ISOCOR, a leading Internet messaging and directory software developer, has announced it has signed an agreement with Oblix, a leader in the directory-enabled applications market to resell Oblix`s secure e-business applications."By combining the Oblix secure e-business applications with our directory solution, ISOCOR will deliver the industry`s first integrated directory solution," said Paul Gigg, president and CEO, ISOCOR.
"We are excited about this relationship with ISOCOR and the opportunity to further deliver integrated directory-based offerings that support secure e-business," said Gordon Eubanks, president and CEO, Oblix.
ISOCOR is represented exclusively in South Africa by Cirrus Techvue.
Dr. Chris Crozier, a director of Cirrus Techvue said" This alliance brings to the marketplace an enterprise solution that can be used by human resources departments and then driven down to all departments. The overall manager can define the level of authority that each department has and the end result is a distributed product that gives our users unparalleled flexibility and control."
He added that Global 1000 companies rely on the Oblix solutions to manage vast constituencies of constantly changing users, including partners, suppliers, customers and employees.
The teaming of ISOCOR and Oblix was greeted with approval from Scott Silk, senior vice president of marketing and business development at Banyan Worldwide, one of the founding members of ISOCOR`s Meta Alliance Program (MAP). He said: "As more and more companies engage Banyan Worldwide Services to implement solutions based on directory technology, it`s alliances like this that maximise the value proposition for our customers."
ISOCOR`s MetaConnect^a meta-directory allows applications to authenticate and deliver updates to the directory which then drives the user access control and management. ISOCOR`s MetaConnect family of products has received market claim as the meta-directory solution for corporations and service providers.

