As Hewlett-Packard Co’s Praesidium Authorization Server began shipping last week, the company announced two deals exploiting the access control engine. Hewlett-Packard has teamed with Gradient Technologies Inc to combine Praesidium with Gradient’s WebCrusader desktop-to- database security software, with WebCrusader’s components on the desktop providing access control for distributed Internet-intranet-based environments. And in a separate announcement, Hewlett-Packard and Open Horizon Inc are working to integrate Praesidium with Open Horizon’s Connection middleware product. The addition of Praesidium provides added security for Connection, which already uses a secure single sign-on and Hewlett-Packard’s Distributed Computing Environment Security and Directory Services. Connection enables users to incrementally add support for network security services, centralized directory services, transaction processing monitors, and other tools across distributed computing environments, and with the integration with Praesidium, applications will be able to use the access control engine transparently. The two have already combined to enhance Open Horizon’s Connection Application Broker’s access to Encina/9000 and Tuxedo transaction managers from desktop applications. Praesidium comes in versions for HP-UX and Windows and the first incarnation, the Praesidium Authorization Server, assigns privileges to individual desktops. Prices go from $30,000 to $50,000 per server. Hewlett bought Internet security firm SecureWare Inc in February (CI No 2,858).
