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Why did Rogue Wave acquire Visual Numerics?

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Visual Numerics’ industry-leading advanced data analysis and visualization tools complement Rogue Wave’s family of software components and development tools and allows the combined companies to better serve our customer base.

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Will Rogue Wave continue to support the current Visual Numerics product offerings?

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Rogue Wave values the Visual Numerics product offerings and will continue to provide current and future customers with the superior support they have been accustomed to with Visual Numerics.

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Do you expect any synergy between the two companies’ products?

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There are a large number of companies that use products from both Rogue Wave and Visual Numerics, sometimes in the same application.  At this time we are not announcing new product combinations but we believe that there are some very interesting synergies and we will be talking to our customers to find out the best way to combine these technologies to better serve their needs.

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Will the company serve the same geographical areas?

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The combined company will continue to serve our customers in the same geographies throughout the world, in North America, Europe and Asia.

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What does Rogue Wave Software do?

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Rogue Wave Software provides enterprise class C++ components and infrastructure for high performance applications. Rogue Wave’s suite of products includes C++ components, UI components, run-time infrastructure, and services. For more information go to www.roguewave.com.

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Who should I contact for technical support for products I am using from Visual Numerics?

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You will still access technical support via email or phone from the same technical support contacts that you have used before.  These are available on the customer support site at http://www.vni.com/tech/.