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AtosOrigin and Novell sign Compliance/Governance partnership

Edited Press Release PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Novell Inc. (NOVL) and Atos Origin SA (5173.FR) said Monday they are partnering to deliver new joint compliance and governance solutions.
Leveraging Novell's identity and security management technologies and Atos Origin's consulting, systems integration and managed operations services, the companies will deliver end-to-end solutions to allow customers to meet stringent security, governance and compliance requirements.
As a result, customers can reduce both risk and cost through automating their user provisioning, access and security monitoring processes, the companies said.
The partnership will initially focus on identity and security management and will be rolled out in major European countries, they added.
In the area of identity management and provisioning, the partnerships will offer services to automate and integrate employee provisioning and de-provisioning to reduce costs and meeting compliance requirements and mapping to existing business processes.


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