Amentra, an industry leading business and technology consulting firm, today announced it has joined the JBoss Authorized Service Partner (JASP) program and will provide technical support for customers deploying on JBoss Application Server. As a JASP, Amentra will collaborate with JBoss. to provide enterprise-level services, such as training, consulting and custom programming, for Amentra customers.

The move to provide a full array of support and services for Amentra customers using the open source JBoss Application Server reinforces Amentra's strategy of offering customers a range of open source alternatives and support for all market-leading platforms.

"Amentra's partnership with JBoss is a natural extension of our business strategy to deliver the highest quality service-oriented business and technology solutions utilizing both our signature mentoring and outsourced approaches for our clients. This partnership also provides an additional, market-leading deployment platform to help our customers further define an enterprise execution strategy," said Mike Hurt, Amentra vice president of operations. "This relationship enhances Amentra's ability to further leverage our industry acclaimed technology migration approach in moving clients from legacy or other component architectural platforms by utilizing open source as a viable alternative for organizations that want to take advantage of the flexibility provided by these products."

Tom Leonard, vice president of channels, JBoss, said, "We are pleased to welcome Amentra to our growing network of authorized service partners. With its expertise in providing business and technology solutions and deep understanding of the Web services and SOA market, Amentra will be a valuable resource for our joint customers. Amentra's strong commitment to JBoss open source middleware will help drive the adoption of open source to enterprises across all industries."

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