Crystal Point, the leading provider of legacy renewal and connectivity software for the NonStop market, and comForte GmbH, a leading provider of NonStop encryption software, announced a partnership that brings together two trusted names in the NonStop community. Under the terms of the partnership, Crystal Point will offer comForte's host-based security components with their OutsideView connectivity software, giving consumers greater flexibility when implementing security mandates. "This partnership represents an important milestone for the NonStop community," said Chris Stephens, founder and CEO of Crystal Point. "In today's world of distributed user populations and the prevalence of viruses and worms make security issues paramount for securing critical transactions. We have always had a great respect for comForte's security technologies, and believe this partnership will give businesses the best of both worlds." "comForte is delighted to announce this alliance with Crystal Point," said comForte co-founder and CEO, Dr. Michael Rossbach. "The real value of this relationship is that customers will be able to use components of each of our technologies when implementing new projects. We believe the NonStop community will appreciate this flexibility."

About Crystal Point
Since 1986, Crystal Point has delivered efficient, cost effective solutions to organizations looking to leverage their NonStop enterprise application investments. From traditional host access products performing terminal emulation to host publishing applications that rejuvenate, repurpose and integrate multiple legacy applications, Crystal Point offers a full range of host connectivity solutions. Over 50 percent of all NonStop users worldwide use Crystal Point software.

About comForte GmbH
Building upon more than 20 years of expertise in the NonStop market place and 10 years of experience in Desktop-to-NonStop connectivity solutions, comForte develops and markets high-performance Host connectivity software and SSL-based encryption solutions for users of HP NonStop systems. comForte's mission is to assist large organizations to deploy secure, manageable and cost-effective NonStop access across the enterprise.