SoftSol Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of SoftSol India Limited( a public company and is traded at Bombay Stock Exchange) and a leading provider of enterprise software solutions and technology modernization solutions, today announced its membership in the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA). As a member, SoftSol joins Microsoft Corp. and other key industry partners in helping customers modernize their business logic rich and mission-critical legacy applications to cost-effective and highly maintainable systems using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and .NET Framework technology.

The company’s customers include Government and Commercial organizations including Arcelor Mittal Steel, Cisco, CalPERS, HBO, Sun Microsystems, and the US Navy.

SoftSol Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of SoftSol India Limited( a public company and is traded at Bombay Stock Exchange) and a leading provider of enterprise software solutions and technology modernization solutions, today announced its membership in the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA). As a member, SoftSol joins Microsoft Corp. and other key industry partners in helping customers modernize their business logic rich and mission-critical legacy applications to cost-effective and highly maintainable systems using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and .NET Framework technology.

The company’s customers include Government and Commercial organizations including Arcelor Mittal Steel, Cisco, CalPERS, HBO, Sun Microsystems, and the US Navy.

Microsoft is the key driving force behind the MMA and the members of the MMA find the Alliance provides value through visibility in the market and networking with peers. Using Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft .NET Framework technology, the MMA helps businesses migrate their applications to the Windows platform, permitting them to benefit from flexible and open systems. The MMA goals are to help companies understand how to reduce the total cost of ownership of maintaining expensive legacy mainframe systems and improve responsiveness to changing business needs, while protecting their investment in current mainframe applications.

For over 10 years, SoftSol has been dedicated to helping companies modernize their business applications. SoftSol’s modernization methodology leverages a variety of automated migration tools, proven best practices designed to reduce the risk and effort involved in the modernization process.

"We are thrilled that SoftSol has chosen to join the MMA and work alongside key industry leaders who share the common goal of providing comprehensive modernization solutions," said Spyros Sakellariadis, director of the Mainframe Migration Alliance at Microsoft Corporation. "SoftSol’s knowledge and expertise in providing world class technology modernizations solutions to customers in the federal government sector will expand the footprint of the MMA and further enable the Alliance to help a broader set of customers make the most of existing IT investments and benefit from the more cost effective and flexible Windows platform."

"We at SoftSol are very excited about joining hands with Microsoft and the MMA in helping our customers move away from legacy platforms to modern and more maintainable .NETFramework technology. Recently SoftSol and Microsoft Federal has entered in to a definitive teaming agreement to participate in a Legacy modernization bid for Department of Defence, USA and our joining MMA will greatly enhance our joint ability to provide high quality .NET Framework solutions to US Federal Government", said Srini Madala, President & CEO of SoftSol.

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About SoftSol:

SoftSol Resources is a global leader in Enterprise Technology modernization services, including transformation of legacy applications in Forté, PowerBuilder and COBOL applications. Founded in 1993, SoftSol has operations in California’s Silicon Valley, Hamburg, Germany and Hyderabad, India. The company’s customers include Government and Commercial organizations including Arcelor Mittal Steel, Cisco, CalPERS, HBO, Sun Microsystems, and the US Navy.

: SoftSol Resources is a global leader in Enterprise Technology modernization services, including transformation of legacy applications in Forté, PowerBuilder and COBOL applications. Founded in 1993, SoftSol has operations in California’s Silicon Valley, Hamburg, Germany and Hyderabad, India. The company’s customers include Government and Commercial organizations including Arcelor Mittal Steel, Cisco, CalPERS, HBO, Sun Microsystems, and the US Navy.

Additional information about SoftSol can be found at www.softsolusa.com

About the Mainframe

Migration Alliance Formed in spring 2003, the Mainframe Migration Alliance is comprised of software vendors and service providers focused on enabling mainframe customers to meet the challenges posed by legacy application environments, including the pressures to reduce IT costs and increase the flexibility in IT systems. Additional information about the alliance can be found at www.mainframemigrations.org

For more information, media may please get in touch with Mr. Damodar Reddy

Vice President – Operations, Softsol India Limited, Ph: 9346746438

Formed in spring 2003, the Mainframe Migration Alliance is comprised of software vendors and service providers focused on enabling mainframe customers to meet the challenges posed by legacy application environments, including the pressures to reduce IT costs and increase the flexibility in IT systems. Additional information about the alliance can be found at Using Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft .NET Framework technology, the MMA helps businesses migrate their applications to the Windows platform, permitting them to benefit from flexible and open systems. The MMA goals are to help companies understand how to reduce the total cost of ownership of maintaining expensive legacy mainframe systems and improve responsiveness to changing business needs, while protecting their investment in current mainframe applications.

For over 10 years, SoftSol has been dedicated to helping companies modernize their business applications. SoftSol’s modernization methodology leverages a variety of automated migration tools, proven best practices designed to reduce the risk and effort involved in the modernization process.

"We are thrilled that SoftSol has chosen to join the MMA and work alongside key industry leaders who share the common goal of providing comprehensive modernization solutions," said Spyros Sakellariadis, director of the Mainframe Migration Alliance at Microsoft Corporation. "SoftSol’s knowledge and expertise in providing world class technology modernizations solutions to customers in the federal government sector will expand the footprint of the MMA and further enable the Alliance to help a broader set of customers make the most of existing IT investments and benefit from the more cost effective and flexible Windows platform."

"We at SoftSol are very excited about joining hands with Microsoft and the MMA in helping our customers move away from legacy platforms to modern and more maintainable .NETFramework technology. Recently SoftSol and Microsoft Federal has entered in to a definitive teaming agreement to participate in a Legacy modernization bid for Department of Defence, USA and our joining MMA will greatly enhance our joint ability to provide high quality .NET Framework solutions to US Federal Government", said Srini Madala, President & CEO of SoftSol.