Sterling Software is the leading provider of enterprise application development solutions, while Synon Corporation is known for their leadership in model-based application development for the AS/400 and NT platforms. Synon’s technology combines model-based application development with pattern libraries of reusable objects, allowing software developers to efficiently implement business changes into their applications. Together, the companies will be able to offer the industry’s most advanced and comprehensive environment for enterprise-scale, business-driven, component-based application development.

By joining Sterling Software, Synon will be better able to achieve its growth objectives, improve customer satisfaction and increase the opportunities for its employees. Joining a larger company should allow Synon to do a better job in areas such as marketing, development, customer support and employee development. At the same time, it gives Synon the ability to take its leading technology into new market opportunities.

The addition of Synon/2E and Obsydian to Sterling Software's product portfolio will expand Sterling Software’s leadership position in the enterprise application development market to also include the AS/400 development market, while delivering additional capabilities in the rapidly emerging development market for NT applications. At the same time, Sterling Software offers the strength of Sterling Software’s COOL product portfolio to Synon’s customer base. Beyond the technology fit is the combination of Synon’s most valuable resource, its employees, with Sterling Software’s outstanding employee base.