CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Oblix, a leading developer of identity-based security solutions, today announced that it was named a Leader in the Loosely Coupled SOA Management 2005 Report. One of only four Leaders, Oblix was selected based on the completeness of its SOA management solution, its coherent strategic vision, and its solid customer base in production.

As the first vendor to anticipate the power of centralizing and combining frameworks for identity and SOA management, Oblix provides an end-to-end platform for building, deploying, and monitoring security and access control policies across all enterprise applications and Web services. Oblix's efforts have been widely lauded by customers, partners and industry pundits; the placement within the Loosely Coupled SOA Management Report is the most recent confirmation of Oblix's vision.

"The SOA management space is being thrust into the spotlight due in part to organizations deploying more and more Web services and having to manage, secure, and maintain them," said Phil Wainewright, co-author of the Loosely Coupled report. "With its acquisition of a number of blue chip customers, Oblix is consolidating a leadership position in SOA and identity management."

The report, the first of its kind to examine SOA management, contains Loosely Coupled's in-depth evaluations of 14 vendors in this space, examining their strategy, product set, strengths and weaknesses. The report also contains case studies of five early adopters and a detailed overview of the market. Vendors have been ranked as Leaders, Challengers, Heavyweight Contenders or Noteworthy. It is available for purchase and download online at http://www.looselycoupled.com/pubs/reports/soa_management_2005.html.

"Oblix is a company with demonstrated vision and an ability to focus its business on what best fits shifting customer needs, such as taking Web services security beyond perimeter-type solutions," said Ken Sims, vice president of marketing and business development, Oblix. "Early on Oblix built a name for itself by delivering a rock solid solution for identity management, and we are bringing the same expertise to SOA management. With Oblix COREsv enabling identity-driven Web services, customers are well equipped to meet regulatory compliance requirements and maintain high levels of visibility and control over their environments."

About Oblix

Oblix powers many of the world's largest Web portals and extranets. As a leading provider of identity-based security solutions, Oblix offers policy-driven identity and Web services management along with federated access control and single sign-on to both enterprise and partner applications. By providing a central means to securely connect users to applications, and applications to one another, Oblix reduces the cost, complexity, and risk of managing identities helping companies meet today's regulatory compliance and security requirements. Corporations around the world rely on Oblix to meet their identity needs, including American Airlines, AXA Financial, British Airways, Carlson Companies, CEMEX, the Chicago Board of Trade, Cisco Systems, General Motors, Hitachi, Kaiser Permanente, Norsk Hydro, Northern Trust, Tellabs, US Bank, the United States Postal Service, Washington Mutual and many more. To learn more, visit http://www.oblix.com/.

About Loosely Coupled

About Loosely Coupled: Loosely Coupled is the information source for early adopters of SOA. Its website at http://www.looselycoupled.com/ provides features, commentary and resources, while the paid-subscription Loosely Coupled Monthly Digest provides in-depth analysis. Founded in January 2002, Loosely Coupled is published by London-based Procullux Media Limited.

Contact Information: Courtney Hohne Pamela Omura OutCast Communications Oblix, Inc. 415-392-8282 408-861-6800 courtney@outcastpr.compomura@oblix.com

CONTACT: Courtney Hohne of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, or
courtney@outcastpr.com, for Oblix, Inc.; or Pamela Omura of Oblix, Inc.,
+1-408-861-6800, or pomura@oblix.com

Web site: http://www.oblix.com/