CORPORATE PROFILE

Willow Technology, Inc. is a privately held company founded in January, 1991. In July, 2008, Willow's headquarters relocated to just north of Bellingham, Washington in rural Whatcom County and 10 minutes from the Canadian border.

Willow's products and services fulfill a vital role supporting business critical functions at Global 2000 companies across industries. Some of the countries where Willow's products are used include Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States.

Willow operates in several business areas:

• Messaging Middleware
  Willow ports WebSphere MQ middleware to many different operating systems, and the company remains the leading independent supplier of WebSphere MQ client and server products. The products are developed under licensing agreements with IBM Corporation and are owned by Willow and sold under the Willow logo.
  Willow has developed its own line of MQ add-on products under the brand viaMQ.  These products allow users to take advantage of MQ infrastructures without having to modify existing applications.

• Mobile, Sensing and Telemetry Business
  Willow has launched a separate business unit specializing in integrating mobile wireless workers, sensing and telemetry applications with the enterprise.  Products include the Ectropyx enterprise integration for sensors and Ectropyx mobile deployment platforms.

• Distribution
  Willow has developed an advanced infrastructure supporting order fulfillment, billing and logistics to support the product development part of the business. Distribution handles delivery of product based on orders as well as updates and upgrades for those customers with maintenance agreements.
  This infrastructure is highly suited to small and medium sized Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) targeting the corporate market.

• Technical Support
  Willow offers 24x7 (continuous) technical support to its customers worldwide.
  Willow provides supports for both its own products and IBM's distributed WebSphere MQ platforms. In addition, Willow provides technical support on behalf of several other software companies.

• Remote Operations Service
  Many smaller organizations do not have the staffing and expertise to maintain WebSphere MQ networks, especially when the primary purpose of WebSphere MQ is to connect to external suppliers or customers. Willow maintains several WebSphere MQ networks on behalf of its customers, offering monitoring, troubleshooting and maintenance for a fixed annual fee.

• Timesharing Service
  Willow's laboratories have over one hundred enterprise class servers running more than two dozen different operating systems with high speed connections to the internet.
  Willow customers, partners and ISVs use these facilities for benchmarking, development, testing, and proof of concept validation. These can be done locally on site, or remotely via secure VPN connections.

• Education and Training
  Willow offers in-classroom training at its Santa Clara facility or at a customer site. Training is conducted periodically and on request.

• Professional Services
  Willow can assist with architecture, design, deployment and integration of distributed systems. 

• Willow is an authorized reseller for the following companies:
  AirZip (Now part of the Willow family, Willow continues as a worldwide distributor and integrator for AirZip)
  Hewlett-Packard
  IBM Passport Advantage 
  IBM Software
  SCO