IBM to bail out HP
IBM has announced migration services and competitive migration pricing for abandoned HP Identity Centre security software customers, aimed at helping them benefit from IBM’s broad capabilities for securing and efficiently running IT for their business.
IBM also announced application security software and four worldwide Trusted Identity Centres of Excellence, which are intended to help organisations to tie together physical and digital security to better manage the identity lifecycle of their customers and workforce.
In response to HP’s discontinued identity management products, IBM offers software and migration services through Internet Security Systems (ISS), aiming to provide stranded HP customers the opportunity to efficiently convert from HP software to IBM’s security offerings, such as Tivoli Identity Manager, Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager.
Identity and access management software – which aims to help organisations to define IT system user roles and manage who has access to what applications and information – was a $3,1bn worldwide market in 2007, expected to grow to $5,3bn by 2012, and is a major pillar of any service management strategy that manages IT data centres and technical infrastructure.
Identity and access management software is critical to enterprises of all types, particularly businesses involved in transactional activity such as banking and retail, as well as medical institutions seeking to protect the privacy of patients.
"HP’s decision to throw in the towel on its identity and access management software line has left a void for customers," says Al Zollar, GM: IBM Tivoli Software.
As Internet use for business purposes continues to rise, the threat of securing Web applications from hackers, while maintaining compliance with mandatory business regulations, is on top of mind for organisations.
IBM’s four Trusted Identity Centres of Excellence are based in Dallas; San Jose, CA; Bangalore; and La Gaude, France. These aim to extend IBM’s identity management capabilities, to help customers link together physical and digital identities, and to improve trust and confidence in identities.
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