DataDirect Technologies Enhances MessageGate's Application Development Efforts
Leader in E-Mail Governance Solutions Implements DataDirect Connect(R) for JDBC to Meet Customer Demand
BEDFORD, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE)
23-May-2006
DataDirect Technologies, the unparalleled leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration and an operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), today announced that MessageGate, a provider of enterprise e-mail governance solutions, has selected and implemented DataDirect Connect(R) for JDBC for its data connectivity needs. Integrating the suite of DataDirect Connect for JDBC drivers into its messaging security and compliance offering, MessageGate has been able to provide consistent quality and performance, meet growing customer requirements and streamline application development efforts.
As a premier provider of enterprise e-mail governance solutions, companies across the globe rely on MessageGate to cope with threats, improve archival and retrieval activities, and ensure proper e-mail usage. Asked by its customers to support an increasing number of databases, MessageGate decided to standardize on DataDirect Connect for JDBC drivers for a high-performing, consistent data access layer. This underscores the value of third-party data connectivity components like DataDirect's offering vs. vendor-provided drivers that come bundled with major databases.
"We selected DataDirect Connect for JDBC drivers to broaden our support for a multitude of database products while reducing our development efforts - and the decision has paid off," said Bill Kilcullen, vice president of program management for MessageGate. "DataDirect Connect for JDBC allows us to develop our applications once and then use them against a number of different databases without modification, saving time and money and ensuring they work every time."
MessageGate selected DataDirect because it offered the most comprehensive product line, a long track record of delivering proven technology and the strongest technical leadership position.
"Independent software vendors like MessageGate and corporate IT departments alike realize their data connectivity choices can have a significant impact on application performance, scalability and interoperability," said John Goodson, vice president of product operations for DataDirect Technologies. "We look forward to expanding our partnership with MessageGate to help meet the data access needs of its customers worldwide."
About MessageGate
MessageGate provides enterprise e-mail governance solutions to leading companies worldwide, helping companies cope with threats, improve archival and retrieval activities, and ensure proper usage across a variety of industries. MessageGate's offerings include: MessageGate(R) Activity Profile (MAP), MessageGate(R) Policy Enforcement, MessageGate(R) Archive Categorization, and MessageGate(R) Email Filtering. For more information, call 1-877-544-8500 or visit www.messagegate.com.
About DataDirect Technologies
DataDirect Technologies is the software industry's only comprehensive provider of software for connecting the world's most critical business applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect(R) products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET, XQuery and SOAP. More than 300 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect Technologies to simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed systems and to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS). For more information, visit www.datadirect.com.
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