Ionidea to distribute Compuware’s Java development tool

Circuit EC / Bangalore

US-based Ionidea has tied up with Compuware Corporation to distribute its Optimal J and Uniface product lines in India, targeted at the software developer community using the J2EE development space. As part of the tie-up, Ionidea would be providing technical and sales support to distribute Compuware’s product lines in India.

According to Ionidea CEO Mohan Kumar, the company is fully equipped to provide full technical as well as sales support for Compuware’s product lines and has also assigned a special team for the purpose, which will be assisted by Compuware’s marketing team in India.

Rorey Rogers, managing director, Asia South, Compuware Corporation said, “Compuware would be concentrating on marketing and selling its Optimal J product line globally for the next 12 months. A large part of our total investment is on R&D. We invest $400 million researching and developing new product lines.”

Thomas Wirth, global technical specialist, Optimal product line, Compuware Corporation said, “Optimal J is a tool designed to accelerate development, deployment and design of J2EE applications without entering the complexities of the J2EE architecture. The product simplifies the deployment of J2EE-based applications and improves developer productivity through pattern-based automatic code generation. Its modelling approach and architecture layers simplify application maintenance. Future developments around the product are expected to revolve around Java, J2EE and on patterns and modelling. The product is aimed at companies working towards improved business integration frameworks.”

The Uniface product line is a component-based development environment to build and integrate advanced e-commerce applications. “Through solutions like Uniface Jti and Web application server, Compuware has helped some of its global clients like BMW, BASF, BP Oil, and BEA Systems to create real business value in their IT investments,” said Wirth.