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Monday January 27 12:49 PM EDT
NeTegrity's SiteMinder product earns Data Communications Hot Products Award
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--
SiteMinder named Security and Software Hot Product of 1997
NeTegrity, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE; Boston Stock Exchange:NTY) today announced that its flagship product, SiteMinder(tm), has received Data Communications "1997 Hot Products Award" for centralized management of enterprise-wide security.
"Until now, centralized security control was a pipe dream," wrote Lee Bruno, Software Editor of Data Communications magazine. He further stated, "With SiteMinder, NeTegrity takes an approach thats different from those of competing companies." SiteMinder received three "hot" marks from Data Communications score card, the highest possible rating -- declaring it one of the most significant new products in networking today.
Data Communications, a leading information technology publication, dedicates its annual Hot Products Award to networking and internetworking technologies that are most likely to have a dramatic impact on corporate networks and the people who manage them. The awards are based on two key criteria: differentiation from competing products and the ability to ease business work through new, technical innovations. Data Communications selected SiteMinders new approach to security as both unique and innovative.
"We are thrilled that SiteMinder was chosen to receive this prestigious award," said Barry N. Bycoff, CEO. "It affirms our belief that theres a definite need for a new class of product addressing the process of managing network security. SiteMinder offers a solution to the security management problems that plague IS departments today."
SiteMinder is the first open, integrated and scalable security management platform to provide centralized management for enterprise-wide security. It controls and monitors the security functions of identifying a particular user, enforcing where the user can go on the network, and authorizing what information the user has access to. By using SiteMinder, network managers can command and control network security from a single web-based console.
NeTegrity, Inc. (www.netegrity.com) is a leading provider of next-generation security products and services for voice and data networking applications. The company recently established a joint venture with Encotone, Ltd. to market TeleID(tm), an acoustic smart card which provides absolute user identification and secure transaction capability within data and voice applications. NeTegrity is also the leading U.S. value-added reseller of Check Point(tm) Software Technologies Ltd.'s FireWall-1(tm) network security solution, for which it provides comprehensive pre- and post-sales support and consulting services.
CONTACT: NeTegrity, Inc.
Ann F. Georgopoulos
617/ 890-1700 x228
ann@netegrity.com |
