Pragma Systems Earns IBM Advanced Business Partner Status

Pragma Systems, a provider of enterprise-class remote access and security software for Windows and Windows Mobile, has announced that it has achieved IBM (News - Alert) Advanced Business Partner status and advanced-level membership in the manufacturing industry network.

In a release, Quamrul Mina, CEO of Pragma Systems, said the company is pleased to achieve IBM Advanced Business Partner status as many of its customers run their critical business applications on IBM hardware and software platforms.

He said that IBM is considered a gold standard in the world of IT solutions and Pragma is delighted to be able to work more closely with IBM as part of this relationship to ease deployment for their mutual customers.

IBM awards the Advanced Business Partner certification to companies that demonstrate the necessary skills, sales expertise and successful deployments on IBM business technology.

The new Business Partner status will enable Pragma to take benefits of IBM's marketing, sales, and product development benefits through the IBM PartnerWorld program.

The company can also provide IBM users with innovative and effective secure and remote connectivity for their enterprises. Marshfield Clinic, one of the largest private medical practices in the United States, is utilizing Pragma Systems' Fortress SSH Server with IBM AS400 and Lotus Notes to build its secure access solutions to production servers.

Pragma offers the most popular SSH and Telnet servers for Windows and industrial-grade SSH clients for desktops and mobile devices and is a Microsoft (News - Alert) Gold Certified Partner.

Pragma's software runs fully optimized on IBM Servers and with IBM Software platforms like DB2, Lotus Notes and Websphere and its end-to-end solutions of servers and clients on the desktop and mobile devices provide highly secure access to corporate supply chain, CRM, distribution and warehouse applications over wireless, Bluetooth, LAN, WAN and mobile networks.

The company also has software business partner relationships with IBM, Microsoft, Intel (News - Alert), HP and Motorola.