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Insession Provides Nationwide With Web Services, Security Tools

Insession Technologies, a business unit of Transaction System Architects and sister company of ACI Worldwide, announced the licensing of its WebGate Web Services solution and its SafeTGate network and application security solution to Nationwide Building Society. The world's largest building society, Nationwide will use this technology to enhance customer service to its 10 million customers by integrating transaction devices, such as ATMs, branches, teller software and Internet banking services, across multiple mainframes.

"As we continue to migrate toward integrated Web Services, Insession became the clear choice to help us reach our self service market faster and comply with ever-evolving industry standards," said Michael Humphreys of Nationwide Building Society. "We sought a solution that could seamlessly integrate our ACI BASE24 environment with our legacy systems and open systems environment. Insession's products will help accelerate our development, providing a faster time-to-market."

"Insession Technologies has been working with a number of customers around the world to ensure well-integrated solutions for NonStop Server users," said Anthony Parkinson, president and CEO of Insession Technologies. "The decision by Nationwide to implement our latest Web Services and Security offerings endorses this commitment and validates our direction. We look forward to expanding our partnership with Nationwide as they successfully deploy the solution."

WebGate is a suite of solutions designed for HP NonStop users who need to provide web access to existing applications, or integrate clients and applications using industry-standard Web Services technology.

SafeTGate is a suite of solutions designed for HP NonStop users who need to address Enterprise security. SafeTGate can be used to secure networks and applications, as well as federate user-id's across the Enterprise with its Single Sign On support.