Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Selects Progress(R) FUSE(TM) as SWIM Segment 1 Foundation for FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation SystemBEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 29, 2009--
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global provider of
application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate
and manage business applications, today announced that the
Federal
Aviation Administration (
FAA) selected
Progress®
FUSE™ products to provide the open source integration underpinnings
for their System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Program. The
selection of FUSE open source products allows the SWIM program to
interoperate with many other existing vendor technologies already in use
by the
FAA.
The SWIM Segment 1 program (www.swim.gov)
comprises seven SWIM Implementing Programs (SIPs) that manage weather
and flight data, as well as aeronautical and National Airspace System
(NAS) status information, and seamlessly and securely provides it to NAS
users in a well-understood format. The FUSE technologies will play the
role of "Middleware Mediator" in the FAA’s existing infrastructure.
One of the most difficult challenges facing the FAA when integrating
their enterprise information systems is the use of disparate
technologies, products and standards among their legacy heterogeneous
systems. Following an extensive review of vendors and their offerings,
the FAA chose FUSE because of its ability to easily "plug-and-play" into
the FAA’s IT infrastructure, and to accommodate different standards for
service oriented architectures (e.g., JBI, Web services).
Progress Software’s FUSE products are tested and certified releases of
leading SOA Open Source projects of the Apache Software Foundation. A
key factor in the FAA’s decision to implement FUSE was the flexibility
of being able to deploy the FUSE solutions with other commercial
products.
The Federal Government has invested in multiple generations of
technology but remains under pressure to deliver more products and
services with its existing infrastructure. They cannot ‘rip and replace’
all systems, instead they have to find ways to streamline existing
installations without causing any disruption. The FAA chose Progress
Software because of its ability to ensure interoperability between new
and legacy systems, which nicely supports their incremental adoption
process.
Another key factor in the FAA’s decision to select Progress Software,
other than the technical and economic reasons, was Progress' ability to
deliver open source solutions backed by a comprehensive support services
division. Open Source and SOA are both relatively new concepts to large
parts of the FAA’s IT organization, and the FAA will rely on Progress
Professional Services to assist with this formidable education
challenge. The Progress Education Department is currently delivering a
variety of training measures at various FAA locations, tailored to the
specific needs of the participating SIPs.
Stephen D. Hendrick, Group Vice President, Application Development and
Deployment at IDC, said: "As enterprises seek to optimize their
operations for both flexibility and cost effectiveness, they are finding
many more options and deployment models now available to them, including
an increasing amount of service-based and open source solutions.
Ensuring these options can integrate with and extend upon current
systems is critical for today's demanding needs and to extract more
value from existing investments, however it is also important to make
sure these solutions provide a strong foundation with key vendor support
to help prepare and move into the future."
Ken Rugg, general manager vice president of products, Progress Software,
noted: “We are responding to market demand for feature-rich
functionality and mission critical support through the integration of
open source and commercial SOA solutions. We are offering unprecedented
flexibility to mission critical integration infrastructure by providing
an architecture that gives IT organizations a choice between the best of
two worlds -- Open Source and traditional open integration
infrastructure solutions.”
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides application
infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and
management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the
benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and
total cost of ownership. Progress can be reached at www.progress.com
or +1-781-280-4000.
FUSE and Progress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress
Software Corporation or one of its affiliates or subsidiaries in the
U.S. and other countries. Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other
countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of
their respective owners.
Source: Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software
Lisa Coulouris, +1 781-280-4995
lcoulour@progress.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Rich Young, +1 617-226-8842
progresssoftware@lewispr.com
