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NuMega Founders Form New Company to Address Challenges of Isolating Problems in Distributed Applications 

BOSTON, MA - October 23, 2002 - Mindreef, LLC publicly introduced itself today at the Meta Group and DCI Summit on Web Services. Mindreef, a startup founded by Frank Grossman and Jim Moskun, the founders of NuMega Technologies, has assembled a team of high-tech veterans with a record of success in building debugging, profiling, automatic error detection and distributed applications.

Mindreef is now applying that experience to the diagnosis of distributed applications being built with Web services. Web services promise to fulfill the vision of distributed applications, but the additional complexity inherent in distributed applications is leading to problems that standard debugging and performance tools are not designed to handle. A new breed of comprehensive diagnostic tools is required that focuses on the connections between loosely coupled components rather than the code in the components. "When you have components running on disparate systems spread across departmental or corporate boundaries, even simple problems can be very difficult to isolate. We believe that there is a need for deeper, more specialized tools than those provided with Web Services toolkit or management offerings. Our experience at NuMega gave us great insight in how to package hard-core diagnostic technology in easy-to-use tools that are powerful enough for the toughest development challenges, yet non-invasive for use in production environments," said Jim Moskun, co-founder of Mindreef.

Addressing Emerging Web Services Diagnostics Category

Web Services Diagnostics systems collect information about SOAP transactions and use the information to provide visibility and insight into Web services communications through features such as logging, debugging, reporting, profiling, analytics and collaboration. These systems must meet key Web services requirements, including:

  • Platform Neutral: Independent of operating system, language, toolkit or transport.
  • XML-Aware: Including SOAP, WSDL and Schema.
  • Team Oriented: Multi-user visualization to track down and fix problems.
  • Non-Invasive: Operates in-between end points and doesn't require modifying code.

Mindreef will be delivering its SOAPscope product family that meets these requirements over the next quarter, enabling client application developers, service developers, testers and support staff to quickly isolate and solve problems at any point in an application's life cycle. A beta release of Mindreef SOAPscope Personal Edition is available for download at www.mindreef.com.

"Today, early adopter customers have to work with moving targets, as toolkits and standards continue to evolve and mature. It is becoming clear that there is a lack of Web Services Diagnostics solutions that address the deep complexities of distributed applications. Mindreef has the vision and team to make this happen," said Bob Zurek, Vice President Advanced Technologies at Ascential Software Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise data integration solutions.

About Mindreef

Mindreef was founded in 2001 by the original technology team from NuMega Technologies, a software development tools provider for the Microsoft and Java platforms, which was acquired by Compuware Corporation. Mindreef is delivering the industry's first comprehensive Web Services Diagnostics system, enabling application developers, service developers, testers and support staff to address the problem-solving challenges of distributed applications.
 
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