Bedford, MA— RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security™, today announced a strategic partnership with Rocket Software, a leading provider of IBM OS/390 mainframe software. As part of the collaboration, Rocket Software will assume responsibility for sales, support and continued development of the RSA ACE/Agent® for OS/390 mainframe software as part of the RSA Secured™ RSA SecurID Ready program. Rocket Software will market this solution, now called Rocket Agent™ for OS/390 mainframe software, designed to help their customers protect IBM mainframe environments with the industry-leading RSA SecurID® two-factor user authentication software.
Rocket Software will be the preferred partner to sell and support the RSA SecurID two-factor authentication solution for IBM OS/390 mainframe software. RSA Security and Rocket Software will also be working closely to further develop and enhance the Rocket Agent for OS/390 mainframe software as a RSA SecurID Ready application. In addition, Rocket Software is an active member of the RSA SecurWorld™ Partner program, selling the full range of RSA Security authentication solutions - including RSA SecurID tokens and smart cards, the RSA ACE/Server® authentication software and applicable RSA ACE/Agent software.
"We are excited about this strategic partnership with RSA Security as it helps us provide RSA SecurID authentication software for our customers to securely authenticate to an IBM mainframe environment," said Andy Youniss, president at Rocket Software. "By adding the Rocket Agent for OS/390 mainframe software to our product suite, we will be able to help deliver secure e-business solutions to our customers."
"We are pleased to collaborate with Rocket Software to help provide customers with RSA Security's industry leading RSA SecurID authentication software and Rocket Software's expertise in the IBM mainframe environment," said Robert Pritchard, vice president of corporate and partner development at RSA Security. "By combining our respective strengths, we will be able to provide customers with best-in-class security for their corporate information resource needs."
About Rocket Software
Rocket Software, Inc. is an independent software development organization providing a
broad spectrum of integrated, value added software development and support services
to leading software original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and directly to corporate
customers worldwide. Rocket Software's current lines of business complement and
extend strategic OEM offerings in the areas of business intelligence, relational
databases, mobile and wireless computing, and operating system support. Rocket
Software can be reached at www.rocketsoftware.com.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc., the most trusted name in e-security, helps organizations build
secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID two-factor
authentication, RSA BSAFE® encryption and RSA Keon® digital certificate management
systems. With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use
worldwide, more than nine million RSA SecurID authentication users and almost 20
years of industry experience, RSA Security has the proven leadership and innovative
technology to address the changing security needs of e-business and bring trust to the
online economy. RSA Security can be reached at www.rsasecurity.com.