ASG Enhances Security Management Product Family Through Partnership with Radiant Logic; ASG to Market Robust Solution that Solves Complex Identity and Integration Issues.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

RSA Conference 2004

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004

ASG, a worldwide enterprise software and professional services provider to Global 5000 companies, and Radiant Logic, a leading provider of virtual directory solutions, today announced a strategic alliance that extends ASG's Security Management product family by providing customers with a flexible and comprehensive identity infrastructure solution designed to accelerate the deployment of identity management initiatives. This announcement was made at the RSA(R) Conference 2004 in San Francisco.

ASG will market Radiant Logic's Virtual Directory solution as ASG-RadiantOne(TM). Available immediately, ASG-RadiantOne provides customers with identity meta-directory capabilities, complimenting ASG's existing Security Management products.

"Virtual Directories -- as an underlying technology to an Identity Management solution -- can be used to ease the administration and real-time authentication problems of user identity information that are being stored in many repositories, each with its own schema and owner," said Roberta Witty, research director at Gartner. She added, "Delivering an integrated view of user information increases data accuracy and provides a fundamental building block for successful Identity Management initiatives."

Designed to help build the premier Directory Application Integration (DAI) infrastructure, ASG-RadiantOne leverages key business assets in existing enterprise systems for critical applications such as security, provisioning and profiling. Security applications may present IT personnel with the challenges of unified identity management, Web access control or portal authentication. However, through support of industry standards such as LDAP and XML, ASG-RadiantOne delivers a flexible solution that can easily adapt to new and changing application requirements.

"Customers deploying identity management can now have access to the robust organizational Security Management solutions that ASG offers," said Michel Prompt, CEO of Radiant Logic. "Our partnership with ASG creates a synergistic solution in which customers may leverage the strengths of a broad range of identity management solutions."

ASG President and CEO Arthur L. Allen said, "Our customers recognize the need for a solution like ASG-RadiantOne. Radiant Logic's technology delivers a flexible and comprehensive identity infrastructure -- a fundamental building block for Security and Identity Management implementations. The partnership with Radiant Logic enables ASG to deliver one of the most comprehensive Identity Management solutions on the market."

About ASG

ASG's business is to partner with clients to improve productivity and significantly enhance performance through the intelligent use of technology. Founded in 1986, ASG is a privately-held global enterprise software and professional services firm that provides a full range of software solutions in the Security Management, Applications Management, Operations Management, Information Management, Performance Management and Infrastructure Management arenas -- including business re-engineering, systems integration and systems development. ASG has approximately 900 employees, $175 million in revenues, 7,000 customer sites and 18,000 software licenses worldwide. ASG is headquartered in Naples, Florida, USA, with more than 45 offices serving the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia/Pacific. Inc. magazine recognizes ASG as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States, with a three-year growth rate of 394 percent. For more information, visit ASG at http://www.asg.com.

About Radiant Logic

Radiant Logic, Inc. is the leading provider of directory and application integration (DAI) software for the agile enterprise. RadiantOne Virtual Directory Server is being utilized by Fortune 500 corporations to provide virtual LDAP access to any applications and data sources for authentication, authorization, profile and personalization data for security, provisioning, portals, and application integration projects.

Radiant Logic's virtual directory solutions are being used to solve tough integration problems at companies around the world. Companies such as Freddie Mac, Daimler Chrysler, Cummings and Telecom Italia leverage RadiantOne to speed deployment, solve integration challenges and cut costs for identity management projects. Partnerships with identity management software vendors and professional services organizations demonstrate the broad impact of virtual directory technology on the market.

Radiant Logic is based in Novato, California. RadiantONE(TM) is a trademark of Radiant Logic, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.radiantlogic.com.

About the RSA Conference

Now in its 13th year, the RSA Conference brings together decision-makers and influencers from all major markets, including consumer, education, financial, government, computer networking, telecommunications, Wall Street and the media for one of the industry's premier e-security and cryptography events. Later in the year, RSA Conference 2004 continues in Japan and in Europe. For more information, visit http://www.rsaconference.com.

To schedule an interview with an ASG professional, contact Eric Sommerton at 239.435.2015 or e-mail [e-mail].