What was the announcement Microsoft made with Software AG on March 21, 2000?
Software AG and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic agreement to integrate Software AG’s enterprise integration technologies with Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 to extend its COM Transaction Integrator (COMTI) feature to 3270 I/O-based Customer Information Control System (CICS) applications. This offering expands the integration of Microsoft® Windows® and non-Windows operating system-based enterprise systems and provides a broader offering by Microsoft and Software AG in the application integration space. The arrangement also includes support for Software AG’s Natural applications. Software AG will adapt its existing OS/390-based technology to integrate tightly with COMTI, and will sell the new offering as an add-on product to Host Integration Server 2000. The companies will work together to market and support the solution to enterprise customers.