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Metrixware announces the acquisition of Scort |
Metrixware announces the acquisition of Scort
02.12.2010 - Through this acquisition Metrixware strengthens its position of major player in the Information Systems valorisation and optimisation market. Scort's tools for application modernisation in mainframe environments grow Metrixware's range of application portfolio management and IT governance solutions
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Nanterre, 12 February 2010 - Metrixware, producer of software solutions dedicated to Application Portfolio Management (APM) and IT Governance, announces the acquisition of Scort, a company specialising in mainframe application modernisation towards J2EE and .Net architectures. This operation underlines Metrixware's intention to position itself as a major player in the Information Systems modernisation market, with an exhaustive offer that covers all aspects of the IS management and valorisation process. Based on the same strategy, this merger is the foundation stone of a solid and durable group with nearly one hundred people and an expected 2010 turnover of over € 8 M.
From assessment of the present towards modernisation
Historically, Metrixware has been present in the Application Portfolio Management and IT Governance market since 1995, when it decided to provide IT management with the information they require to analyse and steer their application portfolio.
Scort was created in 1996, and has ever since specialised in solutions aimed at simplifying the integration between mainframe applications and Web architectures. Its solutions make the collaboration between Cobol and Web teams easier, valorise their respective expertise, and automatically generate robust, documented and immediately useable Java/.Net components.
With this acquisition Metrixware is in a position to offer a complete solution range to industrialise the Information Systems steering and optimisation, from the inventory and quality/criticality/cost assessment, through knowledge mining tools, to modernisation tools for mainframe based corporate applications.
Functional and geographical complementarity
Scort's dual competence in mainframe & new technologies complements Metrixware's. The resulting new team (about one hundred people, out of which 60 in R&D) is ready to guide its clients in the valorisation of their Information Systems, helping them to re-use and optimise their existing applications, regardless of the underlying technology.
Renowned and appreciated by its customers, the Scort brand remains active. This strategy is bound to enable Metrixware to reinforce its international development, based on Scort's Spanish subsidiary and its prestigious customers, among which Iberia, Axa and GasNatural.
About Scort
Scort is one of the main European software companies that produce solutions aimed at simplifying the integration of mainframe into new Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). Scort's technologies take over the business logic from mainframe systems (IBM, Bull, Unisys...) "as is" and make it accessible from within SOA environments. They also make it possible for mainframe based business applications to call upon distant Web Services.
Scort's solutions are used by domestic and international corporations to ensure the evolutivity and interoperability of their mainframe applications, among which Allianz, Pôle Emploi, AXA, Banque Postale, CNP Insurances, EDF, Enel, Gaz de France, GasNatural, Generali, Groupama, or Iberia.
Incorporated in 1996, Scort is based in Issy les Moulineaux (Paris), and has a subsidiary in Spain. www.scort.com
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About Metrixware
Specializing in the areas of Application Portfolio Management (APM) and IT Governance, Metrixware has, since 1995, been providing quality and maintenance solutions to CIOs and IT professionals through its System Code range of application management tools. The company provides global organizations with information, indicators and diagnostic to streamline decision making and implement best practice and compliance standards.
Metrixware has a wealth of experience and is proud to count some of the largest organization’s in Europe as clients BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas, Generali, Société Générale, CNP Assurances, Banque de France, Alcatel Lucent, Orange Business Services, Caisse d’Epargne... |
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