Courion and ePresence Partner to Shorten Path to Identity Management Success.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2003 Courion's Software and ePresence's Consulting and Systems Integration Services Will Leverage Phased Implementation Methodology To Deliver Immediate and Measurable ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). Courion(R) Corporation, a leading provider of self-service identity management software, and ePresence, Inc. (Nasdaq: EPRE EPRE ePresence, Inc. (stock symbol) EPRE Ente Provincial Regulador de la Electricidad ), a market leader in delivering Security and Identity Management (SIM) solutions, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership. ePresence will provide services incorporating Courion's Identity Management Suite, which includes the AccountCourier(R) user provisioning The ability for customers to change voice and data services from their carriers online without having to place the order with a human representative. Web-based user provisioning lets you add and delete services and features from your browser. See automated provisioning. and PasswordCourier(R) password management product lines, with its SIM consulting and systems integration services. Under the terms of the agreement, ePresence will resell Courion's product set to provide complete solutions to customers. Courion will also offer ePresence's integration and consulting services to augment its own professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. capabilities. Together, the companies will target the increasing customer demand for identity management solutions that provide immediate and measurable ROI. Courion's modular, component-based identity management software and ePresence's proven SIM delivery model will be offered with a cooperatively developed, phased implementation approach that provides customers with strategic alternatives for achieving identity management success. Rather than requiring significant, multi-year investments before success can be measured and ROI calculated, Courion's and ePresence's combined approach allows the realization of incremental benefits using simultaneous deployment tracks. While longer running projects such as role definition and directory centralization continue, customers will benefit in the shorter term from improved access rights reporting and audit compliance, a quantifiable reduction in help desk calls through self-service password reset Self-service password reset is defined as any process or technology that allows users who have either forgotten their password or triggered an intruder lockout to authenticate with an alternate factor, and repair their own problem, without calling the help desk. and password synchronization Password synchronization is defined as any process or technology that helps users to maintain a single password that is subject to a single security policy, and changes on a single schedule across multiple systems. , and greater efficiencies through focused, rules-based user provisioning workflows that can target a particular business unit, or a set of common platforms. "In today's market, enterprises can't afford to assume the risk of large, all-encompassing identity management implementations with the hopes that somewhere down the line, return will be realized," said Scott Silk, senior vice president and general manager at ePresence. "Courion's component-based architecture and modular provisioning and password management solutions are a strong complement to our proven consulting and system integration services capabilities. Together, ePresence and Courion can provide a phased delivery model that minimizes risk and delivers business value immediately and repeatedly." ePresence's significant experience in deploying identity management solutions that empower employees also strongly complements Courion's unique approach to identity management, which is designed to translate security policies into fully automated, self-service workflows that can be delegated to line of business managers for greater service and cost-savings. "Joint customers will now be able to leverage ePresence's extensive security and identity management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and implementation expertise to minimize time to value," said Kurt Johnson Kurt Johnson (born March 23, 1963) is a professional American drag racing driver. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota, and currently resides in Buford, Georgia. He competes in the NHRA’s POWERade Drag Racing series, driving a Chevrolet Cobalt in the highly competitive Pro Stock , vice president of business development, Courion. "That expertise combined with Courion's user provisioning and password management solutions and our mutual belief in phased implementations provides customers with sensible alternatives for solving their identity management problems one step at a time while realizing cost savings at every turn." About Courion Courion Corporation is the leading provider of self-service identity management solutions that help enterprises manage the access rights and credentials of employees, business partners and customers with more speed, more security and less cost. Courion's Identity Management Suite, anchored by its AccountCourier(R) user provisioning and PasswordCourier(R) password management product lines, secures and streamlines the resolution of common operational challenges such as new user account setup and password reset. Courion's non-invasive, self-service architecture enforces security policies, while providing measurable cost-savings, operational efficiencies and productivity improvements. Courion's customers include industry leaders such as The Boeing Company, Cummins, Inc., Dell Computer, GE, Raymond James  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . 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. , SunTrust Banks SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) is an American bank holding company. The largest subsidiary is SunTrust Bank. It had $182.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2006. and Target Corporation, government institutions such as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census , and large not-for-profit organizations such as Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. . Courion is funded by QuestMark Partners, JMI JMI Java Metadata Interface (Sun Microsystems) JMI Japan Market Intelligence JMI James Madison Institute JMI Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship (Florida State University) Equity and other private investors. For more information, contact Courion's headquarters in Framingham, MA, USA at +1 508-879-8400 or visit www.courion.com. About ePresence ePresence, Inc. (Nasdaq: EPRE) is a market leader in delivering Security and Identity Management (SIM) solutions that help companies reduce cost, enhance security, improve customer service and increase revenues. Our highly focused solutions leverage technologies such as enterprise directories, metadirectories, 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 provisioning systems, and have enabled numerous Fortune 1000-class companies to efficiently and securely provide personalized access to digital resources, thus maximizing the ROI of their IT-based initiatives. ePresence is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts and can be reached at (800) 222-6926 or online at www.epresence.com. Courion, PasswordCourier and AccountCourier are registered trademarks of Courion Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. ePresence and the ePresence logo are servicemarks of ePresence, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . All other servicemarks, trademarks or logos are marks and logos of their respective owners. Forward-looking Statements Any statement in this press release that is not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking statement that is subject to risks and uncertainties relating to, without limitation, the success of the relationship between ePresence and Courion, the success of ePresence's service offerings, competitive pressures and general economic conditions, as well as other risk factors detailed from time to time in ePresence's SEC filings. |
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