Stratus joins Mainframe Migration Alliance

1 December 2006

Stratus Technologies is among the latest companies to join the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA), set up by Microsoft to help companies migrate mission-critical applications from their proprietary mainframe computers onto smaller, flexible and cost-effective Windows-based systems.

The company's ftServer systems are used to run high-value Windows applications for customers globally in financial services, banking, telecommunications, public safety, federal government, and a range of other industries.

"We welcome Stratus Technologies to the Mainframe Migration Alliance," said Spyros Sakellariadis, director of the Mainframe Alliance Programme at Microsoft. "With its deep industry know-how, we are confident Stratus Technologies will provide value to existing MMA members and customers to help move mission-critical applications from expensive mainframe systems to the more agile and cost-effective Windows platform."

"Stratus has real-world experience helping clients move from the proprietary mainframe world to open systems, and membership in the MMA allows us to leverage our core competency ? providing servers and solutions for continuous availability of mission-critical business operations," said Greg Enriquez, Stratus's senior vice president of field operations. "We are extremely pleased to be a member of the alliance, and we look forward to contributing to its mission and benefiting from the expertise of the other members."