitoring, and reporting upon multiple NonStop systems.
"The addition of the security solutions from Baker Street Software and Cross-El Software Solutions strengthen comForte's security product portfolio considerably as they perfectly complement our current offering." says Dr. Michael Rossbach, CEO of comForte. "We are in a position now where we can offer our customers end-to-end security, making comForte the one-stop shop for security solutions on HP NonStop. With the developers and support staff of Safepoint® and eBOSS/BOSS joining comForte, we, acting in concert, have made a long term commitment to the continued development, enhancement and support of all our products going forward. This is excellent news for our customer base".
"The North American Region is key to comForte and the addition of USA Inc. is another major milestone in the execution of comForte's strategic plan for growth", Dr. Michael Rossbach, continues, "comForte embarked on a direct sales strategy in 2005 when it established its North American operation comForte, Inc. The acquisition of USA Inc. will add significant and experienced manpower to comForte's US organisation. We have a long-standing business relationship with USA Inc and they represented comForte and its preceding companies in the U.S. and many other countries since 1990. We are very pleased to welcome USA Inc.'s staff to comForte."
For more information please contact Dr. Michael Rossbach at M.Rossbach@comforte.com
About comForte GmbH
comForte develops and markets high-performance Host connectivity software for users of HP NonStop systems. comForte's mission is to assist enterprises to deploy secure, manageable and cost-effective NonStop server access across the enterprise. comForte offers a wide spectrum of products for secure NonStop system connectivity, legacy renewal and integration and expert consulting to provide complete and future-oriented solutions that leverage the latest technologies. Today, more than 500 enterprises worldwide rely on comForte solutions to manage access to mission-critical NonStop server applications and data. More information is located at www.comforte.com.