CUNA Mutual Group Selects Oblix for Web Access Management; Oblix NetPoint to Provide Secure Access and Identity Management to CUNA Mutual Group Employees and Credit Union Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001 Oblix Inc., a leading developer of e-business infrastructure software, today announced that CUNA Cuna Chibchan-speaking Indian people who once occupied the central region of what is now Panama and the neighbouring San Blas Islands and who still survive in marginal areas. In the 16th century they lived in federated villages under chiefs who wielded considerable power. Mutual Group, a leading financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. provider to credit unions and their members worldwide, has selected Oblix NetPoint Web access management (WAM WAM - Intermediate language for compiled Prolog, used by the Warren Abstract Machine. "An Abstract Prolog Instruction Set", D.H.D. Warren, TR 309, SRI 1983. ) solution as a key piece of its overall e-business strategy. Oblix NetPoint will deliver Web single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. and identity management capabilities to CUNA Mutual's customer base of thousands of credit unions and their members as well as to its own 5,000 employees. "We needed to provide credit union employees as well as the members they serve, secure access to numerous Web-based applications. We quickly realized keeping user identity information updated was a complex and potentially costly task," stated Steve Devoti, Directory Services manager, CUNA Mutual Group. "Oblix NetPoint was the only solution that provided the advanced identity management functionality to enable us to increase security and drive down the overall cost associated with administering and managing a large user base as well as an application portfolio with complex access control rules." Oblix NetPoint will be deployed by CUNA Mutual to enable its employees, credit union employees and members to access services and applications that are hosted by the company throughout its extended enterprise. With Oblix NetPoint, CUNA Mutual will automate once manual tasks such as approving changes to user information and password management, thereby significantly reducing the costs associated with their overall e-business infrastructure. The potential of interacting with millions of credit union members through its e-business network heightened the need for a tool capable of dynamically managing this vast user base. Complicating factors are the often unique contractual relationships that are associated with each credit union. CUNA Mutual determined that Oblix NetPoint was the only WAM solution that could address this need through configuration rather than custom programming. Prior to selecting Oblix NetPoint, CUNA Mutual had evaluated competing WAM product offerings but none had met both its access control and extensive identity management requirements. "Recognizing that e-business is ultimately built on an identity infrastructure is critical to understanding the power of the Internet," stated Gordon Eubanks Gordon Eubanks (b. November 7, 1946) is a microcomputer industry pioneer who worked with Gary Kildall in the early days of Digital Research. Eubanks attended Oklahoma State University. Dr. Kildall was his graduate thesis advisor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. , 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. , Oblix. "We are very pleased that CUNA Mutual has chosen Oblix NetPoint for their Web access and identity management needs." About CUNA Mutual Group The CUNA Mutual Group is the leading provider of insurance and financial services to credit unions and their members worldwide, offering insurance, investment and technological solutions through strategic relationships and multiple service channels. For more information about the CUNA Mutual Group, please visit www.cunamutual.com. About Oblix Inc. Oblix Inc. is a leading developer of e-business infrastructure software that securely connects the right people to the right resources on e-business networks. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Oblix NetPoint, is a Web access management solution that provides an identity infrastructure for e-business. Based on a 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. architecture, Oblix NetPoint includes rich identity management and Web single sign-on functionality. Global corporations such as Amdahl, APL (A Programming Language) A high-level mathematical programming language noted for its brevity and matrix generation capabilities. Developed by Kenneth Iverson in the mid-1960s, it runs on micros to mainframes and is often used to develop mathematical models. , Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar , Hitachi, i2 Technologies, Intuit, Kinko's, Medtronic, Norsk Hydro, Stanford University, Tellabs, Xerox and many more rely on Oblix solutions. Oblix investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Apax Partners, Van Wagoner Capital Management, Cisco Systems, Intel 64 Fund, Focus Ventures, Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , JP Morgan, Sumitomo Corp. and Novell, Inc. Oblix is headquartered in Cupertino and has offices in North America and Europe. To reach Oblix, please call 408/861-6800 or visit www.oblix.com. Note to Editors: Oblix Inc., the Oblix logo, Oblix Publisher and Oblix NetPoint are trademarks of Oblix Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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