AmberPoint Web Services Management Solutions Validated by IBM Tivoli

Ready for IBM Tivoli Software Validation from Systems Management Leader a Strong Endorsement of Market Requirements and AmberPoint Capabilities

Oakland, California, May 12, 2003 -- AmberPoint, Inc., today announced that IBM has validated its leading Web services management solutions as “Ready for IBM Tivoli Software.” Extending the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console to Web services-based systems, AmberPoint products deliver monitoring, management and security capabilities that enable organizations to make trustworthy, enterprise-class use of Web services.

AmberPoint management solutions are based on an open, standards-based, distributed architecture and an action-oriented paradigm. Bi-directional communication between Tivoli and AmberPoint management solutions provides end-to-end self-management of complete IT environments—including formerly disparate Web services components. Because AmberPoint runs natively in both Java- and Microsoft .NET-based Web services environments, it provides Tivoli the ability to optimally interact with Web services across all leading Web services platforms.

“AmberPoint and Tivoli form a powerful combination for companies that are adding Web services to their IT mix,” said Bob Madey, vice president, Tivoli Software, IBM. “Because they connect bi-directionally and play an active role in ensuring operational health, AmberPoint and Tivoli combine to deliver autonomic enterprise management across complete IT environments, including distributed, federated Web services components.”

Through its Ready for IBM Tivoli Software program, Tivoli tests and validates selected business partner products for seamless integration with Tivoli technology management solutions. Solutions that are validated as Ready for IBM Tivoli Software interoperate seamlessly with Tivoli solutions to provide true end-to-end technology management functionality.

“Organizations require real-time, autonomic management across all levels of their IT stacks,” said John Hubinger, AmberPoint CEO. “The validation as Ready for IBM Tivoli Software is testament to the strength of the partnership between our companies. The interoperability of our software is crucial to organizations looking to maintain trustworthy, production-ready IT environments that include Web services.”

AmberPoint is an IBM Advanced Business Partner and a charter member of IBM’s Web services on WebSphere advisory council. In June of 2002, AmberPoint announced that it had fine-tuned its management solutions for deployment on IBM WebSphere.

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