AmberPoint Announces Cooperative Development with SAP; Joint Development Brings Greater Visibility and Control to Enterprise SOA on SAP NetWeaver® Platform

Business Wire, Sept 12, 2006

OAKLAND, Calif. -- AmberPoint today announced that they have completed a Development Cooperation Agreement with SAP(R) AG (NYSE:SAP) that has resulted in integration between AmberPoint's leading SOA management solutions and SAP NetWeaver(R). A joint development effort by the two companies, the integration brings rich management and security capabilities to organizations running Java and SAP ABAP(TM) services on SAP NetWeaver.

"Software vendors are showing a commitment in bringing the benefits of SOA to their customers," said Frank Kenney, research director, Gartner. "Out-of-the-box integration between services-based business software and SOA management lowers the barriers to SOA adoption. This should help organizations to more quickly maximize returns on investments in SOA."

Using AmberPoint SOA Management System, enterprises implementing services-based applications can understand application behavior and implement policies that automate performance management, remedy exceptions and uphold security. Significantly, organizations gain application visibility and control without special coding to the services or message tags. AmberPoint's non-invasive architecture allows SOA systems to evolve and grow without constant recoding to application components. AmberPoint is a Certified for SAP NetWeaver partner, and also manages any variety of services running on .NET and other Java platforms.

"Our work with SAP is a big step forward for organizations looking to gain business value from SOA," said John Hubinger, AmberPoint CEO. "In light of SAP's significant market presence and the growing momentum for services-based applications, our integration will immediately bring significant benefits to many leading organizations worldwide. We're very pleased to work with SAP to bring these capabilities to market."

Benefits of the Integration

--Organizations using Web services running on SAP NetWeaver will have out-of-the-box management capabilities with AmberPoint SOA Management System

--Real-time visibility and control across both Java and ABAP Web services running on SAP NetWeaver as well as the entire set of heterogeneous SOA services and supporting components

--Automatic discovery of all services in the SOA environment

--Reduced time to ROI with services-based systems running on SAP NetWeaver

About AmberPoint

AmberPoint is the industry's leading provider of SOA visibility, management and security solutions. Customers such as British Telecommunications, H&R Block, Motorola and the U.S. Department of Defense have chosen AmberPoint for its comprehensive capabilities, its non-invasive approach and its native support for Java and .NET. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510.663.6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit www.amberpoint.com for a complimentary developer's edition of AmberPoint software.

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