NEWS/EVENTS
OPENCONNECT & RSA SECURITY TEAM UP TO HOST A SECURE ACCESS SEMINAR IN DALLAS
The Secure Access 3 Point Play Summit Will Feature Speakers from Gartner and Accenture at the American Airlines Center
DALLAS, TEXAS (February, 2005) — OpenConnect Systems, Inc. and RSA Security today announced that they are co-hosting a Secure Access 3 Point Play Summit on February 28, 2005 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
The Secure Access 3 Point Play Summit will address security challenges organizations face when extending mainframe applications and information to users across the Web. Discussion topics will focus on developing a comprehensive mainframe-to-Web strategy incorporating compliance, identity management, provisioning, federated applications and single sign-on. Representatives from Gartner and Accenture are featured speakers at the event.
Ray Wagner, Research Vice President with Gartner Information Security Strategies Group, will discuss trends and strategies surrounding Identity Management, single sign-on and secure mainframe-to-Web access. Rob Dyson, Associate Partner at Accenture, will follow up Wagner’s presentation with a detailed look at deploying a secure access strategy.
Guests will be given the opportunity to watch live demos, participate in a question and answer session with the speakers, and see first hand how a secure access strategy would enhance their enterprise. Following the seminar, attendees will watch the Dallas Mavericks play the New Orleans Hornets from a platinum level suite in the American Airlines Center.
"We are pleased to co-host this event with RSA Security," said Stuart Burris, President and CTO of OpenConnect Systems. "Our WebConnect SSO product combined with RSA’s ClearTrust software, delivers an overall identity and access management solution, which benefits any enterprise customer. OpenConnect’s relationship with RSA continues to strengthen with events like this one."
About OpenConnect Systems, Inc.
OpenConnect is the premier supplier of secure Mainframe-to-Web solutions for Global 2000 organizations. The company’s Mainframe2Web Secure Solutions Series provides companies with cost effective, secure access to critical business information and applications within mainframes. By providing customers, partners and employees with secure access to mainframe data, organizations can significantly increase productivity, information sharing and revenue generating opportunities. OpenConnect’s Mainframe2Web Secure Solutions Series consists of Secure Access Solutions (WebConnect, WebConnect SSO), Mainframe2Web Development Tools (eXtremeVista and Visual3270) and Web Services Development Tools (xmlConnect). The company’s products are distributed in over 60 countries and used by more than 60% of Fortune 100 companies. For more information on OpenConnect, visit their website at www.oc.com.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc. helps organizations protect private information and manage the identities of people and applications accessing and exchanging that information. RSA Security's portfolio of solutions -- including identity & access management, secure mobile & remote access, secure enterprise access, secure transactions and consumer identity protection -- are all designed to provide the most seamless e-security experience in the market. Our strong reputation is built on our history of ingenuity, leadership, proven technologies and our more than 17,000 customers around the globe. Together with more than 1,000 technology and integration partners, RSA Security inspires confidence in everyone to experience the power and promise of the Internet. For more information, please visit www.rsasecurity.com.