(NASDAQ: AUTH), Authoriszor Inc. Announces New Authoriszor 2000 Access Management Product;
Version 3.0 Designed to Enhance Scalability, Performance and Ease-Of-Use
Business/Technology Editors
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001--Authoriszor
Inc. a leading-edge provider of integrated secure
access management solutions, today announced availability of Version
3.0 of its access management product, Authoriszor 2000(TM). Version
3.0 of the Authoriszor 2000(TM) product substantially improves
scalability, performance and ease-of-use for customers securing
web-based applications and business processes.
"High-level security has always been at the core of the
Authoriszor product offering. This version of Authoriszor 2000(TM)
delivers significant improvements in ease of use, scalability and
performance and enables us more vigorously to pursue our strategy of
selling secure, end-to-end e-business solutions to the broad range of
markets that require fully integrated secure access management
solutions," said Paul Ayres, Authoriszor's Chief Executive Officer.
"This latest version also takes the product aggressively into a
market segment that analysts have identified as particularly fertile,"
Mr. Ayres said, noting that Forrester Research, in an article entitled
Sizing the Security Market for October 2000, projected a better than
39 percent growth rate in access management product and service sales
over the next four years, or fully 25 percent of all security
expenditures. Mr. Ayres further noted that the Forrester report
concluded that total security expenditures in the United States alone
were projected to be more than $19 billion by 2004.
"Authoriszor's advanced technology coupled with its total solution
lifecycle service portfolio positions us to compete effectively in
that growing market," Mr. Ayres said.
New features include:
--Virtual Client functionality - Authoriszor's new Virtual Client
is designed to provide a level of trust in environments that demand
greater flexibility, without the need for client side software.
--Personalized applications - User profile information can be fed
into web-based applications to create a personalized experience based
upon user characteristics.
--Enhanced Management - Delegated management feature is designed
to prevent IT from becoming a bottleneck to efficient business
process.
--Enhanced Scalability - Distributed architecture is designed to
increase speed, thereby maintaining the efficiency of web-enabled
business process.
--Browser Independence - Authoriszor's ePCI client software is now
browser independent, distributable via download or email, and can
incorporate additional plug-ins to enhance functionality.
--Broader product support - Version 3.0 will support Microsoft SQL
Server v.7.0 and Oracle 8i, accessible via industry standard ODBC.
The version 3.0 product is currently installed in a number of key
client sites for beta testing. Full release of the product is
scheduled for early August 2001. It will be sold through the
Authoriszor Solutions division.
About Authoriszor Inc.
Authoriszor Inc. is a leading-edge provider of integrated security
solutions. Authoriszor provides audits, assessments, product
integration, and managed services for a wide range of organizations.
Leveraging a skilled team of security experts and high-quality
security technologies, the Authoriszor solution is designed to ensure
organizations confidentiality, availability and integrity of their
information infrastructure. Founded in 1997 by IT engineers,
Authoriszor continues to evolve its security practices through
progressive, leading-edge competencies in security products and
development. Authoriszor's patent-pending technology focuses on
providing multiple levels of information security, while maintaining
the openness of the Internet. For more information about Authoriszor,
visit www.authoriszor.com.
About WRDC
WRDC, a subsidiary of Authoriszor, Inc., is a European
communication consultancy specializing in information security,
directory services and messaging solutions. WRDC provides end-to-end
secure architecture based on security, access based control and
directory technologies. Its skill base includes familiarity with a
range of security products including Authoriszor, and experience in
installing them. Clients include banks and financial services
companies, leading industrial corporations, and government
organizations. WRDC maintains offices in London, Leeds, and Zurich.
For more information about WRDC, visit www.WRDC.com.
About Logsys Solutions
Logsys Solutions, also a subsidiary of Authoriszor, Inc., is a
European software house developing e-business and Business Process
Automation Systems. Logsys has a great deal of experience in workflow
applications development specializing in government IT applications.
Clients include government organizations, the Royal Navy, Royal
Airforce and police forces, plus a number of private sector financial
and IT companies. For more information about Logsys, visit
www.logsys.co.uk.
Authoriszor, Authoriszor 2000, SZ logo, A Logo and "Secures the
Web" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Authoriszor Inc. or
its wholly owned subsidiary, Authoriszor Ltd., in the United States,
UK and other countries.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Actual
results may differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current
expectations of Authoriszor and are subject to risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual results to be materially different from those
that may be implied by such forward-looking statements contained in
this press release. Important factors that could result in such
differences include: general economic conditions in Authoriszor's
markets; those factors identified in Authoriszor's Form 10-QSB, for
the quarter ending March 31, 2001 including without limitation, those
factors identified as risk factors in Authoriszor's Prospectus, dated
May 19, 2000, as supplemented, those factors identified in subsequent
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other factors
that may affect business generally.
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CONTACT: Authoriszor Inc. (United Kingdom)
Barry Jones
44-1423-701-437
barry.jones@authoriszor.com
or
RDW Group Inc. (USA)
Tracy Mansolillo
401-521-2700 ext. 156
tmansolillo@rdwgroup.com
:=) Gary Swancey
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