Tivoli Unveils Security Management and Control Solutions to Enable e-business.

Business/Technology Editors

RSA Conference 2000

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000

Uniting Tivoli(R), IBM(R) SecureWay(R) and DASCOM Products and

Technologies Will Help Customers Compete in the Internet Economy 

Tivoli Systems Inc. today unveiled the Tivoli SecureWay portfolio of comprehensive security management and control solutions, designed to help companies succeed in e-business. The Tivoli SecureWay product family is a unity of complementary security products and technologies from Tivoli, IBM Corp. and DASCOM Inc., a Web security company recently acquired by IBM. Responsibility for the combined product set now lies with the newly-formed Tivoli Security Business Unit.

"As large enterprises move closer to realizing complete e-business infrastructures, security becomes an important enabler of e-business, allowing customers, partners, investors and others access to secure and business-critical information, while keeping intruders out," said Carl Kessler, vice president and general manager, Tivoli Security Business Unit at Tivoli Systems Inc. "The combination of Tivoli, IBM SecureWay and DASCOM product lines creates a range of solutions tailored to e-business."

The Tivoli SecureWay product family will provide comprehensive security management and control, either as stand-alone products or as part of Tivoli Enterprise(TM), and Tivoli SecureWay products will integrate with an extensive portfolio of Tivoli and IBM partner products. This provides customers with a flexible, yet integrated approach to helping solve the infrastructure challenges posed by the Internet economy.

"Our customers require accurate, timely billing, details of kilowatt usage and other information delivered to them through our call centers or through the Internet. This means we have to provide them with uninterrupted, real-time and secure access to mainframe-based data whenever they want it," said Nancy Mulshine, manager, Enterprise Systems Management, Florida Power and Light. "Tivoli dramatically reduces the risks associated with internal and external security breeches, enabling our e-business to succeed."

Initial products in the Tivoli SecureWay product family include the following products consolidated from Tivoli, IBM SecureWay and DASCOM with various enhancements for e-business security management and control:

Tivoli SecureWay User Administration -- provides an automated, secure way to manage user attributes and user services across heterogeneous, distributed networks. Designed to give IT staff centralized control, Tivoli SecureWay User Administration features policy-based management, management by subscription, secure delegation and a platform-independent interface.

Tivoli SecureWay Security Manager -- provides an open solution for role-based distributed and OS/390 security management, enabling administrators to consistently enforce security policy across multiple platforms with a single security model.

Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director -- provides a comprehensive and open policy management and access control solution for e-business applications, enabling corporations to provide granular access to only that information which is required to do business with their employees, partners and customers--securely, using Internet technologies.

Tivoli SecureWay Global Sign-On -- provides a highly secure solution that gives users seamless access to resources, reduces corporate security risks and reduces help-desk costs associated with password management. By using Tivoli SecureWay User Administration to manage the Tivoli SecureWay Global Sign-On information, companies have a powerful solution for administering and managing access to resources from a single administrative interface.

Tivoli SecureWay FirstSecure -- provides a basic foundation for security in e-business environments, providing a comprehensive framework to help companies secure all aspects of networking via the Web and other networks, while helping them build on their current investments with modular, interoperable offerings and minimize total cost of ownership for conducting secure e-business.

Tivoli SecureWay Public Key Infrastructure -- a security-rich, integrated registration and certification solution that builds trust into business-critical Web applications. Tivoli SecureWay Public Key Infrastructure provides applications with the means to authenticate users, ensure trusted communications and establish the level of trust needed to conduct e-business with confidence.

Worldwide Availability and Pricing

Tivoli security management and control products are currently available as separate Tivoli and IBM products, sold under their original product titles. Products will be enhanced and released worldwide as the Tivoli SecureWay product family in the second quarter of 2000.

Customers of the existing Tivoli and IBM products, who are under maintenance agreements, will be upgraded to the corresponding Tivoli SecureWay product upon request. Additional pricing information will be available as products are released.

About Tivoli SecureWay

Tivoli SecureWay products provide comprehensive security management and control solutions that enterprises need to enable cost-effective control of their entire e-business infrastructure. Tivoli SecureWay unites technology and resources from Tivoli Systems Inc., IBM SecureWay and DASCOM Inc.'s security management solutions to bring security management and control solutions enabling today's e-business. For more information about Tivoli SecureWay products, visit www.tivoli.com/security.

About Tivoli Systems Inc.

Tivoli Systems Inc. provides the industry's leading open, highly scalable and cross-platform technology management solutions that span networks, systems, applications and business-to-business e-commerce. Leading companies around the world use Tivoli software and Tivoli Ready(TM) products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks, systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is an IBM company (NYSE:IBM). Tivoli distributes its products worldwide through a network of global sales offices, systems integrators, resellers and IBM sales channels. For more information, visit www.tivoli.com.

Tivoli, Tivoli Enterprise and Tivoli Ready are registered trademarks or trademarks of Tivoli Systems Inc., an IBM company. In Denmark, Tivoli is a trademark licensed from Kjobenhavns Sommer - Tivoli A/S. IBM and SecureWay are registered trademarks of International Business Machines in the United States, other countries, or both. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

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