SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEA Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: BEAS) and CA, Inc. (NYSE: CA) today announced a partnership to
further streamline and simplify identity and access management (IAM) across
the enterprise -- jointly helping customers reduce IT costs and improve
performance by combining best-of-breed Web single sign-on, user management,
and SOA Infrastructure.
BEA has chosen to strategically partner with CA for IAM, with
integration across the AquaLogic and WebLogic product families to CA's
leading IAM technology, specifically CA SiteMinder and CA Identity Manager.
The two companies will validate the existing integrations and collaborate
to extend the integrations for their joint customers. In addition, CA has
chosen BEA's award-winning WebLogic Server as the application server for
CA's IAM technology where it plans to make additional investment to extend
current integration between the product lines to drive improved
performance.
"Identity and Access Management is critical within SOA as applications
become increasingly distributed," said Wai Wong, executive vice president,
products at BEA Systems. "CA and BEA together can enable customers to
benefit from reduced administration costs of their security architectures,
as well as provide increased IT efficiency and better business agility
through their application and SOA infrastructure."
The companies plan to conduct interoperability testing and validations
that can provide customers with improved performance and reliability. As
part of the agreement, BEA and CA are focusing investment in these areas:
-- Engineering and development -- The two companies plan to validate and
further extend integration between CA SiteMinder and BEA WebLogic and
AquaLogic technologies, while also collaborating on identity and access
management standards
-- Distribution -- CA will include WebLogic Server Premium Edition
evaluation license with CA Identity Manager as the application server
of choice for CA IAM technology
-- Marketing programs -- The companies will implement marketing and sales
programs to communicate the value proposition of their joint solutions
to current and prospective customers and proactively team together on
customer opportunities
"With the ongoing trend of abstracting identity and security logic from
the underlying applications, integration between CA's IAM solution and
BEA's application infrastructure will offer customers the flexibility and
control they need to deliver a new generation of value-added services
across the extended enterprise," said Bilhar Mann, senior vice president
and general manager of CA's security management business unit.
In September, CA was named the worldwide market leader in IAM software
by IDC for the sixth consecutive year. According to IDC's report,
"Worldwide Hardware Authentication and Identity and Access Management 2005
Vendor Shares" (IDC #203708, Sep 2006), CA continues to lead the IAM
market, with a 17.2 percent share and revenues exceeding $522 million.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking,
including the statements regarding the plans, goals, completion,
implementation, benefits, and details of the relationship between BEA and
CA; the companies' further investment in development efforts, product
delivery, validation and extension of products and other goals related to
this relationship; and the ability of BEA's and CA's partnership to reduce
customer costs and improve customer performance. Actual results could
differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially
include risks associated with: any unforeseen technical difficulties
related to the development and optimization of BEA's or CA's products; the
timing of additional investments of resources and of product releases by
BEA and CA related to any joint initiatives; and any software errors
related to BEA's or CA's products or the integration thereof. Readers
should also refer to the risk disclosures set forth in BEA's 10-Q for the
quarter ended April 30, 2006, CA's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, CA's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006 and CA's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006, each as filed
with the SEC, and subsequent reports filed thereafter by BEA and CA from
time-to-time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this
release are made as of the date hereof, and BEA and CA do not assume any
obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results
could differ materially from those projected in such statements.
About BEA
BEA Systems, Inc. is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure
software. BEA delivers the unified SOA platform for business transformation
and optimization in order to improve cost structures and grow new revenue
streams. Information about how BEA is enabling customers to achieve
Business LiquidITy(TM) can be found at bea.com.
About CA
CA, one of the world's largest information technology (IT) management
software companies, unifies and simplifies the management of
enterprise-wide IT. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y.,
and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information,
please visit http://ca.com.
SOURCE BEA Systems, Inc.
