OpenPages Receives Enterprise Portal Certification From SAP

OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) solutions, today announced that it has achieved certification for integration into the SAP Enterprise Portal. As a result of this integration, OpenPages GRCM applications are available to users throughout the enterprise through iView software and through a single sign-on capability within the SAP Enterprise Portal.

"With integration between OpenPages and SAP, our joint customers will be able to access Sarbanes-Oxley compliance dashboards, reports and data from within the SAP Enterprise Portal," said Peter Emerson, vice president of business development at OpenPages. "With detailed views into the current state of internal controls, managers gain new levels of decision support in addition to being able to resolve compliance issues quicker."

SAP® Enterprise Portal is a key component of the SAP NetWeaver(TM) platform. SAP Enterprise Portal is the industry's most comprehensive portal solution, providing a complete portal infrastructure along with bundled knowledge management and collaboration capabilities. It provides people-centric integration of all types of enterprise information, including SAP and third-party applications, structured and unstructured data, and Web content. It is based on open standards such as Web services and supports both Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Microsoft .NET technology.

OpenPages SOX Express is an enterprise compliance management solution that reduces the time and resource costs associated with ongoing compliance for Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. SOX Express combines powerful document management, business process management and flexible reporting capabilities in an extremely easy-to-use environment that enables an organization to document financial controls and automate the ongoing test and review process. Completely web-based, SOX Express maximizes end-user participation with little training. Its dashboards can be used by project managers, documentation team members, internal auditors and external auditors to plan, document and test the internal controls framework of the company, and to attest to the financial statements.

For more information on OpenPages' line of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management solutions or to register for an online demonstration, please call 781-647-3800 or visit www.openpages.com.

About OpenPages

Founded in 1996, OpenPages is the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) software solutions. OpenPages' solutions streamline knowledge-intensive processes to improve corporate accountability, reduce disclosure process cost, enhance internal controls management productivity, and increase investor confidence. The company's portfolio of solutions includes SOX Express, the market-leading enterprise application for automating the compliance requirements of Sections 404 and 302 of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and OPtimum ORM, an enterprise risk management software solution that enables entities to identify, analyze and manage operational risk on an integrated, company-wide basis. The world's largest corporations in diverse markets -- including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, media/entertainment, retail/consumer, energy, high technology, health services and life sciences -- rely on OpenPages for cost-effective, efficient, sustainable governance, risk and compliance management. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international headquarters in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, and regional offices throughout North America.

OpenPages is a trademark of OpenPages, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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