Archer's New Online Marketplace Allows Fortune 1000 Companies to Solve Business Problems Using On-Demand Enterprise Applications
Apr. 7, 2008 05:36 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/07/08 -- Booth #1338 at RSA
Highlights and Key Facts
-- Archer Technologies (Archer), a leading provider of automated
enterprise risk and compliance solutions, today at the RSA Conference
announced the launch of the Archer Exchange, an online marketplace of on-
demand applications, services, content, and integration solutions developed
for the Archer SmartSuite Framework. Through the Exchange, Fortune 1000
companies can reduce enterprise application development and deployment time
from weeks to days and expand their use of the Archer Framework into new
areas to maximize their return on investment.
-- Archer developed its vision for the Exchange through extensive client
consultations, which revealed that an increasing number of companies are
building enterprise applications on the Archer SmartSuite Framework to
automate diverse business processes. In fact, several Fortune 1000 clients
have as many as 200 on-demand applications in production use. This
expansive use of the Archer SmartSuite Framework as a platform for rapid
application development has created demand for supporting resources and an
online marketplace to promote the sharing of expertise and industry
solutions.
-- Enterprise Applications On-Demand
Through the Application Exchange, clients can search and download on-demand
applications into their Archer SmartSuite Framework environment,
dramatically reducing development and deployment time for enterprise
applications. Exchange applications are built by industry experts and
undergo stringent certification testing in the Archer Labs environment to
ensure their quality, performance and ease of use.
-- Top-Tier Service Providers
The Archer Service Exchange gives clients direct access to Archer-certified
consultants who can assist them in automating complex business processes
through the Archer SmartSuite Framework. Representing top-tier companies,
Service Exchange providers have deep industry knowledge in the areas of
business enablement, risk and compliance management and IT services.
-- Specialized Application Content
Through the Content Exchange, Archer clients can browse and download data
of many types to power applications that rely on specialized information.
Available content includes risk assessment question packs for PCI and the
Financial Institution Shared Assessments Program SIG and SIG Lite, threat
content from such providers as VeriSign, Secunia and iSight Partners, and
the extensive Archer Policy Compliance Library.
-- Enterprise Integration Solutions
The Archer Integration Exchange provides tools for rapidly integrating
external data repositories, data feeds and point solutions with the Archer
SmartSuite Framework. Offerings range from simple integrations with Google
Maps and LinkedIn to more complex integration offerings from such providers
as Sendmail, Qualys and nCircle.
For more details watch Archer CEO Jon Darbyshire's Keynote Archer Exchange
video announcement or read the full press release.
Jeff Jenkins, vice president for the First American Corporation:
"Archer allows the First American Corporation to gain an enterprise view of
our compliance initiatives, and through the Exchange, we'll be able to
further expand that view using best-practice applications designed for the
management of risk and compliance processes. The time savings we'll gain
from downloading pre-built applications to address our business challenges
will be significant."
Andrew Jaquith, senior analyst with the Yankee Group:
"Enterprise IT organizations are faced with ever-increasing workloads due
to regulations, contractual obligations and security policy mandates.
Organizations need to do more without increasing headcount. Emerging online
communities like the Archer Exchange enable Fortune 1000 companies to share
solutions that solve common problems using the Archer SmartSuite Framework.
By tapping into the Exchange, these global organizations can rapidly
implement new applications, while saving time and money."
David Joubran, president and CEO of Acumen Solutions:
"Our involvement in the Archer Service Exchange enables us to provide our
enterprise consulting services to Archer's rapidly growing Fortune 1000
customer base. Now we can easily share our certified Archer consultants
knowledge with the entire Archer community. Whether we are using Archer
products such as the SmartSuite Framework as a platform for rapid
development and data integration or are engaged in traditional risk
management, the Archer Exchange really delivers."
Jason Greenwood, vice president of iDefense Intelligence Services at
VeriSign, Inc.:
"We are excited to be one of the key security intelligence content
providers in the Archer Exchange program. More and more of our Fortune 500
customers are using Archer to manage threats and vulnerabilities."
Donald J. Massaro, president and CEO of Sendmail:
"Our integration efforts with Archer have benefited our mutual customers by
streamlining the analysis of email policy violations, resulting in expanded
incident handling, improved management status and unified reports. With the
advent of the Archer Exchange, we are now able to deliver our integration
capabilities quickly so that people can focus on business processes and not
technical aspects of one-off integrations."
Jon Darbyshire, CEO and founder of Archer Technologies:
"Our clients have asked us to build an ecosystem around the Archer
SmartSuite Framework that would allow them to deploy enterprise on-demand
applications even more rapidly. We are excited to deliver on that request
through the Archer Exchange, which is a trusted environment where our
clients can access best-of-breed applications, valuable content, and
top-tier service and integration providers who can help them broaden their
use of the Archer Framework into other areas of their enterprise."
Please contact Alex Bender at Alex.Bender@archer-tech.com to arrange an
interview and/or for additional quotes.
About Archer
Archer Technologies delivers automated enterprise risk and compliance
solutions. With more than four million licensed users and a client list
that includes one in five of the Fortune 100, Archer enables highly
regulated companies to reduce enterprise risks, manage and demonstrate
compliance, automate business processes, and gain visibility into corporate
risk and security controls.
All Archer solutions are built on the highly flexible Archer SmartSuite
Framework, allowing clients to tailor the solutions according to their
unique requirements and to build new on-demand applications to solve
business problems. As a result, many of Archers Fortune 1000 clients
consider the Framework their go-to platform for rapid application
development.
Archer clients maximize their use of the Framework through the Archer
Exchange, an online marketplace of applications, services, content and
integration solutions, and the Archer Community, an online social network
of discussion forums, product ideas, downloads and resources. Through this
ecosystem of supporting tools and services, Archer clients can drive
innovation within their business, collaborate with industry peers and
realize the value of Archers Enterprise Business On-Demand model. For more
information, visit www.archer-tech.com.
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