OpenSpan Announces Windows Container for Lotus

OpenSpan Becomes IBM Advanced Business Partner; New Product to Extend Lotus to Windows Applications

LOTUSPHERE, ORLANDO–January 21, 2009–OpenSpan, Inc., a leader in desktop productivity and SOA acceleration software, today announced OpenSpan Windows Container for Lotus. The new product enables IBM Lotus Expeditor version 6.2 or greater and IBM Lotus Notes version 8.5 or greater to be extended to integrate and automate native Windows applications.

Lotus Expeditor helps enterprises improve employee productivity and business responsiveness by providing a composite desktop that integrates and aggregates multiple business applications. OpenSpan extends the value and accelerates the ROI of Lotus Notes and Expeditor solutions by enabling rapid integration of a broad range of Windows applications. With OpenSpan, enterprises can easily combine disparate applications into a single Lotus Composite Desktop solution, automate data transfer between applications and leverage the integrated security, deployment and management features of the Lotus framework.

OpenSpan also announced that it has achieved Advanced level Business Partner status within IBM's PartnerWorld, a worldwide business partner program that delivers an enhanced level of benefits in marketing, sales support, technical enablement and skill development.

"IBM Lotus customers can now rely on OpenSpan Windows Container for Lotus to integrate and automate applications not currently supported by Expeditor," said Eric Musser, CEO, OpenSpan. "We're also pleased to have reached the Advanced level within IBM's PartnerWorld program. Our membership will help us build on our expanding footprint in the global banking and financial services, telecommunications, outsourcers and contact centers markets."

OpenSpan is demonstrating OpenSpan Windows Container for Lotus at Booth # 315 at IBM Lotusphere 2009, January 18-22, at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla.

About OpenSpan, Inc.
Global 2000 enterprises leverage the OpenSpan Platform to integrate applications, service-enable legacy systems, automate business processes, extend functionality and build new composite applications in order to realize immediate value on their IT investments. OpenSpan and its partners utilize the company's unique approach to integration to accelerate service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployments and increase enterprise desktop productivity. OpenSpan received a SIIA CODiE Award for Software Newcomer of the Year, an Editors' Choice Award from Redmond magazine and a Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine. A venture-backed company, OpenSpan is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. More information about OpenSpan is located online at www.openspan.com.

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