I would bet encommerce was a deal put together by IBM....
IBM-enCommerce Agreement to Provide Global 2000 eBusiness Portal Users With Secure, Individualized Access to Web Applications and Services
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- enCommerce, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for managing secure and individualized access to eBusiness portals, today announced that the company has joined IBM's (NYSE: IBM - news) PartnerWorld for Developers Program as an advanced member. This relationship will promote the award-winning, enCommerce getAccess secure eBusiness portal management solution to IBM's Global 2000 customers, through targeted sales and marketing programs, enabling these organizations to rapidly deploy secure, personalized eBusiness applications to customers, partners or employees.
``Moving large-scale, bricks-and-mortar businesses to the Web requires eBusiness solutions that allow companies to quickly deliver robust, personalized services that empower their most valuable business partners,' said Cynthia Erdman, Director of Strategy and Business Development, IBM Solution Developer Marketing. ``We are pleased to work with enCommerce to provide Global 2000 companies with the scalability, functionality and personalization they need to conduct business with customers, partners and employees.'
The IBM-enCommerce agreement is the latest extension of a successful working relationship forged through the enCommerce getAccess solution's runtime support for the AIX operating system and its RS/6000 systems, integration with IBM's LDAP SecureWay Directory, support of IBM's WebSphere application server, support for Lotus Domino R5 and a runtime port of the getAccess solution to IBM's O/S 390 operating system. The enCommerce getAccess software currently provides Global 2000 companies such as Chase Manhattan Bank, AT&T, Sprint, Visa International, Ericsson, Canon and The Prudential with the comprehensive authentication, authorization and administrative services they need to securely deliver eBusiness applications to up to millions of users. Given enCommerce's established market presence among large-scale organizations building global eBusiness portals, the getAccess solution is a fit for IBM's eBusiness target market for the following reasons:
-- Personalization, Multi-Domain Web single sign-on -- allows users to log
on once to access a personalized navigational "menu" to all information
and resources, including multiple affiliate sites beyond the host
company's portal.
-- Rapid time-to-market -- product's open, flexible, 100% Pure Java(TM)
architecture and enCommerce's professional services capabilities speed
development and deployment of dynamic online applications and services.
-- Highly scalable and extensible architecture -- capable of supporting
millions of diverse users, and flexibility to easily integrate with new
applications, as they are added to meet user demand.
-- Fine-grained user authentication and authorization -- supports the
widest range of authentication devices (passwords, tokens, digital
certificates, smart cards, and biometrics) and authorization engines
(leading LDAP directories including Novell, IBM, Netscape, databases
and others).
``Our continued collaboration with IBM has been a relationship of vision about the ability of the Internet to transform any organization into an eBusiness powerhouse. We recognize that the facilitators for effective eBusiness are based on reliable, scalable and highly adaptable information technologies such as AIX, IBM WebSphere and the getAccess solution,' said Alberto Yepez, president and CEO of enCommerce. ``Based on current joint IBM-enCommerce successes, we look forward to future endeavors with IBM to deliver world-class eBusiness solutions to a multitude of global customers.' |
