Alchemy Solutions Names Finnish Support Center As First Distribution Partner for the Nordic Market

BEND, Oregon, April 22, 2010 -- Alchemy Solutions, Inc., provider of legacy modernization solutions, today announced the signing of the Finnish Support Center, Ltd. (FSC) as a distribution partner for the Nordic market. A migration services company based in Helsinki, FSC is the newest distributor of the Alchemy Solutions Neo suite of products and NetCOBOL compilers, and the first member of the Alchemy Solutions partner program in Finland.

The market-leading software from Alchemy Solutions preserves and extends customer investments in mainframe systems by using innovative techniques during the migration process to prepare the applications to take full advantage of the .NET environment. In its market, FSC has unrivalled expertise in the migration, conversion and integration of mainframe systems. It numbers several database and application design projects among its customer successes.

“As a services company FSC customers expect us to use the best of breed tools and technology for all our implementations. When it comes to legacy migration and modernization, Alchemy Solutions is our first choice,” said Finnish Support Center CEO Markku Koivumäki. “The Alchemy Solutions partner program provides all the tools and support we need in order to grow our customer base in the expanding Nordic market.”

The companies have identified several possible customers in Finland, and have already worked with the legacy modernization firm Anubex in Belgium.
 
“With its strong history of migration and data conversion projects in Finland, FSC is a perfect match with our own skills and technology for legacy migration,” said Ron Langer, general manager, Alchemy Solutions. “Their expertise in information systems for large mainframe migrations, conversions and integration make FSC an outstanding choice for developing our presence in the Nordic market, and we are delighted to be working together with them.”

As a critical part of the Alchemy Solutions business and product strategies, the partnership program is designed to ensure that customers all over the globe can flexibly and cost-effectively accomplish any mainframe modernization or migration initiative. With partners located in Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, Finland and the Netherlands, Alchemy’s network reaches around the world. Alchemy Solutions has already forged a strong relationship with Microsoft starting with an early recognition of the power of the .NET vision and technology. As a founding member of the Mainframe Migration Alliance, Alchemy Solutions works closely with Microsoft to help the two companies’ mutual customers migrate their systems successfully to the Windows Server environment.