TidePoint Integrates Netegrity's Secure Policy Management Platform with Its Business Partner Infrastructure.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 Netegrity's SiteMinder Platform Provides Centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. Access and Authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. for TidePoint's Eclipse Services TidePoint(R) Corp., a provider of Business Partner Infrastructure (BPI (Bits Per Inch) The measurement of the number of bits stored in one linear inch of a track (storage channel) on a disk or tape. Bit density on magnetic disks has reached 800,000 bpi (800 Kbpi). See tpi, areal density and magnetic disk. BPI - bits per inch ) solutions, today announced the selection of Netegrity(R)'s SiteMinder(R) platform for centrally managing and enforcing access control to TidePoint's infrastructure services. By integrating the SiteMinder platform with its recently launched Eclipse(TM) infrastructure services and BPI, TidePoint now provides privilege-based access to its services interface management portal. "As companies begin to face the challenge of securely linking with strategic e-business partners, secure user management is becoming a vital element of a managed service infrastructure," said Bill Bartow, vice president of marketing at Netegrity. "We are excited to be working with TidePoint to enable them to provide their customers with a secure e-business environment." The TidePoint BPI provides a single point of interface to a suite of infrastructure applications, including inter-company identity management, trusted trade services, secure messaging and collaboration, application translation services and inter-company business analytics. Netegrity's SiteMinder platform provides centralized policy management for managing users and their access to TidePoint's BPI infrastructure applications. The addition of the SiteMinder platform enables TidePoint to easily manage privileges and entitlements for large numbers of users, across all applications and platforms ensuring that users have access to only the applications and information for which they are 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: . "TidePoint selected Netegrity's SiteMinder platform for its industry leadership and world-class secure management technology," stated Joel D. Spieth, TidePoint's chief technology officer and executive vice president of product development. "Netegrity provides a proven, scalable and reliable platform for centrally managing and securing the TidePoint Eclipse application services See ASP and Web services. ." About Netegrity Netegrity is a global e-commerce infrastructure company that provides solutions for securely managing and personalizing business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and Intranet portals. Companies worldwide depend on Netegrity's products, services, and partners to bring their businesses to the Web. Netegrity'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. , SiteMinder, provides companies with a proven, scalable, and reliable platform for centrally securing and managing e-commerce portals and their affiliates. Netegrity also maintains an extensive worldwide network of partners, distributors, and resellers. Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Netegrity also has offices throughout Europe and Asia, with European headquarters based in the U.K. Netegrity is a public company traded on the Nasdaq 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. under the symbol NETE. More information can be found at http://www.netegrity.com. About TidePoint As the first Business Partner Infrastructure (BPI) service provider, TidePoint offers the network and infrastructure applications that solve the challenges of inter-company connectivity, security and application integration. Offered as a suite of managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , TidePoint's BPI allows companies to focus on deploying business-to-business applications that drive revenue and profit, while reducing the risks associated with implementing a complex B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business infrastructure. With minimal upfront costs and significantly lower annual operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , TidePoint's BPI enables companies to create dynamic links to worldwide partners, suppliers and customers within weeks versus the 12 to 18 months required to build a comparable system. For more information, visit the TidePoint Web site at www.tidepoint.net or contact the company directly at 877/908-0222. TidePoint is a registered trademark and Eclipse IIM IIM Indian Institute of Management (main Management Institutes of India) IIM Individual Indian Money (US Department of Interior) IIM Industrial Information Management is a trademark of TidePoint Corp.. Netegrity and SiteMinder are registered trademarks of Netegrity Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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