Decision Matrix: Selecting an Identity & Access Management Vendor (Competitor Focus)

As the focus of enterprise security moves from the perimeter and towards identity-centric and information-centric security, ID&AM will become a strategic issue in a wide variety of settings. Datamonitor has developed this Decision Matrix to help businesses select the most appropriate ID&AM vendors based on their technology strength, reputation among customers, and impact in the market.

Report Highlights
In terms of revenue growth, Oracle achieves the maximum score as it continues to attract new customers and increase its market share. Datamonitor believes Oracle's success is due to its efficient utilization of its extensive partner network and the prevalence of its application and middleware infrastructure among enterprises of all sizes.

n terms of technology, BMC is particularly strong in the areas of user provisioning and administration and policy management. This is to be expected, since those two areas are the closest to BMC's core strengths in IT systems management and desktop management.

Some vendors, such as IBM, CA, and BMC are acutely aware of the potential for integration between ID&AM and service management and this is likely to affect their strategy. Novell is also likely to evolve its solutions in this direction as it develops its capabilities around systems and service management.
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DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
INTRODUCTION 2
Identity & access management: the leading vendors 2
ANALYSIS 2
Market trends and developments 2
The ID&AM market will show robust growth, despite the pressure on IT budgets 3
Mobility and flexible working requirements are bringing about developments in ID&AM 4
The technical and organizational complexities of using ID&AM are gradually being resolved 4
Complexity and heterogeneity will offset the dominance of infrastructure vendors 4
The ID&AM market has already reached a relatively high degree of consolidation 5
Mass-market strong authentication is an inevitable evolution in the ID&AM space 5
The identity & access management Decision Matrix 7
IBM and CA dominate the high end of the market and are the top overall performers 8
Novell has the strongest technology performance and is on track to improve its market impact 8
Oracle and Microsoft are relative newcomers which have rapidly improved their technology and market reach 8
Identity is increasingly recognized as a key component of IT service management strategies 9
Market Leaders 11
Market leaders: technology 11
Vendors with shortlist ratings are among the leaders in most technology rating categories 11
ID&AM market leaders do not dominate the authentication market and this is unlikely to change 12
Federated identity offerings have clearly been prioritized for investment by many vendors 12
Market leaders: user sentiment 13
There is little differentiation between vendors in terms of user sentiment, with IBM enjoying a slight lead 13
Relative to its market impact and technology strength, CA suffers from a low user sentiment rating 13
Market leaders: impact 14
IBM leads in terms of market impact, with ratings slightly higher than CA and RSA 15
Oracle continues to be successful at outpacing the market and is evidently increasing its market share 15
VENDOR ANALYSIS 16
BMC: identity & access management radars 16
Recommendation: Explore 17
CA: identity & access management radars 18
Recommendation: Shortlist 19
Evidian (Bull): identity & access management radars 20
Recommendation: Explore 21
IBM: identity & access management radars 22
Recommendation: Shortlist 23
Microsoft: identity & access management radars 25
Recommendation: Consider 26
Novell: identity & access management radars 27
Recommendation: Shortlist 28
Oracle: identity & access management radars 29
Recommendation: Consider 30
RSA Security: identity & access management radar 31
Recommendation: Consider 32
Sun Microsystems: identity & access management radar 33
Recommendation: Consider 34
Other Notable Vendors 35
Conclusion 35
APPENDIX 36
Definitions 36
Datamonitor Ratings 36
Extended methodology 37
Technology 37
User sentiment 37
Market Impact 38
Further reading 39
Ask the analyst 40
Disclaimer 40
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Table 1: The identity & access management Decision Matrix 7
Figure 1: The ID&AM market will continue to grow, despite pressures on IT budgets 3
Figure 2: The identity & access management Decision Matrix 7
Figure 3: The overlap between ID&AM and systems management represents an opportunity to some vendors 9
Figure 4: Market leaders: technology 11
Figure 5: Market leaders: user sentiment 13
Figure 6: Market leaders: impact 14
Figure 7: BMC: identity & access management radars 16
Figure 8: CA: identity & access management radars 18
Figure 9: Evidian: identity & access management radars 20
Figure 10: IBM: identity & access management radars 22
Figure 11: Microsoft: identity & access management radars 25
Figure 12: Novell: identity & access management radars 27
Figure 13: Oracle: identity & access management radars 29
Figure 14: RSA Security: identity & access management radar 31
Figure 15: Sun Microsystems: identity & access management radar 33
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