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JBoss, a division of Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), today announced that Informatica, a leading provider of data integration software, has joined the expanding roster of companies participating in the JBoss Certified Technology Partner Program. Products from these companies are optimized to work with the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS), the leading open source platform for service-oriented applications (SOA). Customers deploy Informatica's leading data integration solutions to access, profile, cleanse, integrate and deliver data from a variety of business systems. Working with the JBoss Application Server can provide customers with an enriched solution that is implemented quickly and efficiently at a lower cost. The JBoss Application Server is a central piece of the JEMS platform. "JBoss technology enables us to offer our customers a fully supported product with proven interoperability at minimal cost," said Ivan Chong, vice president of product marketing, Informatica. "Given the increasing adoption of open source at the enterprise level, it makes sense from both a business and technology perspective to offer our customers an easy path to leveraging open source cost-effectively in their organization." "We welcome Informatica as the latest addition to the JBoss Certified Technology Partner Program," said Tom Cooper, vice president of worldwide channels, JBoss. "Offering JBoss technology in existing products enables our partners to bring an out-of-the-box solution to market faster with a substantial total cost of ownership advantage over proprietary solutions. The JBoss services and support team works closely with partners like Informatica to ensure customer success." The JBoss Certified Technology Partner program provides technology vendors with a rapid path to the open source market, where they can drive additional high-margin revenue through Level 1 and Level 2 support services, backed by Level 3 support from JBoss. 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