Press Release
FISCHER INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES SOLUTION TO AUTOMATE
PROVISIONING AND COMPLIANCE ACROSS DOMAINS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS
AT 2006 BURTON GROUP CATALYST CONFERENCE
Fischer International Presents Fischer Global Provisioner
as Next Leap in Identity Management
San Francisco, CA (June 14, 2006) -- Today
at the 2006 Burton Group Catalyst Conference, Fischer International,
thought leaders in Identity Management, is unveiling the patent-pending
Fischer Global Provisioner, enabling organizations to easily
and automatically extend provisioning processes across multiple
domains and Business Partners.
"Provisioning processes slow or cease entirely when they
reach a firewall, the 'natural enemy' of conventional Identity
Management products, because the identity information traversing
multiple domains cannot be easily secured," said Glenn
Choquette, Director of Product Management for Fischer International.
"This leaves organizations with unattractive options ranging
from time-consuming and error-prone manual provisioning, time-consuming
custom code with possibly heavy consulting costs, duplicating
the product or scripting in every domain, or simply abandoning
the attempt. Fischer Global Provisioner obsoletes these limitations."
Fischer Global Provisioner enables organizations to accomplish
in seconds what formerly took weeks to achieve. Fischer's flexible,
forward-looking approach is a simple, elegant extension to their
industry-leading SOA-compliant Identity Management architecture
built on an integration technology. For example, Fischer Global
Provisioner ensures secure cross-domain communications using
certificate-based security, and enables multi-domain provisioning
as follows:
- directly to web services-compliant applications in enterprises
that have already deployed SPML or other web-services-compliant
applications
- via the Fischer Identity Gateway for enterprises that have
not yet deployed web services. The Identity Gateway provides
a secure, intelligent entry point into remote domains over
which identity, workflow and compliance activities may occur
- to collaborative deployments of Fischer Identity Suite in
cases where business partners wish to maintain sovereignty
over their workflows.
Fischer Global Provisioner also adds value to emerging Federated
Identity standards, such as SAML 2.0. "SAML provides a
secure, standards-based approach for authenticating users across
domains to create a Single Sign-on environment," says Steve
Tillery, SVP and CTO of Fischer International. "Fischer
Global Provisioner automates all the account creation, approvals,
and compliance activities that must occur in advance of the
user's initial log-in. This optimizes the end user experience,
and gives organizations greater ability to implement 'higher
trust' business processes across domains."
Additional benefits to Fischer's multi-domain provisioning
solution include:
- automated schema discovery on remote systems
- automated role/group and permissions discovery across domains
- remote deployment, eliminating any need for onsite IdM
deployment
- cross-domain compliance, including identity-related events
that occur in remote domains
- ability to scale business processes to meet partner and
customer demands
- audited approvals
Fischer Global Provisioner has a general availability date
of 4Q06.
A preview of Fischer Global Provisioner is available at the
Burton Group Catalyst Conference on Wednesday June 14th in Fischer's
Hospitality Suite Yosemite A, by contacting Fischer International
at 239-643-1500, or visiting www.fischerinternational.com.
About Fischer International
Fischer International was founded in 1982 by Addison Fischer,
a security visionary whose many accomplishments are recognized
globally. Headquartered in Naples, Florida, Fischer International
has a distinguished history of innovation and thought leadership
in the security industry. Fischer continues this tradition by
being the first to deliver the next-generation of Identity Management.
The solution, Fischer Identity Suite, is built upon DataForum™,
Fischer’s standards-based provisioning, approval, and
compliance engine. By design, the engine is an integration technology
as Fischer recognized that integration is the lifeblood of enterprise
Identity Management. Additionally, compliance is organically
incorporated throughout because compliance must be part of the
DNA in any Identity Management solution. Like all Fischer solutions,
the Fischer Identity Suite will stand the test of time. For
additional information, please visit www.FischerInternational.com
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Media Contact:
Dennis McDermott
Chief Marketing Officer
Fischer International
(239) 643-1500
dmd@fischerinternational.com |
