(September 24, 2002) -- SpiritSoft and Softwired, leading providers of open-standard messaging technologies, have announced an alliance that enables customers to benefit from the industry's best open-JMS frameworks and robust J2ME solution for connectivity to the mobile enterprise.

Softwired's iBus//Mobile supports the development of mobile solutions that make business applications accessible on various mobile/cellular networks. iBus//Mobile offers true mobile connectivity, with support for disconnected operation and integration with most common carrier technologies.

SpiritWave Open JMS Framework enables enterprises to leverage and integrate existing legacy systems - including IBM WebSphereMQ and Tibco Rendezvous - to build robust, flexible and future-proof Java applications based on the JMS, J2EE, and Web services standards.

Kevin Gibbs, CEO of SpiritSoft, said, "As the mobile market rebounds, telecommunications companies will require a messaging solution that bridges both sides of the mobile enterprise divide. iBus//Mobile is the only store-and-forward mobile middleware on the market that fully supports device mobility, J2ME, and is JMS compliant. This alliance means that our customers can build applications that rely on a real, working J2ME solution and at the same time benefit from the backbone of SpiritSoft's open-JMS framework that avoids vendor lock-in."

"Wireless and handheld devices pose new challenges to Java developers needing to extend enterprise applications to people on the move," said Mike Wilson, Softwired's director of Product Management. "Softwired's wireless JMS solves both the technical challenges and meets market needs. Our relationship with SpiritSoft means that architects and developers can leverage and seamlessly integrate existing MOM systems and extend their functionality to a wireless environment with industry-proven and accepted JMS technology."