Chicago, IL – August 11, 2011 – Clerity Solutions, a full-service provider of mainframe migration, modernization, and optimization solutions, today announced that Glenn Dent has joined the company as chief technology officer of Clerity's Microsoft practice. Dent is a renowned solution architect and technological entrepreneur who has developed and delivered mainframe migration and COBOL offloading solutions for more than two decades.
"Migrating mainframe workloads with core technologies such as Microsoft® Windows Server® and the Microsoft .NET™ Framework provides a solid foundation for affordable future business growth and IT innovation," said Dent. "I’m looking forward to helping Clerity’s customers take full advantage of the Microsoft Application Platform as they modernize valuable legacy assets on industry-standard systems."
With Dent's appointment, Clerity gains a well-regarded Microsoft Windows solutions expert at a time when the company is gaining significant momentum. During the past 12 months, Clerity has completed mainframe migration and modernization projects for organizations including the Portugal Ministry of Justice, SITA, the world's leading air transport IT and communications specialist, and SunGard, one of the world's leading software and technology services companies. Customers who select Clerity's UniKix mainframe rehosting technology and end-to-end migration services typically reduce TCO between 30 to 70 percent while enhancing business agility.
Dent was most recently CTO at t3 technologies, and prior to that, served as a Microsoft Enterprise solutions architect. His extensive experience includes co-founding zBatch LLC and developing zBatch®, a solution that provided an alternative batch IBM® z/OS® and MVS™ production execution environment for Windows Server Systems. Dent also founded Proximity Software, a leading provider of technologies that enabled developers to shift development from IBM mainframes to IBM OS/2® and Microsoft Windows environments.
"The mainframe migration and modernization industry has never been more promising and I'm excited that Glenn has chosen to join Clerity," said Brandon Edenfield, president of Clerity. "Glenn brings a wealth of real-world design and development experience, and his addition to our team is a significant milestone."
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