Leading Analyst Firm Positions Oracle(R) Identity Manager in Leaders Quadrant for User Provisioning

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

-- Oracle(R) Identity Manager, part of the Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite, is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning report.(1)

-- A key component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Identity Manager is a user provisioning and administration solution that enables organizations to automate the process of adding, updating and deleting user accounts from applications and directories; and helps improve regulatory compliance by providing granular reports that attest to who has access to specific data, resources and information.

-- Gartner defines user-provisioning solutions as the main engine in support of identity administration activities. Gartner evaluated each vendor based in part on product capability, market performance, customer experience and overall vision.

Supporting Quotes

-- "The consolidating business landscape, compounded with more stringent regulatory and privacy requirements, have forced companies to re-examine how they manage users throughout their lifecycle with that company," said Amit Jasuja, vice president, Security and Identity Management Products, Oracle. "We believe Oracle's positive ratings in industry reports such as this validates our ability to deliver customers a best-in-class user provisioning and administration solution that helps automate the process of adding, updating, and deleting user accounts from applications and directories while improving regulatory compliance."

    Related Resources

    Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning:
    http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/oracle/article35/article35.html

    Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning, 2H07:
    www.oracle.com/corporate/analyst/reports/infrastructure/index.html#sec.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor; product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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(1) Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning," Earl Perkins, Roberta

J. Witty, June 23, 2008

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