OpenService Joins Blade.org to Promote Best of Breed Security Management Solutions
Marlborough, MA. - February 09, 2006 - OpenService ™, Inc., ., a leader in enterprise security management software, announced that it has joined blade.org as one of the initial members to help accelerate the adoption of IT security solutions on the IBM BladeCenter platform. The move consolidates OpenService's position as the leader in scalable, easy to manage security threat management and log analysis solutions. OpenService's security systems are the only commercial security information management (SIM) products offered as part of the IBM Systems Solution for Information Security.
"Enterprises are demanding comprehensive security management solutions that are robust, scalable and with low total cost of ownership (TCO)," said Ted Joseph, CEO, OpenService, Inc. "Blade.org will raise the awareness of how our security management solutions delivered on the IBM Blade Center platform create a unique offering that clearly meets these requirements. Together, we reduce the cost and complexity of securing the world's most demanding enterprise security networks."
"The valued addition of OpenService's membership to Blade.org underscores our mutual goal to gather the brightest minds in an open development environment to create interoperable technologies that meet the needs of customers in all industries," said Doug Balog, chairman, Blade.org. "BladeCenter continues to set the industry agenda and today, that agenda is now a collaborative one shared with the ever expanding members of Blade.org."
OpenService announced in August 2005 that its Security Threat Manager (STM) was jointly certified by BladeFusion and OpenService as a BladeFusion SPE™ Production Ready Application (PRA) for IBM eServer BladeCenter. The PRA certification enables STM to be delivered as a ready-to-run security management application for users of the "Security in a Box" security solution from IBM, powered by BladeFusion SPE™ on the IBM BladeCenter platform.
About Blade.org
Blade.org is a collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the expansion of blade solutions and the IBM and Intel blade ecosystem. This organization is intended to create new solutions, maximizing the value of the blade platform. More information is available at www.blade.org.
About OpenService
OpenService improves the reliability and security of the world's largest enterprise networks. The company specializes in management software that scales to high volume, global implementations in use by hundreds of the world's best-known enterprises today. OpenService has over a decade of experience in managing the most demanding network and security environments. Enterprise customers using OpenService's software solutions include Argonne National Labs, Citigroup, Connexion by Boeing, Visa, Verizon and many others in the Fortune 500. For more information, call 508-597-5300 or visit http://www.openservice.com.
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