2.8.2 Software Review Forms

Software Review Form

The form (Table 6) is designed to collect information about IAM tools currently on the market with a focus on functionality and if compliance tools are offered as part of the applications. Please see the attached PDF below "Software Review Forms" for the completed reviews.

Table 6 - Software Review Form Template

Vendor Selection

It was decided to identify six tools to review as this would give a good range and depth of tools for comparison. As IAM tools can be provided in house or be Cloud based, it was decided to select three of each for comparison. The top three vendors of in house IAM tools according to Gartner Research (Figure 7) are Oracle, IBM, and CA Technologies.

Figure 7 - Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for User Administration and Provisioning (Gartner, 2012)

As the earlier market research showed a trend towards Cloud applications the Forrester ‘Wave’ for “Enterprise Cloud Identity and Access management, Q3 ’12” has been used to select an additional three software IAM vendors. The top three vendors of Cloud based IAM tools according to Forrester Research are Symplified, Okta, and Covisint (Figure 8).

Figure 8 - The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Cloud Identity and Access Management, Q3 2012 (Cser & Maler, 2012)

The software table (Table 7) shows the vendors that will be reviewed.

Table 7 - Summary of Vendors to be Reviewed

References

Cser, A. & Maler, E., 2012. The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Cloud, Cambrige, Massachusetts: Forrester Research, Inc.

Gartner, 2012. Magic Quadrant for User Administration and, Stamford: Gartner.