Clerity Expands Support of Mainframe Migration Market in France with New Business Development Director Appointment

Chicago, IL – December 20, 2010 – Clerity, a full-service provider of mainframe migration, modernization, and optimization solutions, today announced the appointment of Jean-Yves Lorre as director of business development, responsible for supporting the company's expanding presence in France.

"We have seen growing migration and modernization needs at many companies in France and believe Clerity is the best solution to help them enhance IT flexibility, improve time-to-market and dramatically reduce TCO," said Cameron Jenkins, chief operating officer of Clerity. "Jean-Yves understands enterprise-class customer requirements and he will play an important role in expanding Clerity's local service and support presence in the French market."

Clerity's UniKix software provides a robust environment for deploying mission-critical mainframe applications such as IBM® CICS® transactions, IBM® IMS™ workloads, IDMS, Adabas Natural, and other legacy assets on open systems, providing a proven path forward for organizations. Companies that migrate mainframe workloads to open systems with UniKix mainframe rehosting technology typically reduce annual operating costs by 30 to 70 percent.

Lorre has nearly two decades of experience in the application migration and modernization market. He served as a solutions director at Sun Microsystems, where he was responsible for overseeing the successful completion of numerous migration projects and managing strategic partner relationships. Lorre holds an MBA from the Singapore Institute of Management.

Commenting on his appointment, Lorre said, "To maximize success, migration and modernization initiatives require a holistic perspective that takes into consideration not only the direct technologies involved, but also the total operational and financial impact. Clerity has the best combination of software, tools, and services expertise to address the mainframe migration requirements of the largest organizations and I am excited to play a role in the company's continued success."

Lorre can be reached at +33(0)145242692 or at the Clerity France office located at 27-29, rue Raffet, Paris 75116.