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!! SailPoint and BMC - how to move forward?[2]
Excerpt Posted on Jun 14, 2011 by [Martin Kuppinger] 

''After several talks with both SailPoint and BMC I'd like to provide some information. First of all, [SailPoint] now owns [CONTROL-SA], including the support team and other related human resources. There even is a roadmap for [CONTROL-SA] and support for the newer releases (ESS 7.5.x) will be provided for several years from now.

On the other hand, [SailPoint] [IdentityIQ] now is on the price list of [BMC]. It can be bought with [BMC] contracts, BMC 1st level support, and so on. It is the strategic solution for Access Governance and Identity/Access Management offered by BMC. [BMC] itself only focuses on [BIRM] (BMC Identity Request Management), not to be mixed up with BRIM (BMC Remedy Identity Management), which is no longer sold through [BMC] (but the relevant parts are either BIRM or [SailPoint] products (ex Control-SA) now.

[SailPoint] will soon provide its own provisioning engine, which is sort of a lightweight implementation, being controlled by the Access [Governance] (and Lifecycle Management) components of [IdentityIQ] and which uses the existing connectors of [CONTROL-SA]. [SailPoint] additionally plans to release new connectors.

This gives customers a lot of choices to move forward. They can use [CONTROL-SA] for quite a while, at least if they use ESS 7.5.x and higher. They might move to the [SailPoint] provisioning engine, using [IdentityIQ] on top and the existing connectors. They might migrate to other provisioning tools, and so on. But the most important thing is: [CONTROL-SA] isn't dead and customers can take their time to consider their options. And my advice is: take your time and think about how your [IAM], Access Governance, and Service Request Management should look like in the future.''



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* [#1] - [BMC_Software|Wikipedia:BMC_Software|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-04-19- 
* [#2] - [SailPoint and BMC - how to move forward?|https://www.kuppingercole.com/blog/kuppinger/sailpoint-and-bmc-how-to-move-forward|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-04-19- 

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