Green Hat Joins Growing Integration Consortium

Calgary, Canada January 28, 2009

Green Hat, a leader in integration and SOA testing technology, today announced it has joined the Integration Consortium, a non-profit, leading industry body responsible for influencing the direction of the integration industry.

"We are very excited that Green Hat has joined the Integration Consortium, and look forward to their contribution to all of the Consortium’s initiatives" says John Schmidt, Chairman of the Integration Consortium.

"We congratulate the Integration Consortium membership on their tremendous vision, contributions and success in taking a leadership position in this rapidly growing technology solutions segment. Green Hat has committed to actively participate in Consortium programs including the Marketing and Membership Committees which are integral to our ongoing vision for delivering Green Hat’s SOA and integration solutions to the marketplace," according to Madeline Bayliss, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships & Marketing for Green Hat.

Bayliss previously served a term as a Director of Integration Consortium. "Having worked with John and many members, we see this as a unique community to make business better," said Bayliss. "For example, we understand how ICC’s can leverage a testing framework to achieve not only assured quality, but also true sustainability across rapidly recurring lifecycles. Agile development models and the involvement of third party service providers call for new approaches. As these companies consider Testing Centers of Excellence, we can transfer these efficiencies and create new improvements with insights from fellow Integration Consortium members."

About Green Hat

Green Hat is your global testing technology leader for SOA lifecycle management. We make testing simple and streamlined for complex systems relying on messaging, BPM, CEP and governance. We make constant transformation sustainable with reusable assets and simulations.

Green Hat partners with FioranoMQ, HP, IBM, Progress, Software AG, TIBCO and their service providers with a testing technology framework and best practices. We tie quality and performance to business requirements. We create material differences in the time, cost and coverage of testing for integration and SOA projects, departments and COE’s.

Automate now. Make business better. www.greenhat.com

About the Integration Consortium

The mission of the Integration Consortium (IC) is to foster the leading community of like-minded Information Technology professionals responsible for transforming business through both traditional systems integration and emerging SOA with greater agility, ease of use and business results.

The IC is a member-driven community that shares experiences, knowledge and best practices in multiple forums. Our members champion; innovation, feedback between members, collaboration with standards bodies, and the articulation of strategic and measurable business benefits for leading-edge capabilities. Annual meetings are complemented by a growing number of regional chapters who meet periodically. On-going networking is encouraged through the dynamic IC website which supports knowledge exchange and records of industry papers and case studies.

One of the IC’s strengths is the diversity of member support and interest. Our membership includes end user corporations, independent software suppliers, hardware suppliers, system integrators, academic institutions, non-profit institutions, individual members as well as various industry leaders. Information on the IC is available at http://www.integrationconsortium.org or by sending an e-mail to information@integrationconsortium.org.