F5 Announces Plans to Unify Access Management for Web Applications
Solution Will Combine F5’s BIG-IP System with Oracle® Access Manager to Enhance Single Sign-on Capabilities and Simplify Access Control
Oracle OpenWorld 2009 Booth #1421
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced that it plans to integrate F5® BIG-IP® access solutions with Oracle Identity Management software to centralize web application authentication and authorization services, streamline access management, and reduce infrastructure costs.
Details
Advantages of combining F5 and Oracle solutions will include:
Tight integration of the F5 BIG-IP system with Oracle® Access Manager, enabling reduced TCO, lowered deployment risk, and streamlined operational efficiencies for customers.
Integration with Oracle Access Manager Single Sign-On (SSO) to promote a superior end-user experience and enhanced user productivity. This integration will enable organizations to adopt an access management and SSO strategy that allows rapid ROI.
A unified point of enforcement to simplify auditing and control changes in configuring application access settings.
F5, a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, will provide additional information about the planned solution in Booth #1421 at Oracle OpenWorld, taking place October 11–15 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. To learn more about F5’s presence at Oracle OpenWorld and other industry events, please visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/events.
Availability
The combined solution is expected to be available within the first half of CY 2010.
Supporting Quotes
“Ease of implementation and TCO are very important to Oracle and its customers,” said Brian Mozinski, Director, Product Management, Identity Management and Security at Oracle. “By integrating functionality from Oracle Access Manager and F5’s BIG-IP system, customers can further streamline their deployments of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Identity Management Suite.”
“Our goal is to help businesses maximize the value of their technology investments,” said Muneer Taskar, Director, Sales at Persistent Systems, a technology company specializing in software product development services. “Integration and interoperability from vendors like Oracle and F5 make customer deployments simpler and less costly to deploy and manage. We look forward to adding this new access management solution to our product portfolio.”
“Close working relationships with key identity and access management vendors like Oracle are very important to F5,” said Jason Needham, Sr. Director of Product Management at F5. “Together, we can deliver significant value to our joint customers by enabling them to centralize and unify application access control services across increasingly diverse network environments. F5 is committed to providing innovative access management solutions and edge services—such as SSL VPN, acceleration, and other managed services—to maximize IT agility and deliver enhanced functionality, security, and ROI to customers.” |
