AmberPoint solutions provide a uniquely non-invasive approach for managing distributed, heterogeneous Web services systems. AmberPoint integrates into any Web services environment, quickly delivering comprehensive management, monitoring and security capabilities without requiring additional coding to the Web services themselves. AmberPoint is the only software vendor with management solutions that run natively in both .NET and Java, enabling its software products to fully leverage the advantages of both prevailing Web services platforms.
“Web services systems continually evolve, creating both security and management complexities,” said Deepak Taneja, chief technology officer at Netegrity. “The combination of AmberPoint and Netegrity helps to address this by providing joint customers with a solution that leverages centralized security services to provide a strong Web services management platform. AmberPoint was the first dedicated Web services management company to integrate with Netegrity, so we’re thrilled that we are expanding on that long-standing relationship.”
The integration of Netegrity TransactionMinder 5.6 and AmberPoint provides an identity-based Web services management solution with centralized control over a distributed environment. Organizations implementing both solutions will be able to apply management policies that take into consideration the user’s identity and permissions, while also simplifying security administration. Leveraging a core set of Web services standards, Netegrity TransactionMinder utilizes centralized security policies bound to user identities for authentication, authorization, federation, session management and auditing.
AmberPoint will utilize Netegrity’s support for WS-Security specification in the upcoming TransactionMinder 5.6 release to consume and generate SOAP messages using three different security tokens: username & password digest; X.509 certificates; and SAML assertions. AmberPoint management agents can be configured to talk directly to Netegrity TransactionMinder, which authenticates the user credentials from a message request.
“Security is the number one concern of organizations looking to deploy enterprise-class Web services,” said John Hubinger, president and CEO of AmberPoint. “Netegrity is addressing these concerns with its release of TransactionMinder 5.6, making it easier for businesses to take trustworthy Web services into production. Thanks to our open architecture, we’re able to easily integrate with TransactionMinder to create a combined solution that enables organizations to implement heightened security measures and richer management capabilities, while also easing the burden of maintaining evolving Web services systems.”
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About Netegrity, Inc.
Netegrity, Inc. is a leading provider of security software solutions that securely manage identities and their access to enterprise information assets, letting business in while keeping risk out. Netegrity provides a comprehensive identity and access management solution for continuously evolving computing environments, including legacy, Web, and service-oriented architectures. Netegrity’s flexible, standards-based solutions increase security, reduce administrative costs and enable revenue enhancement. Supported by a network of over 1100 trained integration consultants and 200 technology partners, Netegrity solutions are licensed to more than 300 million users at over 700 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. For more information, visit www.netegrity.com.
About AmberPoint
AmberPoint, Inc., the leading provider of Web services management software, offers the most comprehensive solutions for making Web services production-ready, business-ready and easily manageable. With its modular, agent-based architecture, AmberPoint radically simplifies the management and evolution of business solutions built on Web services. AmberPoint’s Customer Experience Group delivers services to ensure successful deployment and use of all AmberPoint software. Founded in 2001, AmberPoint is privately held with venture backing from Crosslink Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. AmberPoint corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, Calif. For more information, contact AmberPoint at (510) 663-6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit the company Web site at http://www.amberpoint.com.
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