LONDON, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Award-Winning Speaker Carol Woodbury to Offer Advice on Security 
Compliance Through Series of Workshops and Her Key Note Speech to Delegates 
at Australasia's Largest IBM User Groups Event

Renowned US security compliance expert, author and award-winning speaker,
Carol Woodbury is to deliver the key note speech at Interaction's September
2008 annual conference in Australia's Surfer's Paradise. This significant
event is the largest gathering of IBM solutions providers across Australia
and New Zealand and is organised by IBM user group, Interaction. This annual
conference will showcase the latest server technologies and provide the
opportunity for IT professionals to discuss the hottest market topics
including: hardware streams, solutions, programming and development, systems
management, operating systems and networking, and IT future trends.

Woodbury is president of US company, Skyview Partners Inc, a company
specialising in security remediation services and automated security
compliance solutions. Halcyon Software, the multi-platform systems management
provider, is an authorised distributor for the Skyview solutions. Based in UK
with an Australian subsidiary located in Melbourne, Halcyon is a platinum
sponsor of Interaction. Advocating the importance of basing any security
policy on sound analysis, Woodbury says, "Security compliance is a topic
having a profound effect on our market as a whole. It all starts with a
thorough analysis of the system security configuration." She adds, "Armed
with these results, we believe in developing a security policy that makes
sense for each individual business. The cost of compliance can be substantial
and with more laws, regulations and standards emerging, companies need to
figure out how to automate and drive down the cost of compliance."

In addition to her key note speech, Woodbury will be offering
specific security compliance advice and conducting workshops throughout the
duration of Interaction. A renowned industry authority and inspiration,
Woodbury will focus her workshops on every-day issues faced by those IT
professionals responsible for ensuring their organisation protects data and
complies with relevant security compliance legislation. These workshops will
offer grass-roots, practical advice regarding Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, the
Payment Card Industry (PCI), Data Security Standards and best practice for IT
security. Each attending delegate will receive a complimentary copy of
Woodbury's new security compliance handbook, Compliance Without the
Complexities - a guide for IT professionals.

About Interaction:

Interaction is a non-profit membership-based organisation
serving the constantly evolving and changing business needs of users of IBM
products and services. It was formed by amalgamating three separate user
groups - Australasian SHARE/GUIDE, COMMON Australasia and Team RS/6000 - into
a single entity. Interaction now offers an even more effective, focused forum
and continues to be a valuable resource for its members.

Interaction's mission is to:

    - Independently present its members comments, concerns and
      suggestions to IBM

    - Assist its members to maximise the benefits obtained from
      the use of IBM products and services

    - Provide insight into IBM trends and directions, via
      meetings, conferences and other communications technology as determined 
      most suitable for Interaction members



About Carol Woodbury:

Carol Woodbury is President and co-founder of SkyView Partners
Inc.; a company specialising in security remediation services and automated
security compliance solution. Carol is an acknowledged security expert and
spent more than 16 years at IBM Rochester, 10 of those working for IBM's
Enterprise Server Group as the AS/400 Security Architect and Chief
Engineering Manager of Security Technology.

About Halcyon Software:

Halcyon Software Australia Pty ltd is the authorised
distributor in Australasia for Skyview's automated compliance solutions.

Halcyon Software limited is an international software company
with over 19 years experience in systems management. Halcyon writes software
for IBM midrange servers as well as Windows, Linux, UNIX, AIX and Netware
platforms. Large multi-national companies, corporate data centres, as well as
small to medium-sized businesses use Halcyon Software products to proactively
manage and automate their IT operations.

Halcyon's Head Office is based in Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, and its software is used throughout the world with
distributors in Europe, Middle East, Asia-PAC and the USA and a subsidiary
company based in Melbourne, Australia. Customers include Cap Gemini, Avon
Cosmetics, Raleigh, Quiksilver, Patties Foods, Tyco Electronics and Budget
Insurance.

Carol Woodbury is available for press interviews around Interaction 2008
and also at the event itself. Please contact Sally Morgan in the UK 
+44(0)1932-578800, sallym@itpr.co.uk or Traci St Lawrence in Australia on 
+61-2-9252-2266, tsl@recognition.com.au to arrange.

For further information please contact:
    Traci St Lawrence at Recognition
    tsl@recognition.com.au
    +62-2-9252-2266

    Lorraine Cousins/ Carole Chandler              Sally Morgan
    Halcyon Software                               The itpr Partnership
    Tel: +44(0)1733-234995                         Tel: +44(0)1932-578800
    Fax: +44(0)1733-234994                         Fax: +44(0)1932-578801
    Email: carole.chandler@halcyonsoftware.com     Email: sallym@itpr.co.uk
    Web: http://www.halcyonsoftware.com            Web: http://www.itpr.co.uk