Netegrity Further Extends Integration With Microsoft Technologies Through Support For SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Business Wire, Oct 4, 2004

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Enables Customers to Leverage Existing Identity Infrastructure Across the Enterprise

Netegrity, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETE), a leading provider of identity and access management solutions, today announced immediate Netegrity(R) SiteMinder(R) support for Microsoft(R) Office SharePoint(R) Portal Server 2003. The integration provides single sign-on between SharePoint Portal Server 2003 resources and other applications protected by SiteMinder, enabling seamless access to appropriate data for customers, partners, and employees.

"We built SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with the ability to connect to a multitude of business systems," said Sanjay Manchanda, Group Product Manager of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 at Microsoft Corp. "Efforts from Netegrity are a big step forward in enabling companies to utilize their existing SiteMinder security and access management infrastructure with SharePoint Portal Server 2003."

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 provides enterprises with an intelligent, extensible portal that seamlessly connects people, teams, knowledge, and applications so that people can take advantage of relevant information across business processes to help them work more efficiently. Windows SharePoint Services is a component of the Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003 information worker infrastructure and provides workspace services to Microsoft Office System and other desktop applications.

Netegrity delivers robust support for Microsoft environments across the Netegrity identity and access management product line. Using the combination of Netegrity and Microsoft technologies, customers are able to extend Microsoft environments and incorporate it as part of an enterprise-wide identity and access management infrastructure. With SiteMinder 6.0, Netegrity supports Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, IIS 6.0, Passport, Kerberos, and .NET, and works alongside MIIS (Microsoft Identity Integration Server). In addition to support for the Microsoft platform within Netegrity SiteMinder, Netegrity provides robust support for the Microsoft platform throughout its entire identity and access management product line including Netegrity(R) IdentityMinder(R) eProvision, Netegrity(R) IdentityMinder(R) Web Edition, and Netegrity(R) TransactionMinder(R).

"We have had significant customer demand for integration with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and we are excited to be able to immediately meet these requirements," said Stephanie Feraday, Vice President of Marketing at Netegrity. "Netegrity's support for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 enables our customers to further leverage their Netegrity investment across their Microsoft environments as well as their other applications across the enterprise."

The integration of Netegrity SiteMinder with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is available immediately from Netegrity. The details for implementing the integration are available to Netegrity customers and partners in a Tech Note on the Netegrity support site.

About Netegrity

Netegrity, Inc. is a leading provider of security software solutions that securely manage identities and their access to enterprise information assets, letting business in while keeping risk out. Netegrity provides a comprehensive identity and access management product line for continuously evolving computing environments, including legacy, Web, and service-oriented architectures. Netegrity's flexible, standards-based offerings are designed to increase security, reduce administrative costs, and enable revenue enhancement. Supported by a network of over 1200 trained integration consultants and over 300 technology partners, Netegrity solutions are licensed for more than 350 million users at over 850 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. For more information, visit http://www.netegrity.com.

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