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Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020

By Itamar Budin
Dear Customers As per Microsoft 1/14/2020 Announcement regarding Windows 7 end of support, We will no longer support client environments that runs on Windows 7. The following Symantec Identity Suite components will no longer support under Windows 7: Identity Manager: Provisioning Manager Connector Xpress Config Xpress Windows Credential Provider Windows Connector Workflow Client Identity Governance: Client Tools Workflow Client Kettle Customer who are still running workstations Windows 7 are encourage to runs our tools on supported Client/Server solutions which are described in our Platform Support Matrix documentation ...
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Digital Product Management: Map your business outcomes

By Alf Abuhajleh
In the last blog entry , we looked at the first step to successful Digital Product Management (DPM), organizing your investments and products in a way that makes sense for your business. Once you have that foundation in place you need to begin building an integrated picture – to show how each of those products is delivering significant returns, and the entire company is marching together towards achieving its long-term vision. This is the process of defining the strategic roadmap for your organization and for each of the products within it. With management based around digital products, this roadmapping exercise becomes more important than ever. Each product ...
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Application Logging in Kubernetes

By Becca Parks
Hi All! Read this article by Uzi Cohen to learn how to handle the collection and aggregation of logs from applications running in containers on Kubernetes into centralized log storage. https://bit.ly/2FNzup2  Also, stay tuned for more in this blog series, focused around Kubernetes and Symantec SiteMinder
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PSM Updates for Identity Suite - CA Business Intelligence JasperReports Server 7.1.1

By Itamar Budin
Hi In our continues effort to allow our customers to be able to use our products on the latest platforms, we are pleased to announce to we are now officially supporting CA Business Intelligence JasperReports Server 7.1.1 for our Identity Suite versions 14.2 and 14.3. The new version of the report server introduce the following enhancements: Platform Support Matrix changes: Windows 2016 RHEL 7.x Oracle 12cR2 MS-SQL 2016 Installation - New enhancements include:   Supports TLS enabled database in CABI installation for Oracle (PKCS12 wallet) and MSSQL. Default Postgres version is changed to 9.6 to fix ...
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Digital Product Management: Organize the way you work

By Alf Abuhajleh
One of the biggest problems with investing in projects is that often those projects don’t reflect how your business actually operates. In fact, they are the exact opposite. Projects are designed as temporary pieces of work, which when completed, see the project team dispersed. The business outcomes are left to a completely separate team to operationalize, leverage and secure the benefits. And that’s neither effective nor efficient. With digital products, on the other hand, there’s recognition that the business is investing in a sustained asset, one that must be maintained, enhanced and transformed. Different products will experience that lifecycle on ...
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Invitation to IT Process Automation (ITPAM) 4.3 SP05 Validation Program

By Sridhar Baratam
Broadcom is pleased to invite you to participate in the  IT Process Automation 4.3 SP05  V alidation Program . Your participation offers you the ability to validate/access Pre-Release Broadcom Software for  IT Process Automation  in your own environment, allowing you to provide feedback on product enhancements, quality, and the Validation Program. As a participant in this Program, you will communicate directly with the Product Research and Development team to investigate and address any reported problems, questions, or comments. Some the new features and enhancements/Certifications include: Support for AdoptOpenJDK 8 - Customers can now use ...
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General availability of the Identity Manager 14.1 CP10 (Cumulative Patch)

By Itamar Budin
Hi All, The Symantec Identity Suite team are proud to announce the general availability the Identity Manger v14.1 Cumulative Patch (CP) 10. This Cumulative Patch contains more than  50 customer defect fixes as well as new enhancements.  Please find the below details for the enhancements, customer defect fixes and download links for 14.1 CP10 Cumulative Patch. Enhancements and Customer Defect Fixes   Please find the below list of enhancements the details of the Defect fixes that are part of 14.1 CP10   Enhancements Customer Defect Fixes   Enhanced Offline Endpoint Management Log Rotation for Active Directory ...
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ITSM IN NON-IT USE: HUMAN RESOURCES

