Press Releases
Press releases
MKS Announces Date for Annual and Special Meeting
Waterloo ON - July 17, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, announced today it will convene its annual and special meeting of the holders of common shares of MKS Inc. on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. The meeting will take place at the Fairmont Royal York, Alberta Room, 100 Front Street West, Toronto, ON.
MKS Hosts PeakPerformance 2003 Philadelphia: Advancing Enterprise Software Configuration Management
Waterloo ON - June 24, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of enterprise software configuration management (SCM) solutions, today announced it will host PeakPerformance2003, Philadelphia, an event aimed at IT decision-makers challenged with maturing their enterprise software development processes to increase customer satisfaction, reduce IT costs and show return on investment.
Towers Perrin Selects MKS for Enterprise Software Configuration Management
Waterloo ON - June 24, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that Towers Perrin Administration Solutions, a division of Towers Perrin, has chosen MKS's enterprise software configuration management solution, MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise Edition and MKS Integrity Manager™ to provide management with greater control, visibility, and auditability of the software development environment. Towers Perrin is one of the world's largest global management consulting firms, assisting organizations in managing people, performance and risk. The firm's clients include three-quarters of the world's 500 largest companies and three-quarters of the Fortune 1000 largest U.S. companies.
MKS Tools Help Accelerate Flarion Technologies' Mobile Broadband Network Technology to Market
Waterloo, ON - June 11, 2002: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), a leading provider of tools to manage and control the software development process, today announced that Flarion Technologies, the architect of flash-OFDM™ mobile broadband network technology, has adopted MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise Edition 8.2 and MKS Integrity Manager™ 4.3 for enterprise software configuration management (SCM).
MKS Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan
Waterloo ON - June 4, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX) announced today that its Board of Directors has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan") designed to encourage the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any take-over offer for MKS.
MKS Tops First Annual SD Times 100 List of Innovators and Leaders in Collaboration
Waterloo ON - June 3, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced it has topped the first annual SD Times 100 list in the "Collaboration" category. The SD Times 100 recognizes 2002's leaders and innovators of the software development industry.
MKS Announces Advancements to Enterprise SCM Solution
Waterloo ON - May 27, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced two new releases within the MKS Integrity Solution® for enterprise software configuration management (SCM); MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise Edition 8.4 and MKS Integrity Manager™ 4.5. Advancements were made in the areas of production, administration, reporting, collaboration, usability and performance.
MKS Announces Immediate Availability of Implementer 5.4
Waterloo ON - May 27, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced the latest version of Implementer® 5.4, the iSeries and AS/400 offering in the Company's enterprise software configuration management (SCM) solution. Please also see today's news release announcing the latest version of the MKS Integrity Solution® at http://www.mks.com/press. Implementer and MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise integrate seamlessly with MKS Integrity Manager™ to provide scalable, workflow-enabled SCM for the iSeries environment or for all platforms across the enterprise.
MKS Toolkit Is First to Support IA64 and the 64-bit Windows Operating System Migrations
Fairfax, VA - May 21, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), a leading provider of tools for porting UNIX applications to Windows, today announced plans for supporting the Intel Itanium chip running Microsoft Windows 64-bit operating systems. Expanding the platform support will allow enterprise customers and ISVs to build and deploy UNIX applications on Windows quickly and easily. MKS will support the migration of 64-bit UNIX applications to the 64-bit Windows operating system with MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers (formerly NuTCRACKER).
MKS Announces Exercise of Underwriter Warrants
Waterloo ON - May 7, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that holders of 926,000 underwriter warrants (the "Underwriter Warrants") issued by MKS in connection with the sale of special warrants of MKS in February 2001 have now exercised all of their warrants. Each Underwriter Warrant entitled the holder to acquire one common share of MKS at an exercise price of $1.35. In January 2003, MKS extended the expiry date for the Underwriter Warrants from February 23, 2003, to April 29, 2003. Proceeds from the exercise totaled US $752,086. The exercise of the warrants increased the outstanding common shares of MKS to 40,699,532 as of April 30, 2003.
MKS to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2003 Results June 4, 2003
Waterloo ON - May 5, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that it will report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2003 after close of market on June 4, 2003. The Company will hold a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EDT to discuss its fourth quarter performance and fiscal 2003 results.
MKS Announces Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2003
Waterloo ON - June 4, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 and the year ended April 30, 2003.
MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Edition Receives 'Ready for WebSphere' Validation from IBM
Waterloo ON - April 9, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced the validation of its integration between MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise Edition 8.3, the Company's enterprise software configuration management (SCM) solution, with IBM's WebSphere Studio® family of products. The integration meets the stringent functionality and business requirements necessary for validation, and provides WebSphere Studio developers and managers a single interface for an advanced, Java-based change management solution that improves real-time collaboration, while increasing the quality and reliability of business-critical applications.
MKS Previews Production Deployment Solution for Enterprise Development
Waterloo ON - April 9, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced it will preview a new solution aimed at solving critical production deployment problems faced by today's enterprise development shops at IBM developerWorks™ Live! April 9 - 12 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
MKS to Speak at The Institute of Internal Auditors Spring 2003 Conference
Waterloo ON - April 2, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that MKS Product Manager, Steve Knapp, will present for the second consecutive year at the Institute of Internal Auditors' (IIA) Spring 2003 Conference to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Monday April 7, 2003.
MKS Integrity Manager and MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Win Software Development Magazine's Coveted Productivity Award
Waterloo ON - March 31, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that its process-driven enterprise software configuration management solution, MKS Integrity Manager™ and MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise Edition (the MKS Integrity Solution®), was awarded Software Development magazine's Productivity Award in the Project Management category at the 13th annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards.
MKS Announces Third Quarter Results for Fiscal 2003
Waterloo ON - February 26, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX) today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003.
MKS Signs Reseller Agreement with Catalyst Systems for Integrated Build Management
Waterloo, ON - February 12, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), a leading provider of tools to manage and control the software development process, today announced a reseller and marketing agreement with Catalyst Systems Corporation, the leader in application build management technology.
MKS to Announce Third Quarter Results February 26, 2003
Waterloo, ON - February 10, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that it will report results for the third quarter 2003 after close of market on February 26, 2003. The Company will hold a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST to discuss its third quarter performance.
MKS Integrity Manager and MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Named as Software Development Magazine's Jolt Award Finalists
Waterloo, ON - January 31, 2003: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process, today announced that its enterprise software configuration management solution, MKS Integrity Manager™ and MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise Edition (the MKS Integrity Solution™), has been named a finalist for the Project Management category in the 13th annual Software Development magazine's Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards.
