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SonicMQ bridges the gap

Johannesburg, 18 Apr 2001

Bridging the gap between legacy systems and Internet B2B Sonic Software, a leader in e-business messaging (EBM) software and services, has extended the connectivity of its award-winning Internet messaging server, SonicMQ, with a family of bridges to other Java Message Service (JMS) and legacy messaging systems such as IBM`s MQSeries, as well as other Internet B2B services.

The SonicMQ Bridge for JMS solves the problem of interoperability among different JMS implementations. "Many implementers find it necessary to integrate their new B2B applications with legacy systems based on IBM MQSeries," says Rick Parry, MD of Progress Software SA, the sole distributor of SonicMQ in SA, "The SonicMQ Bridge for MQSeries provides an easy-to-implement solution to this potentially thorny problem. Once configured, the bridge will seamlessly route message traffic between a JMS messaging domain and an MQSeries domain."

Although JMS is the first and only standard for messaging-oriented middleware (MOM), it does not define how various implementations should "talk" to each other. As a result, vendors have had to rely on their own proprietary methods for communicating over Internet protocols, such as TCP/IP and HTTP, thereby making different JMS implementations incompatible with each other over the wire, says Parry.

In a similar fashion, the SonicMQ Mail Connector makes it easy to build a B2B solution on top of the reliable messaging infrastructure of SonicMQ. The mail connector also includes parties that only transact business via e-mail transports, or those that wish to use e-mail as a fallback transport, should their primary network transport happen to fail. For example, developers can use the SonicMQ Mail Connector to broadcast bid requests to suppliers who can only receive e-mail.

Says Parry: "Successfully implementing Internet B2B not only requires high performance, and massively scalable messaging, but also integration with different systems and protocols. This new technology gives developers the ability to use the standards-based API in SonicMQ in order to access these other systems quickly and transparently."

The bridges provide transparent connection to popular Internet protocols and legacy messaging systems. In addition, via a new SonicMQ Bridge Programming Framework, developers can extend the product`s reach to additional applications and systems.

"SonicMQ offers enhanced performance over the Internet and stands out as Internet-friendly message oriented middleware by leveraging its roots in the increasingly popular JMS specification," says Parry. It now also offers a bridge to IBM`s MQSeries, enabling IT shops looking to integrate both their EAI and Internet initiatives with a best-of-both-worlds approach. The new components comprise:

  • A bridge for access between SonicMQ and the IBM MQSeries

  • A bridge for access to other JMS implementations

  • SonicMQ Mail Connector to extend and integrate JMS messaging with ubiquitous e-mail protocols

  • A programming framework that provides an API and services for developers to create custom adapters to enterprise applications and legacy systems.

Parry says the family of bridges provides transparent, high-volume bi-directional access with no code changes to applications, and little or no maintenance after initial configuration. Developers can use one or multiple bridges as necessary to extend the standards-based messaging models of SonicMQ to additional messaging systems and Internet services.

SonicMQ is based on the JMS specification, part of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standard from Sun, which provides a common set of messaging concepts and programming strategies enabling developers to add enterprise messaging capabilities to their applications. SonicMQ extends JMS by supporting key Internet standards such as XML, HTTP tunnelling and SSL.

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Sonic Software Corporation

Sonic Software is a leading provider of e-business messaging (EBM) software and services. The SonicMQ E-Business Messaging Server provides highly scalable, standards-based Internet middleware that enables the guaranteed and secure delivery of business data between applications across the distributed enterprise or between companies for B2B exchange.

Sonic Software Corporation`s global customers include Commerce One and Hewlett Packard in addition to many of the world`s largest corporations across a wide variety of industries including electronic commerce, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and energy.

Sonic Software Corporation is a wholly owned operating company of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS). For more information see www.sonicmq.com.

Progress Sopftware Corporation

Founded in 1981, Progress Software Corporation (PSC) (NASDAQ: PRGS) is the parent organisation of three wholly owned subsidiaries, Sonic Software, NuSphere Corporation and PSC`s business unit, the Progress Company. Joseph Alsop continues as President and Founder of PSC. The company is dedicated to providing the best technologies for all aspects of e-business development, deployment, integration and management.

Progress Software SA

Progress Software South Africa is a supplier of software products for e-business applications and is the official South African presence of Progress Software Corporation.

Progress Software South Africa is a supplier of software products and services for developing, deploying and managing business applications moving to the Internet. It offers messaging servers, application servers, databases, and application development and management products.

The Progress RDBMS has been noted for its low overhead, small footprint, and high scalability and has been cited by Gartner/Dataquest as the leading Embedded Database worldwide for the past three years.

For more information, visit www.progress.com.