AmberPoint Expands Growing Customer Base with Addition of British American Tobacco, Fujitsu and Thrasys.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2003 Industry-Leading Companies Select AmberPoint for Comprehensive Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Management Capabilities AmberPoint, Inc., the leading provider of Web services management solutions, today announced that British American Tobacco British American Tobacco Plc (LSE: BATS, AMEX: BTI, KLSE: BAT) is the second largest listed tobacco company in the world. It is based in London, England and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalisation of over £29 billion as of June 2005. , Fujitsu and Thrasys have selected AmberPoint Management Foundation(TM) to meet their requirements for deploying reliable, enterprise-class Web services. AmberPoint continues to add marquee customers to its growing customer base as it answers the industry's rising need for solutions that manage, monitor and secure Web services-based systems. Web services management is essential to any enterprise Web services architecture. AmberPoint provides a comprehensive, distributed solution that overcomes the technical challenges of deploying and maintaining complex Web services environments. It also enables organizations to reap the full business benefits of the flexible, standards-based application architecture. AmberPoint Management Foundation integrates seamlessly into heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). Web services systems, providing rich management capabilities across the complete environment without requiring additional coding to the Web services themselves. Leading international tobacco company British American Tobacco has adopted Web services as a key component of its integration architecture. The company identified Web services management as a fundamental building block for the successful implementation of its integration strategy. "We were impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: by AmberPoint's ability to leverage the real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. content of our XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. message stream and the business insight it provides," said Kevin Poulter, application technology manager at British American Tobacco. "AmberPoint has a clear vision for the management requirements of business-critical Web services-based systems." AmberPoint provides critical management capabilities for Fujitsu's application integration projects. "AmberPoint provides management functions that are core to our customers' Web services implementations," said Mark Unak, chief architect at Fujitsu. "AmberPoint addresses challenges such as security and performance management and also provides the visibility and control needed to deploy business-centric Web services. AmberPoint is a critical part of our offering." Thrasys, Inc., a supplier of XML/Web services-enabled enterprise applications, selected AmberPoint for its non-invasive Non-invasive A procedure that does not penetrate the body. Mentioned in: Multiple-Gated Acquisition Scan non-invasive 1. not penetrating the skin, e.g. a non-invasive test. 2. approach to managing Web services. "As enterprises incorporate Web services into their IT infrastructures, they face the issue of how to manage them," said Ramesh Balakrishnan, president and 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. of Thrasys. "AmberPoint integrates seamlessly into any Web services environment, quickly providing the management and monitoring capabilities necessary to ensure the new systems meet requirements for enterprise-level security and reliability." "These customer wins are testament to the strength of our product and validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data the market potential for Web services management," said John Hubinger, AmberPoint CEO. "As a growing number of companies are taking their Web services into production, the need for our management capabilities is rising significantly. Our non-invasive solutions bring great value to all varieties of Web services environments, on both Java and .NET platforms, enabling us to form strong industry partnerships and giving us a great deal of traction Traction Definition Traction is the use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders. Purpose Traction is usually applied to the arms and legs, the neck, the backbone, or the pelvis. with companies that are serious about Web services." Also among AmberPoint's growing customer roster are leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. energy company TransCanada, insurance giant MetLife, global IT solutions provider InSync Information Systems and a department of the U.S. Government. About AmberPoint AmberPoint, Inc., a pioneer in Web services management, offers the most comprehensive solutions for making Web services production-ready, business-ready and easily manageable. With its modular, architecture-independent design, 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, California “Oakland” redirects here. For other uses, see Oakland (disambiguation). Oakland (IPA: /ˈoʊklənd/), founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. . For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510-663-6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit the company website at www.amberpoint.com. |
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