BMC Introduces Identity Management Solution for Microsoft .NET
January 30 2006 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
HOUSTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Adding to the company's
identity management offerings, BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE:BMC), a
leading provider of enterprise management solutions, today
announced BMC(R) Identity Management for .NET, the industry's most
complete identity management solution for Microsoft .NET
technologies. The solution offers customers operating a .NET
environment streamlined end-to-end identity management addressing
many of IT's most pressing identity management needs including
workflow, directory management, audit, self service, password
management, Web single sign-on, and federation. BMC Identity
Management for .NET offers customers sizeable cost, time, and
resource savings by exploiting tools and resources already
available in the Microsoft infrastructure. Additionally, the
solution leverages the inherent resources and information across
heterogeneous IT environments. "Working with BMC gives our
customers a fully integrated set of solutions to achieve a faster,
more secure path to consistent identity management on the Microsoft
platform, ultimately helping our customers manage and use identity
data to benefit their business operations," said Michael
Stephenson, Director of the Windows Server and Tools Division at
Microsoft Corporation. "Microsoft is committed to providing
solutions that help customers use and extend .NET technologies.
Working with industry partners such as BMC helps us achieve this
goal." The BMC solution helps address a growing customer demand for
.NET-based identity management solutions as well as a growing
interest in identity management solutions from small and mid-sized
businesses, many of which operate in Microsoft .NET environments.
"Gartner has recognized a significant increase in interest in
full-featured identity management solutions over the last two
years," said Ray Wagner, Research Vice President, Gartner, Inc.
"Many enterprises, from large to mid-size to small, have a need for
identity management solutions tailored specifically for the .NET
environment." Care New England Uses BMC Identity Management for
.NET Many customers have already improved business services by
leveraging BMC Identity Management for .NET to share identity
information housed in the .NET infrastructure. Healthcare provider
Care New England is implementing BMC Identity Management for .NET
to reduce the time it takes to provision and de- provision doctors,
nurses, and administrative staff from two weeks to less than two
hours. The solution will help decrease patient wait time at each
facility by providing doctors faster access to patient information,
along with quicker provisioning of medical and administrative
staff. "BMC's .NET identity management solution will help our
organization improve our IT infrastructure, and more importantly
our patient service," said Howard Rubin, Director of IS Technical
Services, Care New England. "The solution works with the systems we
have already installed, and integrates with our BMC service
management system, MAGIC, to give us an integrated approach to
managing system access for our users, as well as providing a robust
reporting/auditing solution to meet HIPAA security requirements.
There was no need to purchase excess software, middleware or
hardware to get the solution fully implemented and up and running."
"BMC Identity Management for .NET is a key differentiator for BMC
in the identity management market," said Somesh Singh, vice
president and general manager, Identity Management Business Unit,
BMC. "Regardless of a customer's IT infrastructure and size,
identity management is key in ensuring that IT assets are fully
aligned with business objectives, and access policies and
regulatory compliance requirements are being adhered to in an
automated fashion. With this solution, BMC and Microsoft bring
together the right blend of technology to unlock the capabilities
of enterprise and accelerate the return on investment from their IT
infrastructure." About BMC Identity Management for .NET BMC
Identity Management for .NET transparently layers on top of
existing Windows-based IT infrastructure technology, such as
Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Active Directory Federation
Services, Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode, Microsoft
Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003, and Web services enabling
customers to further leverage and extend their investment in these
technologies. BMC offers customers a seamless identity management
solution that is compatible with existing systems making
historically complex deployments much easier. Additional product
features include an automated workflow and support for two-factor
authentication. A key component of BMC Identity Management for .NET
is its open architecture, which enables customers to interoperate
with a myriad of systems and applications both internally and
externally. The solution allows customers to expand their business
resources to external users through a federated identity management
solution, including users not operating on .NET. The BMC Identity
Management for .NET solution supports industry standards such as
SAML, SPML, and WS-Federation. Customers using Microsoft Active
Directory Federation Services can also federate with partners using
the BMC Identity Management Solution for .NET. The solution also
enables customers to internally provision to non-Windows-based
systems, such as mainframe and UNIX systems, by centralizing and
unifying the management of user accounts to identify profiles,
security polices, and business workflow processes across platforms,
domains, and resource types. BMC is a Microsoft global ISV and has
been a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for nearly five years.
About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc., is a leading provider of
enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage
their IT infrastructure from a business perspective. Delivering
Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprise
systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in
1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal 2005 revenues
of more than $1.46 billion. For more information about BMC
Software, visit http://www.bmc.com/ . BMC Software, the BMC
Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names
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