interBiz financial group to integrate CA`s information security technologies into masterpiece/net

interBiz Financial Group (formerly Prestige Software International), a business unit of the newly created interBiz Solutions division of Computer Associates International, Inc., has announced that it will integrate CA`s information encryption and compression technologies into its flagship enterprise financial management solution, Masterpiece/Net. The addition of CA`s technologies will provide the Web-enabled Masterpiece/Net with secure data communication and more efficient network data transmission. BizWorks, interBiz Solutions` newly introduced business management framework, enables this application of CA`s technology through its array of business application products.

CA`s advanced information encryption solution is critical to delivering interBureau, interBiz Financial Group`s new product strategy aimed at fulfilling its client`s needs to offer innovative services to their customers. CA`s data security technologies combined with Masterpiece/Net will allow interBiz Financial Group clients and their customers to generate and transmit private and secure financial transactions, reports and spreadsheets across the enterprise network.

"The emergence of Web-enabled business applications require solutions that provide the means to manage e-business communication," said Klod Ghez, senior vice president and general manager, interBiz Financial Group. "Consistent with our interBiz Solutions strategy, the integration of CA`s encryption and compression technologies will enhance Masterpiece/Net`s business communications framework and present new opportunities, as evidenced by interBureau, for financial management."

CA`s encryption technologies help ensure that private, confidential and sensitive information can be kept secure from unintended audiences. It provides a seamless process that automatically protects data communications without user intervention. It also enables central control of security policies that administer communications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets. The data compression solution maximizes available network bandwidth by compressing data communications at the desktop and server, making the most out of one`s existing hardware and improving productivity and performance.

Masterpiece/Net is a comprehensive, Web-enabled enterprise financial management solution accommodating the multi-organizational, multinational and multi-currency needs of thousands of organizations worldwide. Masterpiece/Net includes General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Fixed Assets, Job Cost, Labour Distribution, Fund Accounting, Draft Services, and powerful query, reporting and analysis tools.