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February 15, 6:59 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Netegrity, Inc.
Netegrity's SiteMinder Selected by Ingram Micro for Global E-commerce Initiatives
Netegrity's SiteMinder Delivers Scalable, Dynamic and Secure Infrastructure for Customer Service Web Site
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Netegrity, Inc., (Nasdaq: NETE - news), a leading provider of software and services for controlling user access to electronic commerce applications, today announced that Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM - news), the world's largest wholesale provider of technology products and services, has successfully deployed SiteMinder© to securely manage its dynamic reseller Web site.
Based in Santa Ana, California, Ingram Micro offers more than 225,000 products to a network of 140,000-plus resellers across the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. To extend its market leadership position, Ingram Micro is dedicated to e-commerce initiatives and the use of next-generation technologies to drive increased customer usage of Internet-based services. Ingram Micro's resellers are now using the site daily to make purchases, request support, obtain product and company information, search for product pricing and availability, as well as to enter auctions.
``As the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, our goal is to leverage the Internet to increase service and flexibility for existing customers and expand our business into new markets,' said Gary Strohm, vice president of Web Development for Ingram Micro. ``Netegrity's SiteMinder enables us to meet these goals and maximize our current e-commerce initiative by supplying us with a comprehensive secure user management solution that has enabled us to effectively conduct business over the Web.'
Ingram Micro chose SiteMinder over competitive solutions for a variety of reasons including its single sign-on and security capability, scalability, and the quality and caliber of Netegrity's professional services group, to ensure a successful deployment of SiteMinder into Ingram Micro's extremely complex environment. As Ingram Micro continues to expand its online business initiatives on a global basis, a world-class services group was a key criteria to successfully meet the requirements of both growing numbers of users, and newly developed applications.
``Companies today are building e-commerce applications that maximize user relationships and build customer loyalty. These customers are increasingly demanding software solutions that provide a high level of user personalization, and secure user management capabilities that are flexible, and easy to use,' said Bill Bartow, vice president of marketing, Netegrity, Inc. ``We are pleased that Ingram Micro has chosen SiteMinder to deploy their next generation e-commerce reseller Web site. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Ingram Micro.'
Ideal for Ingram Micro and other companies conducting business on the Web, SiteMinder delivers market-leading support for standard authentication schemes, proven scalability, and single sign-on. Immediately integrating with Ingram Micro's existing technologies, SiteMinder enhanced the company's commerce site providing a secure and reliable environment for reseller customers to conduct business and receive personalized service.
About SiteMinder
SiteMinder benefits administrators, application developers, and end-users by providing centralized control of users accessing corporate Intranet and Extranet sites. SiteMinder enables Web site developers to deliver secure, personalized Web applications on time and on budget by managing all of the complex security requirements for Web applications. SiteMinder improves Web site usability for end-users by providing multi-domain single sign-on and personalized content. SiteMinder is also the most scalable privilege management solution on the market today, as verified by independent testing. SiteMinder is a three-time winner of the Crossroads A-List Award from Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA). The Crossroads A-List Awards identify the best new enterprise solutions each year.
About Netegrity
Netegrity, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETE - news) is a leading provider of software and services for managing and controlling user access to electronic commerce applications. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company's flagship product, SiteMinder, is the industry's first secure user management system, which provides access control, single sign-on, and distributed user management for Intranet and Extranet applications. More information on Netegrity can be found at www.netegrity.com.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM - news), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the World's largest wholesale provider of technology products and services, and a leader of assembly and integration services with sales of $26.5 billion for the past four reported quarters. The company and its subsidiaries operate in 34 countries and distribute more than 225,000 products to more than 140,000 resellers in 130 countries. Ingram Micro can be found at www.ingrammicro.com. |
