TogetherSoft Corp. is buying WebGain Inc.s WebGain Studio, which consists of VisualCafé, StructureBuilder, Business Designer and Quality Analyzer and provides support for BEA System Inc.s WebLogic Server.
TogetherSoft, of Raleigh, N.C., said as part of the deal, it will provide support for current WebGain Studio customers. TogetherSoft also will provide an integration package, offering WebGain Studio customers the opportunity to migrate to TogetherSofts application development environment. The company said customers will be directed from WebGains Web site to togethersoft.com for continued support and maintenance, in addition to upgrade options. The companies would not disclose terms of the deal.
“This acquisition provides a sensible cost-effective solution to sustain WebGain customers and their current development initiatives,” TogetherSoft CEO John “Beau” Vrolyk said in a statement. “Given our strategic integration and partnership with BEA, TogetherSoft welcomes WebGain customers to benefit from the compatible technologies and we are confident that the addition of WebGain Studio to TogetherSofts solutions will be a win for our joint customer base and the market overall.”
“TogetherSoft is in the best position to move WebGains current customers forward and provide them with more advanced application development opportunities in the future,” WebGain CEO Robert Melendres, in San Jose, Calif., said in a statement.
BEA, also of San Jose, and TogetherSoft provide a Java development environment based on BEAs WebLogic Server application server and TogetherSoft ControlCenter, which enables developers to seamlessly build and deploy applications.