By Michael Lentini
Welcome to this discussion of ITSM in Non-IT use – today’s focal point is ‘Human Resources’. Earlier, we have discussed how service management can expand into enterprise management in general (you can read it here ) , and listen to the recording of our ITSM – The View Beyond IT webcast for more details. The last session “ A Zoom into Facilities Management ” is where we started on specific topics (and the webcast recording is here ). Thanks to your responses and feedback.  Today we talk about how ITSM can help Human Resources (HR) establish their goals in a very effective way. HR Challenges and Goals The HR Department typically has stringent ...
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CA20191218-01: Security Notice for CA Client Automation Agent for Windows

By Steve Parker
December 20th, 2019 To:       CA Client Automation Customers From:     The CA Client Automation Product Team Subject:  CA Client Automation Security Notice Dear Customer: CA Technologies, a Broadcom Company, is notifying CA Client Automation customers about a new security notice. For the latest version of this security notice, see CA20191218-01: Security Notice for CA Client Automation Agent for Windows Issued: December 18, 2019 Last Updated: December 18, 2019 CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company, is alerting customers to a potential risk with CA Client Automation agent on Windows. A vulnerability exists that can allow a ...
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Introducing DX App Synthetic Monitor 10.3

By Ashley George
In an effort to continue improving the performance and usability of our solutions, we are proud to announce the release of DX App Synthetic Monitor 10.3. This release continues to build upon the features of version 10 to improve your ability to monitor your sites and applications.  The primary new enhancements in this release include:  New: Webdriver Agent  Webdriver Agent is a command-line tool used to execute Selenese XML scripts on a desktop PC using a locally installed web browser. WebDriver agent allows you to test and fine-tune your scripts before uploading them to DX App Synthetic Monitor. By using Webdriver agent, you can be sure that ...
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Digital Product Management: Three words that change your world

By Alf Abuhajleh
By Marla Schimke Head of Product Marketing | Clarity PPM Well that headline got your attention didn’t it! But seriously, we are convinced digital product management, or DPM, is going to change how you create value for your business. It will define your business investment strategy, and how you transition from a traditional project-based approach to a modern product-centric business model. In this blog series, we’re going to introduce you to the five steps to DPM and highlight how Broadcom’s solution is designed to support your journey. We’ve been investing in Clarity PPM and Rally Software for several years, building an integrated platform ...
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Projects-to-Products: Product Management & Agile

By Brian Nathanson
Coming off my soapbox about Agile from my last post, I do believe that the concept of agility leads to better products. There's one significant enabler, however, that is required in order to make this happen: Your developers (and development teams) need to be able to build things quickly and make changes quickly. There are a number of routine impediments to his enabler that many products have: Technical debt from older features/code Poor documentation Inflexible platform or technology Lack of experience due to turnover In an ideal world, a product manager, product owner, and development team would work iteratively day-by-day (or at most ...
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Projects-to-Products: Real Talk about Agile

By Brian Nathanson
OK. At this point, we've laid out some basic product management definitions, talked about some important product management skills, and highlighted a few key differences between project and product management. Now let's address a popular topic: How does this relate to all this Agile stuff I keep hearing about? As with most things, the answer depends. It  can relate but doesn't always. A lot depends on whether your organization just has the trappings or ceremonies of Agile or actually has absorbed its spirit. (If you're the former, you're not alone; that describes any organization that practices Scrumfall or Wagile.) First though, some real talk about Agile ...
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Projects-to-Products: The Real Difference Pt 2

By Brian Nathanson
In my last post , I highlighted a first critical difference between project managers and product managers: the former tend to pull on the cost & schedule levers of the iron triangle, while the latter pull on the scope lever. In this post, I'll address the psychological differences of stakeholders to projects vs products and why that matters to the managers involved. We can use an analogy to help illustrate the difference: Projects are like running a marathon while products are like participating in a league sport. With a marathon (like a major migration project), you decide to run the race, train for it, gather supporters who provide encouragement ...
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Projects-to-Products: The Real Difference Pt 1

