Identyx and Bull Announce a Worldwide Agreement to Resell Identity Virtualization Software
AUSTIN, TX – May, 24th, 2007th -- Identyx, a leading provider of Virtual directory software, and Bull, one of the world's leading publishers of identity management software, and number one in Europe, today announced a VAR (value-added reseller) agreement under which Bull will resell Identyx's Penrose software through its worldwide distribution network. Under this agreement, Identyx provides Penrose virtual directory software that can be integrated with a range of identity management, access control and single sign-on.
“Organizations have many disjointed identity repositories that are in various states of disarray or dirty/unstructured data. However, these repositories are authoritative and are too difficult to be centralized . Penrose solves the problem by virtualizing the identity information into a single virtual view without having to setup any synchronization. ” Jim Yang, founder and CEO of Identyx noted.About Penrose
Penrose is an open source virtual directory server project. For additional information on penrose please visit http://penrose.safehaus.org.
About Bull, Architect of an Open World
As one of the leading European IT companies, Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:
- Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on industry-standard technologies;
- Building on its alliances with leading ISVs and long-standing involvement with Open Source, Bull develops and implements flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give business processes the freedom to evolve;
- Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT security, Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in preserving customersÕ business integrity.
About Identyx
Identyx, Inc develops and markets a family of identity integration servers and tools for linking and managing their identity information that are stored in a disparate data sources. Penrose, identyx’s flaghship software, is available as free software under GNU General Public License (GPL) and also under traditional licensing agreement for cases where the intended use is incompatible with the GPL. For additional information on identyx please visit http://www.identyx.com
Contact:
Anne Marie Jourdain
Bull Corporation
anne-marie.jourdain@bull.net
Tel : 01 30 80 32 52
Allison Chen
Identyx Corporation
allison@identyx.com
(888) 883-7438