Business Layers and BMC Software to Provide Schering-Plough With Security Provisioning Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2003 CONTROL-SA(R) From BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. and eProvision(TM) Software From Business Layers Automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. Provisioning and Identity Management Business Layers, the eProvisioning Company(TM), and BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. ), a leader in enterprise management, announced today that they will provide Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP SGP Singapore (ISO Country code) SGP Schering-Plough (stock symbol) SGP Stability and Growth Pact SGP Southern Great Plains SGP Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij SGP Speedway Grand Prix ) with a joint security management solution to automate the provisioning and identity management of employee access to corporate digital resources. The joint solution combines Business Layers' award-winning eProvision(TM) Software, which automates the process of connecting employees to the company's digital resources, with CONTROL-SA(R) from BMC Software, which delivers effective, comprehensive and enterprise-wide security management across a variety of platforms from a central point of control. Utilizing this joint solution, companies can achieve a consistent, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. global provisioning process, thereby improving overall system security. "Federal compliance policies like 21 CFR CFR See: Cost and Freight Part 11 and others regulating the pharmaceutical industry have served as an impetus to revise the way identities and processes are managed," said Avi Zamir, COO of Business Layers. "As strong advocates of provisioning technology, customers understand the immediate benefit of an automated provisioning The ability to set up new communications services for customers automatically. Carriers use automated provisioning to set up their network based on customers' requirements. Such systems control all network devices from a central console and greatly speed up deployment time from days to solution to streamline business processes and provide thorough auditing and reporting capabilities." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Steve Hunt, vice president and research leader, security, at Giga Information Group, "The purpose of creating a security architecture is to avoid the 'firefighter' culture of IT security, maximize the time and efforts of security staff and ensure that all technical measures actually map to and derive from genuine business requirements." (Giga Information Group Inc. Planning Assumption, Creating a Security Architecture: Introduction, August 2002). "Our joint solution is the result of a well-established partnership and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. developed with Business Layers. It gives customers a comprehensive, directory-based security management and provisioning solution, while reducing their security management costs," said Steve Lesem, vice president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Security Management, BMC Software. "We are pleased that Schering-Plough has selected CONTROL-SA from BMC Software and eProvision Software from Business Layers as an integrated solution for provisioning and security management." About Schering-Plough Schering-Plough Corporation of Kenilworth, N.J., is a research-based company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide. About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE:BMC), is a leader in enterprise management. The company focuses on Assuring Business Availability(TM) for its customers by helping them proactively improve service, reduce costs and increase value to their business. BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications and databases. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and is a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2002 revenues of approximately $1.3 billion. Visit www.bmc.com to learn more. About Business Layers Business Layers is a leading provider of Provisioning solutions, the cornerstone of security and identity management implementations. Business Layers' flagship software product, eProvision, provides an efficient, secure, systematic and scalable system for creating and managing resources for any user, including employees, customers, contractors and business partners. Business Layers was the first company to define and address the eProvisioning market, and the first to define a provisioning standard. The Business Layers eProvision Alliance(TM), the broadest alliance program in the provisioning industry, provides the framework to deliver the most comprehensive eProvisioning technology solutions to Business Layers' customers. Winner of the 2002 Network Computing's Editor's Choice Award, the Tornado tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. Insider 100 Award and featured in Computerworld's "Emerging Companies to Watch" list, Business Layer's eProvision Software has been ranked by top analyst firms such as AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research and the Radicati Group as the #1 provisioning technology on the market today. Business Layers is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by leading international investors including Canaan Partners, Ascent Venture Partners, Novell Inc., Gemini Israel Funds, Formula Ventures, Israel Seed Partners and Garage Technology Ventures. For more information, please contact Business Layers at 877-552-9377, or visit www.businesslayers.com eProvisioning Company and eProvision are trademarks of Business Layers Inc. BMC Software, the BMC Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. Any other marks used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or marketers of the products with which the marks are associated. |
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