Leading Analyst Firm Positions Oracle® on ‘Short List’ in User Provisioning Market

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Confirming its market leadership, Oracle‘s User Provisioning technologies are included in Burton Group’s recent “Provisioning Market 2009: Divide and Conquer” report1.
The report positions Oracle on the “Short List” of its 2009 User Provisioning Market Insight Diagram. Burton Group defines user provisioning as “the integrated set of tools used to manage the lifecycle of user entitlements.”
The report provides a holistic view of the market that evaluated vendors on a wide range of criteria, including product quality, breadth, and depth; market leadership; technical support; in-house deployment services; partner ecosystem; and customer satisfaction.
Components of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Identity Manager, and Oracle Role Manager are best-in-class user and role administration solutions that automate the process of adding, updating, and deleting user accounts from applications and directories; and improve regulatory compliance by providing granular reports that attest to who has access to what..
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According to Burton Group, “Oracle’s heavy investment in Identity Management technologies broadens the depth of its suite” and “its strong strategic alignment is a plus” as “Oracle’s Identity Management plans are deeply rooted in the company’s overall plans and ambitions.” The report also highlights Oracle’s “significant partner and market infrastructure.”
“In today’s dynamic business landscape, it is increasingly important for companies to quickly and efficiently manage user accounts and access privileges centrally as part of their business process, while keeping compliance and privacy requirements top of mind,” said Amit Jasuja, vice president, Security and Identity Management Products, Oracle. “We remain committed to providing customers with best-in-class application-centric identity management solutions that can be leveraged in heterogeneous service-oriented architecture environments.”