Progress Software Will Sell Shadow to Rocket Software

Progress Software Corporation

today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Rocket Software for it to acquire the Shadow product. Shadow, middleware software that simplifies and accelerates the integration of data and programs residing on mainframes with other business systems using open standard data and service interfaces, is highly complementary to Rocket Software's existing product portfolio and will offer Rocket customers dramatic improvements in total cost of ownership and performance of integration projects that involve mainframe assets.