Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
December 10, 2015
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: December 10, 2015. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Bomgar, a provider of secure access solutions, has acquired password management technology from Pitbull Software, expanding Bomgar's portfolio of Privileged Access Management solutions. The acquired Pitbull KeyHolder solution is used to secure, manage, and administer passwords for privileged users. Bomgar's solutions allow organizations to provide administrators, vendors, and business users with the access capabilities they need to be more productive, while protecting high value infrastructure, assets, and applications from cyberattacks
Salesforce has announced the next generation of Lightning Connect, its service that allows developers and business admins to build real-time integrations with external data sources without writing any code. The updated service, dubbed Salesforce Connect, allows Salesforce users to access and manage data in external apps, whether on-premise or cloud, directly from Salesforce. The goal with the new offering, Kunzle says, is to allow workers to proactively manage customer data so they can connect and collaborate in an agile way, and be more responsive to customers.