IBM komt met nieuwe producten op het gebied van Security en IT Management

Amsterdam, 23 Mei 2006 - Vandaag lanceert IBM drie nieuwe producten op het gebied van security en IT management. Met behulp van de nieuwe producten wordt het mogelijk om op een veilige manier een flexibele en dynamische IT architectuur te implementeren die bedrijven in staat stelt om snel en adequaat in te spelen op veranderingen in de markt. De producten van IBM zijn een antwoord op de vraag van steeds meer bedrijven om zich te kunnen weren tegen georganiseerde cyberaanvallen en te kunnen voldoen aan de hoge eisen die de overheid stelt aan de veiligheid en privacy van klantendata.

IBM announces New Appliances and Security Consulting Services for Industry Standard Computing

IBM today announced new products for IT management and security as well as consulting services capabilities to help businesses address emerging cyber-threats and the need to reduce IT complexity. The new offerings are in response to growing demand from clients for secure industry standard computing that banishes the one size fits all proprietary approach of the past so that companies can more easily build service oriented architectures (SOA).

The new IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA appliances and SOA security consulting services can help business fend off threats from the estimated 85 percent of malware -- including computer hacking, consumer identity theft crimes, viruses or other security vulnerabilities -- that is motivated by illegal profits. The emergence of organized cyber crime, coupled with the necessity for organizations to comply with myriad government regulations that ensure security and privacy of client data, has made securing IT infrastructures through industry standard technologies critical for organizations of all sizes, and in all industries.

New IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA appliances -- based on technology acquired from DataPower last year -- are less than two inches tall and 19 inches wide and can be installed and configured in minutes to help avoid the aftermath of many of these cyber crimes that costs businesses billions of dollars in lost revenue, lost customers and lost employee productivity. These specialty devices are inserted into a client’s existing network to secure, manage and authenticate the validity of messages from various sources including web transactions, RFID and other wireless devices up to 10 times faster than general purpose systems. When combined with SOA security management software from IBM Tivoli, which securely controls user access to applications and data, the appliances help to ensure that the right people have access to the right data, at the right time.

An IT infrastructure that includes the new IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA appliances and is based on IBM SOA security services can help businesses implement a flexible and dynamic architecture that can securely comply with government regulations including HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and many others. Understanding and reconciling various standards, and ensuring they are properly implemented, is rapidly becoming one of the most complex challenges facing enterprises of all sizes.

"In a rapidly evolving security landscape, businesses face a formidable yet critical challenge to comply with security regulations," said Mike Bilger, Partner, Security and Privacy Services, IBM Global Services, IBM. "As more clients begin to realize significant business value from an SOA, including reduced costs and increased revenue, implementing IT security will enable clients to grow the use of SOA across the enterprise so they can stay ahead of fast-changing market conditions."

RouteOne, a joint venture formed by DaimlerChrysler Financial Services, Ford Motor Credit Company, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, and Toyota Financial Services to redefine and improve the credit application process for automobile dealers and their customers, has created an SOA that relies on WebSphere Software and the IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA security appliances. RouteOne's SOA links 21,500 automotive dealerships in North America to 60 finance sources for the purpose of instantly and securely exchanging credit application information online.