By Brian Nathanson
I've made over 2 dozen blog posts already, but I don't think I've addressed the key question that's probably on your mind: What's the real difference between project management and product management anyway? Addressing that question is - on some level - the point of this blog's existence, so it'll take months if not years to arrive at a final answer, but I think I can highlight (in this post and the next) 2 critical differences that illustrate why making the transition is not just about changing people's titles. First up is the difference in the way that project managers and product managers address complexity and potential overruns. Consider the following ...
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PSM Updates for Identity Suite - Symantec Privileged Access Manager Server Control 14.1 as a managed Identity Manager and Identity Governance endpoint

By Itamar Budin
Hi In our continues effort to allow our customers to be able to use our products on the latest platforms, we are pleased to announce to we are now officially supporting Symantec Privileged Access Manager Server Control version 14.1 as a Identity Manager and Identity Governance connector. Platform support matrix link: Identity Manager 14.3:  http://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-identity-and-access-management/identity-manager/14-3/platform-support-matrix/connectors-and-endpoint-types.html Identity Manager 14.2: http://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-identity-and-access-management/identity-manager/14-2/platform-support-matrix/connectors-and-endpoint-types.html ...
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Projects-to-Products: The State of PMO Branding

By Brian Nathanson
Following on my last post about brands and brand management, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to look at the state of PMO branding in many organizations. By this, I mean the overall reputation that PMOs have or perception of them across firms. *Fair warning: Some of these numbers may be troubling if you're a PMO fan.* According to statistics from industry research firms (such as Gartner and PMI), here is what we know: 68% of organizations have a PMO, down from 80% 3 years ago Only 49% of organizations with a PMO say that it is an enterprisewide PMO 60% of organizations with an enterprisewide PMO say it is focused on business strategy ...
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Projects-to-Products: Brand Management

By Brian Nathanson
I would be remiss if I did not include at least some discussion of brands in a conversation about product management. For the uninitiated, a brand has been traditionally defined as a particular product that is manufactured by a particular company. McDonald's is a specific brand of fast food; Starbucks is a specific brand of coffee. In recent years, however, the concept of branding has been expanded to encompass any " particular identity or image regarded as an asset." By this definition, the term brand essentially serves as both (1) a definition of what makes your particular offering unique compared to other alternatives and (2) a substitute for a person's ...
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PSM Updates for Identity Suite - SAP S4 HANA as a managed Identity Manager and Identity Governance endpoint

By Itamar Budin
Hi In our continues effort to allow our customers to be able to use our products on the latest platforms, we are pleased to announce to we are now supporting SAP S/4 HANA as a Identity Manager and Identity Governance connector. Notes: That this certification is only relevant for customers who are running versions 14.2 and 14.3 of our solutions. Covers AS ABAP type servers In the Identity Manager User Console, the SAP NetWeaver (R/3) endpoint type represents the SAP HANA(S/4) endpoint. Platform support matrix link: Identity Manager 14.3:  http://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-identity-and-access-management/identity-manager/14-3/platform-support-matrix/connectors-and-endpoint-types.html ...
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BETA invetation for the new CABI (Jasper) Report server 7.1.1

By Itamar Budin
  Hi We are proud to announce that we are now accepting users to our Layer7 Identity Suite CABI 7.1.1 program for customers who are running our solutions (Identity Manager and Identity Governance) on versions 14.2 and 14.3. This BETA will allow you to install and configure this new versions of CABI 7.1.1 on your system and then connect your existing IM/IG 14.2/14.3 solution to it. How to join? Please click on the following URL to automatic register to our validation site: https://validate.broadcom.com/key/IdentitySuiteCABI711BETA   Why this program is being hosted on validate.broadcom.com? Hosting this validation on ...
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