AmberPoint Customer MedicAlert Foundation to Give SOA Case Study Webcast

Healthcare Leader Uses AmberPoint's Policy-based Management to Increase Agility and Change its Business Model for the Better

Oakland, CA, September 11, 2006 -- AmberPoint, the industry’s leading provider of SOA management software, is pleased to announce that Jorge Mercado, lead architect of MedicAlert Foundation’s Software Architecture Group, will discuss the company’s success with SOA in an upcoming webcast. Mr. Mercado will outline how MedicAlert leveraged SOA infrastructure to drive business agility in a webcast hosted by eBizQ and sponsored by the SOA Leaders Council. Leveraging technology such as AmberPoint’s SOA Management System, MedicAlert has laid the foundation for vital new forms of collaboration with partners and accelerated the introduction of new products and services that can strengthen its business, since launching its SOA initiative two years ago.

What:
In the latest in a series of SOA Leaders Council case study webcasts, Jorge Mercado, lead architect at MedicAlert Foundation, will share his experience with SOA and the necessity of establishing a robust SOA infrastructure. He will discuss how SOA has changed the way the non-profit’s business teams work with IT and the lessons learned along the SOA adoption path.

MedicAlert Foundation is a leading non-profit healthcare informatics organization dedicated to providing services that protect and save lives. MedicAlert services are built around a repository of health information that enables members to manage their personal health records while maintaining security, privacy and confidentiality. As the trusted third-party custodian of comprehensive personal health information, MedicAlert provides critical medical information between patients, providers, payers and first responders twenty four hours a day, anywhere in the country. The company has more than 4 million members worldwide.

AmberPoint is a founding member of the SOA Leaders Council.

Who:
Jorge Mercado, Lead Architect of MedicAlert's Software Architecture Group

When:
Thursday, September 14, 2006
9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

Where:
eBizQ Webcast
Register at: http://www.ebizq.net/webinars/7131.html/?soaleaders02

About AmberPoint
AmberPoint is the industry’s leading provider of SOA visibility, management and security solutions. Customers such as British Telecommunications, H&R Block, Motorola and the U.S. Department of Defense have chosen AmberPoint for its comprehensive capabilities, its non-invasive approach and its native support for Java and .NET. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510.663.6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit www.amberpoint.com for a complimentary developer's edition of AmberPoint software.

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