KMR selects looksoftware for System i application modernization

Melbourne, Australia - March 2007. looksoftware, specialists in reusing, extending and integrating core applications, today announced that KMR Systems had selected looksoftware as its strategic partner for modernizing its System i based applications.

KMR joins a long list of System i application vendors that embed looksoftware’s products in their application solutions to support technologies including: rich, thin and mobile GUIs and SOA compliant web services. Michael G Galligan, CEO of KMR said, “The strong functionality of the looksoftware product suite will set us apart from our competitors. Our current outlook anticipates strong growth in all sectors of our business.”

Marcus Dee from looksoftware said, “KMR’s experience and knowledge of its target market, is reflected in the rich functionality of its application solutions. Like many of our application partners, they need to deliver new capabilities that reuse this existing code, quickly and easily. The need for rich, thin and mobile GUIs and easier integration is immediate. They understand web services and SOA is their future and we can get them there without them having to change their RPG code.”

looksoftware’s application vendor program is suited to any System i application vendor with existing System i applications. Partners include: Capgemini, Active Logistics, Fiserv, E-Buzz, Innovative Computing Corporation, Optimum Solutions and LANSA to name a few. For more information about looksoftware’s application vendor program please visit: http://www.looksoftware.com/partvnd.htm

Read more about KMR's modernization and SOA strategy. http://www.looksoftware.com/casestudy_kmr.htm

About KMR Systems
Headquartered in New York, KMR Systems, specializes in customized state-of-the-art software solutions for Benefit Funds, Labor Unions, Claims Processing and Pension Systems. For more information visit: http://www.kmrsystems.com.

About looksoftware
looksoftware, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia is an Advanced IBM Partner and Microsoft Certified Business Partner, providing easy-to-use, powerful tools to web-enable, reuse, extend and integrate legacy applications. looksoftware is a member of the IBM Developer Roadmap and the Midrange Alliance Program. With over 1,500 customers in 45 countries, looksoftware’s products are distributed via a global network of 120 resellers and ISV partners.

For more information
Contact looksoftware in Australia on + 61 3 9535 4444 or looksoftware in the USA on 678 494 5465. Alternatively visit our website www.looksoftware.com