OpenSpan Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner Program

OpenSpan Enables Developers to Rapidly Integrate New Applications with Existing Enterprise Applications

ATLANTA, GA–October 20, 2009 – OpenSpan, Inc., a leader in business user productivity software, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program to closer align the OpenSpan Platform with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. By making future releases of the OpenSpan Platform available as a Visual Studio plug-in, developers will be able to more quickly integrate new applications with virtually any existing enterprise application. In addition, developers will be able to automate workflows that span both new and existing enterprise applications. With almost 200 partners, the VSIP program provides technical and marketing support to partners who have integrated their products with Visual Studio.

"OpenSpan Studio provides developers a rapid point-and-click environment for integrating new applications with virtually any enterprise applications," said Brad Murdoch, executive vice president of products and strategy, OpenSpan. "Developers can now automate workflows across any applications regardless of where they are hosted – on desktops, in server rooms, in a virtual environment or in the cloud."

"We are pleased to have OpenSpan join the VSIP program and enable developers to quickly integrate new and existing applications," said Tom Honeybone, senior director of Marketing and Business Development at Microsoft Corp. "With the OpenSpan Platform, Microsoft Visual Studio customers can easily deploy new applications and increase enterprise productivity."

The OpenSpan Platform is now available for the first time as a free trial. To register for the OpenSpan Virtual Test Drive, please visit www.openspan.com/virtualtestdrive.

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