Located in Vienna, iT-AUSTRIA is the data processing outsourcing subsidiary of two major financial groups: the Bank Austria/Creditanstalt Group and Erste Bank & the Austrian Savings Banks. The 670-person computer staff at iT-AUSTRIA designs, maintains, and operates the systems that deliver around-the-clock online services to locations all over Austria—managing approximately 13.6 million accounts. iT-AUSTRIA provides these services to the customers and combined 38,500 employees of the two financial groups.

Security is important to you because your business, as it evolves into an e-business, has to be absolutely safe from unwanted intrusion. As soon as a computer links to the Internet or even to intranets and extranets, it becomes visible to a wide audience and vulnerable to certain risks. As a result, you need security solutions that protect your business assets while helping you grow and move ahead. You need them, and IBM is the leader in delivering them.

To help companies preserve the integrity, confidentiality, and invulnerability of information and applications—especially while exploiting the power of the Internet—IBM has developed the SecureWay Integrated Security Solutions. This comprehensive e-business security package gives companies a single-vendor offering for all the security software, hardware, and services needed when moving their businesses to the Internet.