Cape Clear(TM) Software, a leading provider of Web Services technology, today unveiled the company's global partner program, which has been designed to encourage the creation and use of products and services that are built around Web Services. Cape Clear Software is working with system integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs), and value-added resellers (VARs) to promote the use and support of Web Services. There are already over forty partners signed up to the program across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Cape Clear Software develops and markets products that enable developers to build and deploy Web Services quickly and easily, using the tools, languages and platforms they prefer. Cape Clear's products adhere to leading industry standards such as XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. Gartner Group Dataquest estimates that the software component of Web Services will expand to $1.7 billion by 2003.

"The objective of our partner program is to create a global network of Web Services expertise," commented David Kennedy, Partner Director at Cape Clear Software. "The advent of Web Services is opening software development and integration to a larger pool of developers and organizations than ever before. To support this opportunity, it is vital that the skills and expertise to build, deploy, and manage Web Services effectively are widely available. As a pure-play software vendor, we expect that the majority of our revenue, over time, will come through our partner channel. We are completely committed to ensuring that our partners have the information, tools, and expertise they need to market and build Web Services."

"We see a Web Services infrastructure as the foundation to create and manage Web-based applications both inside the firewall and between business partners," commented Brad Murphy, Chairman and CEO at DigitalESP, a leading Web Services consulting firm based in Raleigh, N.C. "Cape Clear's technology provides the tools needed to create such an infrastructure and we are pleased to be partnering with them as we roll out Web Services-based solutions to our clients."

"Web Services is offering a real-world solution to the challenges facing companies today in getting disparate applications and systems to interoperate," commented Ravi Panja, Chief Technology Officer at Insync Information Systems Inc., a California-based consulting organization. "We are working with Cape Clear to utilize the benefits of their Web Services products at client installations. We look forward to extending this relationship with Cape Clear as Web Services become the de facto means of integrating and building applications both inside the corporate network and out on the Internet."

"We are seeing a growing interest in Web Services across all industries in Australia," said Paul Pogonoski, CTO at Japara Solutions in Australia. "Given that we specialize in enterprise integration using standards-based technology, it's important that we can offer our customers services utilizing the most open Web Services technology. We believe Cape Clear is leading the way in delivering tools and technologies that support the creation and deployment of effective Web Services. The partner program enables us to work closely with Cape Clear and gives us access to information we might not otherwise have, which ensures the best possible results for our customers."

"Web Services are supplanting traditional approaches to the development of business applications," according to Howard Block, Partner at NuWave Solutions LLC, a consulting firm based in Silver Spring, Md. "We believe that the use of a component-based approach to application development and integration, coupled with the widely accepted Web Services standards, offers great opportunities. We're working with Cape Clear because we see them providing the tools and technologies required to support Web Services development."

"Web Services are already having an effect on how people are looking at internal and Internet-based application development and integration,"commented Paul Bradbrook, managing director at Valtech Ltd., a leading international consulting firm headquartered in Paris, France. He added, "We believe in partnering with technology leaders to ensure we offer our clients the most appropriate technology for their business. Cape Clear is such a leader and we look forward to working with them to provide customers with effective Web Services solutions."

"We are seeing a lot of early adoption of Web Services," commented Jeffrey Hertzberg, President of Xenotrope, a consulting firm based in New York. "Cape Clear Software is offering excellent products that allow us to transform existing systems to Web Services, and also provide a Web Service-based infrastructure for new business systems. We see Web Services as the foundation for the next generation of electronic commerce and look forward to working in partnership with Cape Clear as we move forward."