Compliance management vendor modernizes its application
infrastructure with Red Hat JBoss Middleware technologies
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, and Shadow-Soft, an expert open source systems integrator,
today announced that its Red Hat JBoss Middleware technology has been
deployed by RegEd as part of an extensive application infrastructure
migration initiative. The implementation was orchestrated by Red Hat
Premier partner Shadow-Soft and encompassed RegEd's audit, compliance,
and risk management technology solutions, resulting in an estimated 65
percent annual savings in license and support costs.
RegEd provides technologies to help its more than 800 enterprise
clients, including 80 of the top 100 financial services firms, mitigate
risks and comply with state and FINRA regulations. Facing steadily
rising license and support costs, combined with the threat of vendor
lock-in through its existing proprietary application platform provider,
RegEd set its sights on open source middleware solutions from Red Hat,
and selected Shadow-Soft, a long-time Red Hat partner with deep
knowledge of the Red Hat JBoss Middleware portfolio, to aid in the
migration process.
The move to open source has paid off for RegEd in terms of performance,
flexibility, freedom from vendor lock-in, and cost. In addition to the
65 percent annual savings they anticipate saving in license fees and
support costs, RegEd has also seen application loading times improve by
25 percent over the incumbent proprietary solution since Shadow-Soft's
deployment.
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Bob Wilson, senior director, North America Channel Sales and
Alliances, Red Hat
"Throughout the years that we've worked with Shadow-Soft, they've
repeatedly proven to be a valuable partner for us. Their team
understands the power of open source to transform the IT industry
through open and collaborative innovation. The work between Red Hat and
Shadow-Soft on this implementation for RegEd is a great model of the
respect and results that a close relationship brings. This model of
innovation in action is something we strive for here at Red Hat with all
of our partners."
Erik Wallin, co-founder and chief operating officer, Shadow-Soft
"Open source is key to innovation today. It gives companies like RegEd
the power to do what they want to do, how they want to do it—affordably
and reliably. Open source offers a wealth of possibilities, and Red Hat
is one of the best at making those possibilities a reality. It's great
to have an organization like RegEd step up as an example for its peers
by adopting open source enterprise technologies like Red Hat JBoss
Middleware, not only to be the foundation for its mission-critical
applications but as its core innovation model."
Sol Osterkatz, director of application development, RegEd
"For our organization the scope of the migration was significant.
We were confident in managing our own technology but wanted to bring in
a partner who could provide that same level of experience on the JBoss
Middleware side. Shadow-Soft's expertise and relationship with Red
Hat convinced us that they could be that partner. They proved to be a
tremendous asset throughout our initiative."
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Daniel Thompson, 978-589-1059
dthompso@redhat.com
or
Shadow-Soft
Erik
Wallin, 404-969-6120
erik@shadow-soft.com
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