Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan with
offices in Orlando, Florida, SoarTech is a privately-held, rapidly-growing,
profitable company. Odell as senior
director, multiagent technology and standards."
In his thirty-year career, Mr. Odell is on the board of the Foundation for Intelligent
Physical Agents (FIPA) and the chair of its Modeling Technical
Committee.
Agentis Software is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California,
with offices in Chicago, New York, London, Paris and Melbourne.

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developing better methods to understand, communicate, build and manage
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Edwards, Oracle applications, Oracle databases, Siebel, TIBCO Rendezvous,
TIBCO EMS, and Clarify applications.iwaysoftware.com. In his new position, Dallas will oversee the
company's business development and customer coordination activities within the
federal government.

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Agentis Software provides an enterprise agent platform,
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real-time adaptive business systems, or to extend existing systems to
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soartech. He is also the chair of the Object Management Group's (OMG)
Analysis and Design "UML" Taskforce and the Agents Special Interest
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adapters support . Clients achieve
short-term ROI by using iWay to reduce custom programming and to solve
problems quickly, while incrementally creating an architecture that supports
long -term projects. today
announced the hiring of Andrew Dallas to the newly-created post of Vice
President , Federal Systems.

Jim has many years
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object-oriented systems, and artificial intelligence. Working with the OMG and other major methodologists, he
continues to innovate and improve agent technology methods and
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Additionally, he writes for the Journal of Object-Oriented Technology
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currently provide more than 250 additional applications and technologies
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"Microsoft will now be able to provide a complete solution that involves
popular applications and middleware integration without relying on third
parties for sales, support, or implementation," says John Senor , president of
iWay Software. ANN ARBOR, Mich.
Dallas, who holds multiple engineering degrees from the University of
Michigan, comes to SoarTech with 25 years of experience managing advanced
technology programs.

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newscom.NET, as well as all other popular architectures . Most recently, he served in the role of Vice President,
Government Programs with Saffron Technology , Inc. His previous posts have included work with the
Veridian ERIM in Ann Arbor as well as the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) and the U. "Landing a
professional with Andy Dallas 's leadership pedigree will boost us toward our
goal of significantly expanding our Washington presence . Please
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The biggest names in software, including BEA and
Microsoft, use iWay adapters to simplify access to ERP and CRM systems,
messaging, legacy systems, e-business protocols like AS2 and ebXML, and more. Odell brings
more than 30 years of experience in applying agent-based and
object-oriented techniques to build process-aware business systems. We're going to pass the
benefits of his knowledge and experience on to Agentis customers and
partners. Prior to Agentis, Jim served as a consultant,
writer, and educator in the use of agent technology to create and
maintain complex adaptive systems. He has co-authored books with James Martin entitled
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (1992); Object-Oriented Methods:
Pragmatic Considerations (1996); and Object-Oriented Methods: A
Foundation, UML Edition (1998) published by Prentice-Hall.

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"We will continue to
support our adapter partners because they enable our customers to connect more
easily to the broadest range of applications and technology.
"With his expertise in agent-based systems Jim brings a unique
understanding of how to develop complex business systems that adapt to
changing conditions," said Jean Yves Dexmier , CEO of Agentis Software.

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A longtime industry partner of Microsoft, iWay Software is best known for
its Adaptive Framework, which is a suite of productivity tools and over 280
packaged adapters that allows IT to increase productivity and its ability to
make a business more competitive.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Agentis is the first software company to bring
agent technology to the enterprise using Goal-Directed(TM) Agent
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Outside of these eight adapters, iWay
Software will continue to build, develop, and sell directly other application
and data adapters for BizTalk Server.

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trademarks of their respective owners. We're looking to
Andy to help ensure that SoarTech continues to be viewed by our government
clients as a preferred partner.
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"James Odell will enhance Agentis' leadership position in technology
innovation and further our go-to-market strategy. Formerly, he was the principal
consultant for KnowledgeWare, Inc.

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iWay Software to Sell IP Rights to Microsoft for Eight iWay .NET -Based Integration Adapters

Soar Technology Inc. Names Dallas As Vice President

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Founded in 1998 as a spinoff from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
of the University of Michigan, Soar Technology, Inc. Odell conducts international seminars and workshops -- both
on-site and public -- and has provided consulting to major companies
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"They are still relying on iWay for additional , less common
adapters.
"This deal is about simplifying the purchase and support experience for
our customers," says Ted Kummert, corporate vice president of the Business
Process and Integration Division at Microsoft Corp.

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position to insure that agent technology continues to play a vital
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iWay Software to Continue Building and Supporting Adapters for Microsoft
BizTalk Server

NEW YORK, iWay Software , an Information
Builders company and the leading adaptive software provider, today announced
that it is selling source code and intellectual property rights for eight of
its most common ., a rapidly -growing North
Carolina software company. SoarTech's state-of-the-art
"intelligent agents" provide human-like reasoning in software to automate
complex tasks, simplify human-system interaction, and simulate human-like
behavior for military and civilian applications ranging from simulation to
training , experimentation, intelligence analysis, and command and control of
mixed teams of human and robotic forces.

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(Logo: http://www. iWay Software is and will continue to be a key provider of adapters
for BizTalk Server."

About iWay Software
iWay Software, an Information Builders company and the world's leading
adaptive software vendor, accelerates business integration by providing tools
that make service-oriented architectures easy to implement.
"We're riding a nice wave of success with our federal government
business," notes Jim Rosbe, SoarTech's president and CEO.

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Software today announced the appointment of James J. Odell is a
respected consultant , author and educator in agent-based and
object-oriented systems. where he pioneered and taught the
concepts of data modeling, information strategy planning, and CASE
technology. Mr.

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The Adaptive Framework incorporates years of
middleware and solutions architecture expertise to provide the foundation of
an enterprise's service-oriented architecture. At Agentis, he will be responsible for
driving the strategy, vision, and roadmap of the company's rapid
development and maintenance of complex business systems.