BERLIN, April 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- SAM uConnect Speeds up Introduction of Identity Management Projects

Beta Systems Software AG (ISIN DE 0005224406), headquartered in Berlin, has announced that the connector technology in the new Version 3.3 of the Identity Management Software SAM Jupiter has been expanded by the addition of a number of significant functions: With the new connector SAM uConnect, it is possible to integrate a company's sensitive access control systems even more rapidly under the umbrella of an automated user and rights management system.

Identity Management (IdM) and User Provisioning solutions aim significantly to cut the cost of user administration and help desk facilities, and enhance security levels right across a company thanks to the proper and coherent management of security settings.

For a rapid Return on Investment (ROI) the swift integration of IdM systems with the systems and user directories to be administered is critical. Until now, however, it is precisely the integration of customer-specific systems which has frequently taken up so much unnecessary time. Now, customers and systems integrators can link their own systems to the Identity Management tool SAM Jupiter in just a few days. A simple plug-in module or a script with the target system commands provides the link to the target system in this case.

"The new SAM uConnect functions allow us to integrate the numerous applications of our customer in an efficient way", says Andrea Multari, project manager from accenture who is implementing SAM Jupiter at a large East European bank.

"A rapid ROI and the efficient administration of user management tasks are requirements that today's IT departments have to meet", according to David Ferré, Vice President and head of the Data Center Management division at Beta Systems. "Thanks to these new developments our customers can cut the implementation costs for their IdM system, and integrate their own target systems themselves with minimal outlay."

As well as SAM uConnect, Beta Systems offers further standard connectors, for example for managing Windows, RACF, ACF2, TopSecret, SAP or Unix. The functional scope enables the centralized monitoring of a wide range of security attributes, and makes a crucial contribution to compliance with security provisions and standards such as Basel II, Sarbanes-Oxley or ISO 17799.

Press contact: UK Germany, Beta Systems Software Ltd. Beta Systems Software AG Keith Girt Stefanie Katrin Fehse Area Manager Public Relations Tel.: +44(0)118-988-5175 Tel.: +49(0)30-726-118-674 Email: keith.girt@betasystems.com Fax: +49(0)30-726-118-852 Email: stefanie.fehse@betasystems.com

SAM Jupiter Connector Technology

The Identity Management solution SAM Jupiter automates the life-cycle management of IT users, passwords, access rights and security settings. This flexible, network-based solution can be integrated into existing IT environments.

SAM Jupiter offers secure connectors for the integration of access control systems or user directories that are proven in many major installations:

- Standard connectors for the management of numerous systems such as Windows, RACF, ACF2, TopSecret, SAP or Unix.

- SAM aConnect: Efficient rule- and role-based security administration for customized and other business applications.

- SAM eConnect: Flexible LDAP connector which enables the use of SAM Jupiter's automation, workflow and administration facilities for directory services and LDAP-based security systems.

- SAM mConnect: Manual activities can be triggered, and the results monitored.

Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin, Germany

Beta Systems Software AG (Deutsche Börse - Prime Standard: BSS) is a leading supplier of high-performance corporate solutions for the realization of efficient business processes in the area of Identity Management, Enterprise Content Management, Scheduling and Storage Management. Beta Systems' core expertise lies in automation for cost-optimization purposes and quality optimizing for high-volume data processing operations in z/OS, Unix, Linux and Windows environments.

The company has been quoted on the stock exchange since 1997, employs 1022 people (as at: December 2004), and has an international presence in the form of more than 15 of its own subsidiaries and numerous partner companies. Beta System's customers include IT service providers and large companies from the financial and insurance sector, as well as from industry, trading, telecommunications, logistics, power supply and public administration.

Further information may be found at www.betasystems.de

UK, Beta Systems Software Ltd., Keith Girt, Area Manager, Tel.:+44(0)118-988-5175, Email: keith.girt@betasystems.com; Germany, Beta Systems Software AG, Stefanie Katrin Fehse, Public Relations, Tel.: +49(0)30-726-118-674, Fax: +49(0)30-726-118-852, Email: stefanie.fehse@betasystems.com