MaXware Identity Center to Integrate with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003; Combined Solution Ensures End-to-End Identity Management for the Enterprise.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TRONDHEIM, Norway & FREEHOLD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004

MaXware AS, a leading global provider of modular and scalable enterprise-wide Identity Management solutions, today announced that its Provisioning solution, MaXware Identity Center, will integrate with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (MIIS), the company's identity lifecycle management offering.

As a result of this integration, users will be able to benefit from a scalable and flexible identity management solution that integrates advanced synchronization capabilities with sophisticated provisioning and workflow functionality. By combining the two offerings, organizations are able to dramatically reduce security risks while decreasing administrative costs associated with keeping identity data current.

"An enterprise-wide provisioning solution must incorporate capabilities to synchronize data across many identity repositories," said Jackson Shaw, product manager, Microsoft. "We are happy to see MaXware integrating their product with MIIS 2003."

Together, MIIS 2003 and Identity Center enable end users to be more productive by allowing them to access needed systems faster, while enhancing corporate security through terminating employee access, once the employee leaves a company. In addition, administrators are able to benefit from automated synchronization of identity information across a wide variety of applications, which improves their own effectiveness.

"MaXware provides additional features, such as robust workflow and provisioning capabilities, to enhance an MIIS deployment," said Elizabeth Mann of Mycroft Inc. "It makes perfect sense for MaXware to port this added functionality to MIIS -- enabling enterprises to take advantage of the combined years of identity management experience shared by the two companies."

MaXware has been providing enterprise organizations with meta-directory and virtual directory support for many years and will continue to do so through the support of MIIS 2003. MaXware and Microsoft customers benefit from a robust offering that provides advanced synchronization and identity management.

"Together, Microsoft and MaXware offer extensive capabilities when it comes to identity management," said Tore Wold, president & CEO of MaXware AS. "By combining our two offerings, we are able to offer a powerful identity management solution that scales to meet the identity management issues across enterprises of any size. As a result, organizations are able to securely and effectively manage user accounts and access rights of employees, business partners and customers."

About MaXware

Founded in 1984, MaXware AS is a leading global provider of modular and scalable enterprise-wide Identity Management solutions. MaXware's Identity Management Suite includes data synchronization, meta directory, virtual directory, provisioning and password management modules. The company's technology products are platform independent and flexible to meet the diverse needs of large, heterogeneous organizations looking to securely and efficiently access and manage identity information across globally distributed directories, databases and other data repositories. MaXware is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, with offices in the US, United Kingdom, Malaysia, and Australia. Customers include a cross-section of the world's largest government and commercial organizations, including Barclay's Bank, Farmers Insurance (a division of Zurich Insurance), British Telecom, US Marine Corp, DISA, Ministry of Defense UK, Nokia and Customs and Revenue Canada. For more information, please visit www.maxware.com.