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Symphony Services, a provider of product engineering services, has announced it will provide future support services for BMC’s existing authorisation and authentication solutions, Web Access Manager (WAM) and Identity Federation Manager (IFM), while developing, maintaining and supporting the next generation of the software. Symphony’s product development team has delivered a new, updated Java-based version of WAM/ IFM on September 8, 2008. Symphony also plans to deliver by Q4 2008 an updated .NET version of the software as part of its strategic, long-term roadmap to ensure WAM/ IFM continues to be a critical component of customers’ multi-layered security strategy.
Symphony will also work closely with current WAM/IFM customers to create a Client Advisory Board to serve as a liaison between Symphony’s development team and the market. The Client Advisory Board will play a central role in ensuring future WAM/ IFM versions continue to address customer needs.
Over 60 enterprise customers currently rely on BMC’s WAM as a critical solution to secure Web- based applications against attack. Symphony’s Product Line Management (PLM) Group will develop, test and support a new WAM software product, starting with this month’s release. Symphony’s PLM Group will also lead WAM/ IFM licencing and maintenance contracting for the new product and serve as the central point of contact for customer support issues.
WAM is a comprehensive, standards-based Web access management solution that helps companies address identity and access management challenges. WAM allows for central management of disparate internal and external users, as well as their individual access privileges to resources that reside across IT environments. The solution includes configurable audit and access logging features to meet today’s regulatory compliance and user privacy requirements. Harnessing the power of a federated security approach, IFM provides infrastructure that enables identities and relevant entitlements to be propagated across security domains.
“BMC has worked closely with Symphony Services to deliver a Java-based version of WAM to customers and establish a replacement for our Web-based application security solution that will meet customers’ enhanced needs worldwide, protecting their investments,” said Gilit Segal, director, R&D, BMC Software. “We are confident that WAM users will benefit from both increased support and a strategic product roadmap, ensuring the software continues to meet their Web-based application security concerns.”
“Symphony Services is wholly committed to the WAM/IFM product line and continuing BMC Software’s reputation for delivering business critical solutions,” said Alan Harlan, president, Product Line Management Business Unit, Symphony Services. “We look forward to leveraging both our domain experience in security and our development team’s passion for evolving WAM to meet customer expectations for Web-based application security.”