<s>
BeyondTrust	O
(	O
formerly	O
Symark	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
,	O
markets	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
privileged	O
identity	O
management	O
/	O
access	O
management	O
(	O
PIM/PAM	O
)	O
,	O
privileged	O
remote	O
access	O
,	O
and	O
vulnerability	O
management	O
products	O
for	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeyondTrust	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
provided	O
Least	O
Privilege	O
Management	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
before	O
UNIX	B-Application
vendor	O
Symark	O
acquired	O
BeyondTrust	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
remote	B-Device
support	I-Device
and	O
PAM	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symark	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1985	O
as	O
a	O
VAX/VMS	B-Operating_System
utility	O
software	O
company	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
 '	O
San	O
Fernando	O
Valley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symark	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
client-server	O
computing	O
vendor	O
,	O
before	O
later	O
acquiring	O
a	O
license	O
for	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Application
security	O
product	O
UPM	O
(	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Quest	O
Software	O
)	O
and	O
rebranding	O
their	O
version	O
PowerBroker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
identity	O
,	O
access	O
,	O
and	O
password	O
management	O
for	O
privileged	O
users	O
on	O
UNIX	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
20032005	O
,	O
DesktopStandard	O
added	O
six	O
products	O
to	O
their	O
portfolio	O
for	O
RBAC	O
,	O
password	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
identity	O
access	O
management	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
:	O
Symark	O
acquired	O
the	O
Windows-based	O
business	O
of	O
BeyondTrust	O
in	O
2009	O
for	O
approximately	O
$20	O
million	O
and	O
they	O
adopted	O
BeyondTrust	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
expanded	O
its	O
portfolio	O
of	O
"	O
inside	O
perimeter	O
"	O
security	O
capabilities	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Unix-based	O
systems	O
to	O
include	O
authentication	O
and	O
auditing	O
management	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
and	O
cloud	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2018	O
:	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
acquired	O
BeyondTrust	O
from	O
Veritas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomgar	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
remote	B-Device
support	I-Device
provider	O
that	O
allows	O
support	O
technicians	O
to	O
remotely	O
connect	O
to	O
end-user	O
systems	O
through	O
firewalls	O
from	O
their	O
computer	O
or	O
mobile	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
Representative	O
Console	O
,	O
technology	O
support	O
professionals	O
can	O
access	O
and	O
control	O
systems	O
and	O
devices	O
remotely	O
,	O
including	O
personal	O
computers	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
servers	O
,	O
switches	O
,	O
point-of-sale	O
systems	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
originated	O
when	O
Joel	O
Bomgaars	O
developed	O
his	O
own	O
remote	B-Device
support	I-Device
solutions	O
to	O
cut	O
back	O
on	O
wasted	O
hours	O
he	O
spent	O
travelling	O
while	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
support	O
professional	O
for	O
a	O
local	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
thereafter	O
,	O
his	O
two	O
college	O
friends	O
,	O
Nathan	O
McNeill	O
and	O
Patrick	O
Norman	O
,	O
joined	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
as	O
co-founders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
next	O
month	O
it	O
changed	O
its	O
cloud-based	O
product	O
to	O
an	O
appliance	O
model	O
,	O
differentiating	O
itself	O
from	O
other	O
similar	O
remote	B-Device
support	I-Device
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
NetworkStreaming	O
changes	O
its	O
company	O
name	O
to	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
simplified	O
form	O
of	O
Joel	O
Bomgaars	O
 '	O
family	O
name	O
that	O
he	O
also	O
chose	O
to	O
use	O
professionally	O
for	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomgar	B-Protocol
's	O
first	O
private	O
equity	O
investors	O
,	O
TA	O
Associates	O
,	O
placed	O
a	O
majority	O
investment	O
in	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
in	O
May	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Francisco	O
Partners	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
acquired	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
from	O
Thoma	O
Bravo	O
,	O
which	O
owned	O
Bomgar	B-Protocol
since	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomgar	B-Protocol
now	O
operates	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
BeyondTrust	O
.	O
</s>
