Seagull Software (AEX: SEAGULL), a leading provider of high-performance solutions that transform legacy business applications into service-oriented architecture (SOA) assets, announced participation at the 2006 Gartner Application Integration & Web Services conference being held June 12-13 in Barcelona, Spain.

In addition to exhibiting, Seagull Software is sponsoring a presentation by its customer, Ryder Systems, Inc., who will be speaking on the topic, ‘Service-Enabling Legacy Applications for Right-Now Value’. The theme for this year’s event is “Merging Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Community Innovations and Enterprise Ecosystems”. Current challenges in integration and middleware, best-practices guidance and design strategies are the focus.

“I am pleased to be speaking at the 2006 Gartner AIWS event, remarked Henry Wengier, senior director of IT, Ryder System. This is a great opportunity to talk about our successes in achieving value as we have service-enabled important legacy applications at Ryder,” he concluded.

Ryder Systems purchased Seagull Software’s LegaSuite solutions in order to achieve higher customer service levels, modernize its repair shop management system across 700 shop locations while significantly lowering cost. The presentation by Wengier will unveil specifics in training time reductions and the annualized productivity improvements achieved.

For more information, go to http://www.seagullsoftware.com/events/promo/gartner-aiws-120606.html