SAN ANTONIO, TX – ASNA (Amalgamated Software of North America) announced today that IBM officially added ASNA’s Windows-based and .NET developer solutions to its vaunted iSeries Developer Roadmap, a critical component of the midrange system giant’s vigorous third-party support program known as the IBM eServer iSeries Initiative for Innovation.

IBM’s roadmap reference of ASNA’s iSeries modernization and extension solutions, coupled with support from Microsoft through the Midrange Alliance Program (MAP, which ASNA co-founded), provides iSeries users with the only fully .NET compliant solution for application modernization endorsed by both IBM and Microsoft. iSeries users looking for the best possible solutions for modernizing their midrange systems can now rest assured of support from IBM as well as Microsoft for .NET migration efforts.

Third-party tools that make it onto the iSeries Developer Roadmap are considered the primary products that meet the rigorous requirements of IBM’s iSeries innovation initiative. The initiative is designed by IBM to improve its support for thousands of ISVs and tools providers, to broaden its capabilities through new and innovative solutions under the eServer umbrella.

“Becoming part of the IBM iSeries Developer Roadmap puts ASNA in the position of providing the only modernization tools that extend the value of the iSeries, because we help make iSeries applications to be Web-enabled with services and become part of a service-oriented architecture,” said Anne Ferguson, president of ASNA. “This is important to iSeries users because now they have highly credible options to address their unique modernization scenarios and needs.”

Mark Bondurant, Vice President Information Technology with CBK, a wholesale distributor of home décor and accessories in Union City, Tenn., said, “ASNA’s visionary leadership is being validated by IBM.”

“By adopting a .NET strategy for iSeries early on and ahead of IBM’s own planning really reflects the degree to which ASNA is in touch with our needs from a customer perspective,” Bondurant said. “ASNA was at the forefront of the market from the get-go, and was dead-on with its .NET strategy. We’re more than happy to have followed its lead.”

Ferguson added that the addition of ASNA’s Windows and .NET products to the roadmap is a reflection of IBM’s acknowledgement of the pervasive heterogeneity of environments, and the significant role .NET plays in the strategies of many enterprises today. IBM customers and ISVs can now be confident with any decision to choose ASNA as a result of the concurrent support of both major platform providers.

“IBM clearly recognizes the success and adoption of .NET amongst enterprises with iSeries systems, often at the expense of WebSphere/JAVA,” she added. “And that’s okay, because by adding ASNA, IBM covers all bases in the interests of its customers. ASNA products support RPG programs and development environments while enabling modern .NET-compliant program development, something no one else is capable of delivering to the market.”

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