BEA  Systems, Inc. ,and CA Inc.  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.

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

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