OpenService and Avnet Partner Solutions Sign Distribution Agreement for Security Management Software Integrated with IBM Systems Solutions for Information Security Platform
Marlborough, MA. - March 22, 2006 - OpenService™, Inc., a leader in enterprise security information management software, announced that it has signed an agreement with Avnet Partner Solutions, a leading value-added distributor of enterprise computing products, storage, software and services, to distribute OpenService's Security Management Center (SMC) suite of scalable, easy to manage, low TCO security information management, log management and compliance reporting applications on IBM Systems Solutions for Information Security platform based on IBM BladeCenter.
Ted Joseph, OpenService's Chairman and CEO, commented that "Our security information and event management solutions delivered on the IBM Blade Center platform create a unique offering that is robust, scalable and dramatically reduces ownership costs for organizations needing to manage the entire spectrum of security and compliance risks. With this agreement, Avnet resellers can now deliver Open Service's SMC, one of the industry's most successfully deployed security management solution, on a consolidated security management platform to their customers."
"Avnet is committed to bringing market-leading technology to our customers that enables them to offer complete solutions. OpenService's ease of use, low TCO and integration with BladeFusion's SPE management software allows Avnet resellers to provide security management that is reliable and cost-effective, making OpenService a winning combination with IBM Systems Solutions for Information Security," said Sara Jensen, vice president, Avnet Partner Solutions, IBM Product Marketing.
"Today marks a milestone for Blade.org with 60 companies joined together to speed the creation of innovative products and solutions to clients around the globe," said Doug Balog, chairman of Blade.org, vice president of IBM BladeCenter, and keynote speaker at the Server Blade Summit industry conference on April 19. "Research and development collaboration has become the new model for market success. The Blade.org community's first customer deployments show that when technology is made open and accessible, we can speed the time which customers can move from concept to deployment."
SMC is a suite of security information management (SIM) software solutions that collects, analyzes, and correlates security event data from across the enterprise. Security Threat Manager delivers centralized management of risks, vulnerabilities, real-time events and post-attack forensics. Security Log Manager extends SMC's easy to deploy security event data collection architecture to deliver real-time and batch compliance reports, compressed log data storage and significantly lower maintenance costs than any comparable log management solution. It enables simplified, consolidated security reporting and analysis for Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Basel II, FISMA, FFIEC and Visa CISP compliance audits.
About Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas
Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is part of the Avnet Technology Solutions operating group of Avnet, Inc. An industry-leading, value-added distributor and provider of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, Avnet Partner Solutions serves value-added resellers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Avnet Partner Solutions provides enterprise solutions from industry-leading manufacturers, focusing on driving growth for partners and manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.aps.avnet.com.
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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