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Oracle jumps to the forefront of ID-management market

New version of Oracle product upgrades deployment, workflow and diagnostic wares
By Mandy Andress, Network World Lab Alliance , Network World , 01/22/2007
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The latest edition of Oracle's Identity Manager builds on the core provisioning functionality the company acquired with its 2005 purchase of Thor Technologies with new deployment, workflow, diagnostics and attestation tools. This additional functionality greatly improves the product and may very well put it at the top of the provisioning market.


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OIM contains the standard provisioning functions: automated user-provisioning capabilities through the use of policies, roles and workflows; the ability to manage user accounts across many systems and applications from a single interface; and user self-services, such as registration and password reset. OIM differentiates itself through the addition of the attestation process, which lets IT management perform certification of user access with a full audit trail, a requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Click to see: Oracle Identity Manager 9.0.1

ID MANAGEMENT

ORACLE IDENTITY MANAGER 9.0.1
Oracle

4.08
Price: $60 per user and $40,000 per connector.
Pros: Integrated access-control attestation process; flexible engine for rules, workflows and reconciliation.
Cons: Custom reports not accessible within the product console; lacks GUI-based workflow building tool.
The breakdown
Provisioning workflow 30% 4.5 Scoring Key:
5
: Exceptional
4
: Very good
3
: Average
2
: Below average
1
: Subpar or not available
Provisioning configuration 35% 4.0
System management 15%
3.5
Reporting 20% 4.0
TOTAL SCORE 4.08
See how Oracle's OIM compares with other ID management products in our Buyer's Guide.
 

For testing, Oracle provided a Windows 2003 server VMware image comprising instances of all necessary product components. See the highlighted information below.

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