Corporate | 24 September 2001 15:40

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Corporate-news announcement processed and sent by DGAP. The sender is solely responsible for the contents of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– NorCom enters into OEM agreement with U.S. enterprise software provider – Partnership with business management software company Savvion – E-security provider NorCom is consistently implementing its OEM strategy in the U.S. – NorCom’s NGS BeanGuard becomes an integral element of Savvion’s BusinessManager BPM platform Munich, September 24, 2001 – NorCom Information Technology AG, headquartered in Munich, continues the successful implementation of its Partner and OEM strategy despite the present tense economic situation. NorCom, a Munich-based specialist for Extranet Access Management and E-Security, has now gained a key U.S. partner, Savvion, that like NorCom, serves large-scale enterprises on an international scale. Within the scope of the OEM agreement, NGS BeanGuard, NorCom’s latest software for simple and highly secure access management for Web applications and platforms, will become an integral element of the Savvion product, BusinessManager. The companies anticipate that the OEM agreement will lead to key synergies: NorCom stands to gain an important new distribution platform (especially overseas) and Savvion will supplement the functionality of its product with one of the best Access Management technologies in the market. Savvion BusinessManager is a comprehensive platform that helps enterprises to automate and manage critical business processes, particularly in the e-business environment. The agreement between the two companies is effective immediately. Savvion will integrate the NorCom access management software into BusinessManager 4.0, a 100% Java-based and fully J2EE-compliant version that is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2002. Dr. Ketabchi, President and CEO of Savvion, concluded: “We have been on the lookout for a security technology that meets our stringent requirements and can be seamlessly integrated into our software. We are convinced that NGS BeanGuard will be an important extension to BusinessManager as it helps us to meet our customers’ access and security needs and in turn enhances our sales and growth potential.” Liliana Nordbakk, COO of International Business Development for NorCom, adds: “Savvion and NorCom have similar customer structures and complement each other particularly well in the market. We are very well acquainted with the security requirements of major companies that Savvion also serves. Moreover, NGS BeanGuard is fully compliant with the new J2EE standard.” Nordbakk adds: “Savvion BusinessManager is already used by recognized industry leading corporations like Cisco and 3Com where it enjoys an outstanding reputation. Accordingly, we are very proud of our partnership with Savvion.” In addition to the OEM Agreement, NorCom and Savvion have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding providing for the extension of the companies’ joint business activities. You can download this text straight from NorCom’s Web site at: http://www.norcom.de NGS BeanGuard protects websites and applications right up to the instance level of Enterprise Java Beans (EJB). This enables the system to perform individual authentication, authorization, monitoring and administration of access privileges across and beyond specific system platforms and domains. Despite the extremely differentiated protection concept, the implementation of NGS BeanGuard is particularly easy thanks to the prepared interfaces to web and application servers. The administration is performed via default web browsers. In the web server environment, the system protects everything from simple HTML pages and servlets, Java Server pages (JSPs), Active Server pages (ASPs) right up to graphic elements. In addition, NGS BeanGuard secures all resources on application servers. Unlike the security technologies integrated in operating systems and web servers, NGS BeanGuard can control access to all components of complex e-Business environments on a centralized basis. For instance, the system enables users to change domains after logging in without having to keep identifying themselves (Single Sign-On). Savvion provides software that lets companies operate at their peak efficiency. For the enterprise market, Savvion BusinessManager is a comprehensive business process management platform that allows companies to align their business processes with their corporate strategies and closely monitor these automated operations using proven management systems such as balanced scorecards. For the enterprise application market, Savvion Component Solutions allow software developers to embed and integrate these same proven components into their applications, reducing time to market. By supporting business processes within applications and across enterprises, while providing complete visibility and control over their execution, Savvion solutions delivers significant operational gains, ushering in a new level of competitive advantage. Leading companies use Savvion technology to streamline their operations, including 3Com, Cisco Systems, i2 Technologies, and Fujitsu. Founded in 1994, Savvion is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit http://www.savvion.com. With headquarters in Munich and additional offices in Frankfurt, Dublin, Oslo, Milan and Silicon Valley in the United States and roughly 303 employees all over the world, NorCom Information Technology AG is one of the leading vendors of innovative security technologies. Established in 1989, the software and consulting company focuses on product solutions for e-security and e-business. As a full-chain supplier, NorCom offers products, consulting and project solutions in these two segments aimed at safeguarding IT infrastructures, e- business applications, portals and market places. One of the Company’s most successful technologies is the NGS product lineup: NGS Enterprise Framework, NGS for Tuxedo and NGS BeanGuard provide security for large heterogeneous client/server infrastructures, application server environments and latest netcentric web architectures. NorCom has been listed in the Neuer Markt segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange since October 1, 1999. The dynamic growth and the European expansion strategy into European and non-European markets is being supported by strategic alliances with international blue-chip partners such as BEA and Vignette. The acquisition of stakes in companies such as NSA and V&R is unleashing synergistic potential facilitating entry into new markets and sectors and boosting market penetration. NorCom AG’s primary target sectors are banks, financial-service providers, telcos, industry and the public sector. Its clients include renowned companies such as Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank, HypoVereinsbank, Allianz, S-Finanzgruppe Bayern and First-e. For further information please contact NorCom Information Technology AG Fon +49-89-939 48 140 / 150 Pressestelle Fax +49-89-939 48 123 Stefan-George-Ring 6 press@norcom.de D-81929 München http://www.norcom-ag.com end of message, (c)DGAP 24.09.2001