AmberPoint Announces Significant New Customers of Its SOA Runtime Governance Software; Market Share Leader Builds on Successful Year of Product Innovation, Partnerships and Customer Traction.OAKLAND, Calif. -- AmberPoint today announced the recent signing of a number of marquee new customers and significant follow-on business with existing customers, extending its leadership in the service oriented architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) management market. The company's recent success builds on a banner year of market traction, product development, partnerships and company growth. AmberPoint's product excellence and customer deployments were recognized by the industry throughout the year. Recent additions to AmberPoint's impressive roster of customers include premier lender Aegis Mortgage Corporation; advanced technology systems provider Lockheed Martin; Japanese telecommunications leader NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications; Orange, one of the world's largest mobile communications companies; PFPC PFPC Professional Financial Planning Course (Canadian Securities Institute) , a member of the PNC Financial Services PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC) is a U.S.-based financial services corporation, with assets of $92.0 billion. PNC operations include a regional banking franchise operating primarily in eight states and the District of Columbia, specialized financial businesses serving Group; the National Bank of Kuwait The National Bank of Kuwait first opened in Kuwait in 1952 to become the first national bank in the Gulf Region. NBK was founded by Khaled Zaid Al-Khaled. NBK is currently the largest financial institution in Kuwait and one of the leading banks in the middle east with branches in ; Swiss media and advertising company PubliGroupe; and La Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone (SFR SFR Swiss Franc (national currency) SFR Société Française du Radiotéléphone (French cellular provider) SFR Single Family Residence SFR Single Family Residence (real estate) ), the second largest mobile telecommunications company in France. AmberPoint also completed deals with large government agencies in the U.S. and abroad, including in Taiwan, Japan, and two Korean government agencies -- the National Computerization Agency The Korean National Computerization Agency (NCA) is a statutory government agency acting as Korea's top IT policy and technical support agency. It plays a key role in informatizing the nation of Korea in the era of knowledge and information. (NCA) and the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs is a ministry of the national government of South Korea. The ministry is in charge of the civil and domestic affais in South Korea including the National Police Agency (South Korea) and the National Emergency Management Agency. . Additionally, AmberPoint completed notable follow-on business with existing customers including financial services leader Citigroup. AmberPoint also signed a number of other new customers across a variety of industries. "A common mistake with SOA and Web services is waiting too long to implement management," said Thomas Pilitz, enterprise architect in the Component Technology and Architecture Group at PFPC. "At PFPC we recognize that it's critical to factor in runtime governance requirements at the outset of a SOA initiative. We found that AmberPoint shares our philosophy on SOA best practices, an approach that's reflected in the architecture and capabilities of their software." Customer Traction in 2005 AmberPoint achieved significant market traction throughout calendar year 2005 across a number of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, government, manufacturing, healthcare, retail and energy. In addition to the customers listed above, AmberPoint completed new agreements and follow-on business with, among others, global lender Bank Leumi of Israel; strategic consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., referred to as Booz Allen is one of the oldest strategy consulting firms in the world.[1] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB ; British Telecommunications Plc.; insurance leader CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. ; British business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in company Capita; the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. ) of the U.S. Department of Defense; healthcare services provider MedicAlert; Florida's Miami-Dade County; television research firm Nielsen Media Research; Korean government agency Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI ETRI Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea) ETRI Enhanced Threat Reduction Initiative ETRI Electronics Telecommunication Research Inc. ); prestigious technology university ESME ESME External Short Message Entity (external sources and sinks of short messages) ESME Ecole Speciale de Mecanique et d'Electricite (French engineering school) ESME Enhanced Simulation Modeling Environment in France and several federal government agencies in the U.S. and abroad. AmberPoint now has more than 90 customers of its enterprise-class SOA runtime governance software. "We've seen a great deal of change to the market landscape in the last year," said John Hubinger, AmberPoint CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "And we're very pleased that leading organizations continue to recognize the unique value of our company and our products. We're adding to our customer roster at a growing rate and consistently gaining follow-on business from existing customers who opt to license more of our runtime governance software. As a result, we've enjoyed yet another year of record growth, in terms of revenues, product innovation and ongoing market leadership." Product Leadership AmberPoint again led the market in product innovation in 2005, with two significant upgrades to its industry-leading SOA management system and the introduction of the industry's first SOA Validation System. In March, AmberPoint increased insight into SOA applications with introduction of the fourth generation of the AmberPoint suite. In September, the company introduced the SOA Validation System, which allows enterprises to validate service changes in pre-production environments, significantly reducing the risk of introducing new Web services and policies into production systems. Most recently announced, AmberPoint SOA Management System 5.0 now includes end-to-end policy-based management, additional security features and enhanced performance to make it the most comprehensive SOA runtime governance solution on the market. Additionally, AmberPoint localized its complimentary developer's edition software, AmberPoint Express, which is now available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Partnerships and Global Distribution AmberPoint strengthened its strategic partnerships in 2005 with leading SOA platform vendors, technology providers, systems integrators and resellers. The company announced an enhanced relationship with Microsoft, an extended partnership in IBM's SOA Partner Program, support for BEA AquaLogic and certification for SAP NetWeaver. Aiding its traction with U.S. government agencies, AmberPoint is the first company to submit SOA management software for Common Criteria Certification with the National Information Assurance Partnership. AmberPoint also increased its global reach by completing distribution agreements with leading systems integrators, distributors and resellers worldwide. AmberPoint solutions are now available on every continent except Antarctica. AmberPoint Express is now shipping with Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms 2005 to more than 300,000 developers worldwide. Industry Accolades In addition to strong customer and partner traction in 2005, AmberPoint was recognized by the industry for its innovation and its customer success. --Network World User Excellence Award --InfoWorld 100 Award --Network World Enterprise All-Star Award --Intelligent Enterprise Editors' Choice Award --AlwaysOn Top 100 Private Company Award --Finalist in the Red Herring 100 --Finalist in the eWeek Excellence Awards 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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