Corio Migrates to Oblix NetPoint for Secure Access and Identity Management; Leading Application Service Provider Cites Superior Performance and Scalability as Key Reasons for Oblix Win.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 Oblix Inc., a leading developer of e-business infrastructure software, today announced that Corio (Nasdaq:CRIO CRIO COMSEC Regional Issuing Officer cRIO Compact Reconfigurable Input Output (National Instruments) ), the leading enterprise application services See ASP and Web services. provider (ASP), has selected Oblix NetPoint(TM) to secure its complete Web environment. Oblix NetPoint will replace the partially deployed solution from Netegrity, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETE). Oblix NetPoint was selected to meet Corio's high volume needs in the ASP environment. In addition to providing an identity infrastructure, Oblix NetPoint will deliver access control functionality to support three business needs for Corio. First, Oblix NetPoint will provide 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. to internal applications and employee self service for user identity information for Corio's employee base. Second, by securing Corio's business transactions, customers of Corio's services will have a secure and intuitive way to access their hosted business applications, such as PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. . Corio will also manage their customer's user identity information and authorize user access to the appropriate applications via the Oblix solution. Finally, Oblix NetPoint will be a key component in Corio's hosted security infrastructure offering. Corio did extensive performance and benchmark testing of the industry's 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. ) solutions and found that Oblix NetPoint was the solution that can scale to meet their growing user demands. Plus, by automating the process of making changes to user identity information and access privileges through Oblix NetPoint's delegated administration Delegated administration describes the decentralization of role-based-access-control systems. Many enterprises use a centralized model of access control. For large organizations, this model scales poorly and IT teams become burdened with menial role-change requests. and workflow system, Corio determined they can significantly reduce the costs of building and managing their Web infrastructure. This is a critical consideration in a high volume ASP environment. Additionally, Oblix NetPoint offers the broadest 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. support of any web access management vendor, ensuring Corio can integrate their existing infrastructure applications with their new WAM solution. About Oblix Inc. Oblix Inc. is a leading developer of identity-based security solutions for 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 an entire e-business environment. 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 functionality and provides access control with single sign-on to enterprise applications. This combination significantly lowers IT costs for organizations conducting business on the Web. 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, 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 Corporation and Novell, Inc. With offices in North America and Europe, Oblix is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., and can be reached at 408/861-6800 or www.oblix.com. About Corio, Inc. Corio (Nasdaq:CRIO), the leading enterprise application service provider, delivers best-of-breed enterprise applications over a secure global network for a fixed fee. Corio's experts deploy and manage applications from leading software vendors such as PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP and Siebel Systems. Corio designs and deploys scalable, one-to-many architectures built using world-class infrastructure. Corio SRVCE(TM) enables customers to achieve superior speed, reliability, visibility, control and economics for their enterprise applications. Corio is located in San Carlos, Calif. Additional information about Corio is available at http://www.corio.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. 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