Atreus Systems Forms Strategic Relationship with SAIC.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002 SAIC's Management Solution Enables Enterprise and Government IT Departments to Cost-Effectively Implement Secure Remote Access Solutions Atreus Systems(TM) today announced a value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. ), enabling SAIC to resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. the Atreus xAuthority(TM) Service Provisioning platform as part of its Global Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. Enterprise Management Solution. The systems integration capabilities of SAIC's Global Telecommunications Group combined with Atreus' IP service provisioning product can provide a cost-efficient and reliable service provisioning management platform that allows government and commercial enterprises to manage and securely deliver corporate network access, applications and IP services to employees and customers. "Enterprise IT departments are faced with challenges as businesses depend on the ability to quickly and securely access critical data and applications residing within the corporate network," said Bob Young, general manager and senior vice president of SAIC's Global Telecommunications Group. "Atreus xAuthority can help our customers to bring an automated, streamlined approach to the delivery and management of IP services and applications." "We are excited that a company with the reputation and reach of SAIC has selected Atreus Systems," said Wil Cochran, 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. at Atreus Systems. "Together, SAIC and Atreus can deliver a cost-efficient and reliable provisioning management solution for government and commercial enterprises seeking to enable secure access to critical data, hosted applications and network-based services to employees and customers. We are proud, with Atreus xAuthority, to provide one of the key building blocks in SAIC's solution." SAIC Enterprise Management Solution The SAIC solution, using the Atreus xAuthority platform, features the following unique characteristics: -- Scalable, reliable platform for any size enterprise -- Centralized multi-service, multi-provisioning platform -- Employee end-user self-serve browser -- Modular, decoupled service descriptions and drivers that define business logic, provisioning processes and service configuration attributes -- Remote user and network administration -- Single Sign-On (SSO) capability enables employees to use a variety of applications without having to login multiple times Atreus xAuthority(TM) Solution Atreus xAuthority is a service provisioning management platform that enables enterprise IT staff to simplify the assignment and activation of applications and the management of employee profiles. At the front end, users administer and consume services through self-service portals. At the back end, Atreus xAuthority automates service configuration and provisioning across mixed IT environments. The platform's directory capabilities bring order to the increasingly complex tasks of user profiling, service authorization and entitlement management in the emerging era of subscriber-level services in enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. . With Atreus xAuthority, an enterprise IT technician, from a single interface, can simply create and dynamically change business and application rules, and modify user groups and their service entitlements across an organization's intranet and extranet. For example, Enterprise IT departments are enabled to cost-effectively grant quick, secure access to critical data, hosted applications and network-based services such as storage and voice to authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: employees and customers. Companies boost productivity, improve customer service and ensure business continuity while keeping operational costs in check. About SAIC SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , energy, the environment, telecommunications, health care and transportation. With annual revenues of $6.1 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies Telcordia Technologies, formerly Bell Communications Research, Inc. or Bellcore, is a telecommunications research and development (R&D) company based in the United States and created on January 1 1984 as part of the 1982 Modification of Final Judgment that broke up , have more than 40,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com. About Atreus Systems Atreus Systems(TM) is a service provisioning leader for enterprise services and applications. The Atreus xAuthority(TM) Service Provisioning Management Solution helps government and enterprise customers to manage increasingly complex relationships between employee identities and service entitlements for Web-based network services and applications. Atreus xAuthority helps IT departments to improve their client services and to control IT management costs through user self-administration portals and automated service provisioning. Atreus Systems, headquartered in Cupertino, California, is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Mobius Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Skypoint Capital Corporation, BDC (Backup Domain Controller) In a Windows NT server, a copy of the Primary Domain Controller (PDC). The BDC is periodically synchronized with the PDC. See PDC. BDC - Backup Domain Controller Venture Capital and Aliant, Inc. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.atreus-systems.com or call (800) 764-5514 (North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ). Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the period ended January 31, 2002, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof here·of adv. Of this. hereof Adverb Formal or law of or concerning this Adv. 1. hereof - of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic" . Atreus Systems, the Atreus Systems logo, fill YOUR pipes, Atreus xAuthority and all Atreus Systems products are trademarks of Atreus Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries and are used under license. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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