Luminary Solutions  Press Release

Luminary helps US software house move 35 legacy applications to latest technology

LEEDS, UK 27th January 2005 - Luminary Solutions, the UK supplier of mobile and system integration solutions, has completed a major project for Beryle and Lee Inc in the United States. Beryle and Lee, a leading software house, has undertaken the rejuvenation of a large suite of applications for a major US Defense Agency in association with Computer Associates, one of the world's largest software companies.

The project, which took over seven months, was the porting of a large character based application to provide a state-of-the-art Graphical User Interface while implementing a Service Orientated Architecture to 'future proof' the application. Code was 'rescued' from the existing application and re-deployed in the new architecture so that the major risks of a new development were avoided.

This approach allowed the end customer to upgrade the usability of its applications, rationalise different code streams and expose the business logic in the legacy applications to new front-ends.

Working with Beryle and Lee and Computer Associates, Luminary formed part of a virtual team based in four countries. Luminary's team of seven technical specialists was deployed as a managed unit within the project and spent over six months working on the project.

Sonchu Lee Malak, CEO of Beryle and Lee, commented:

"Luminary worked as a seamless part of our team. We knew every Luminary task would be done on time and with the high quality our customers expect. Luminary helped make the split virtual team work. Their extensive experience of working on separate sites in different time zones was invaluable. We contacted Luminary to assist in this project as their technical skill and adaptability in this technical area is exceptional".

Kally Shergill, Luminary's Project Manager, said:

"We worked hard to integrate our ways of working with that of the other partners in this major programme. I feel sure our commitment was reflected in the high quality and great customer satisfaction Beryle and Lee and CA achieved".

About Luminary Solutions

Luminary is a systems integration company that combines existing corporate systems to produce new, integrated applications delivered to multiple display technologies - such as browsers, PDAs and mobile phones using both J2EE and .NET architectures. Luminary has two key areas of service - the integration of disparate data sources presented by an integration layer to new generation devices and the provision of specialist services to Ingres and OpenROAD customers in conjunction with Computer Associates, one of the world's largest software companies.

Website: www.luminary.co.uk