IDC names CA as top IAM s/w vendor

MUMBAI: IDC has named CA as the worldwide market leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) software for the sixth consecutive year.

According to IDC, CA continued to lead the IAM market, with a 17.2 per cent share and revenues exceeding $522 million.

IDC said the worldwide IAM market increased to $3 billion in 2005 as organizations continued to look for more cost-effective ways to manage their security infrastructures in the wake of increasing regulatory mandates and tighter budget constraints.

While compliance was the largest market driver for IAM, other factors driving its adoption included the need for enterprise single sign-on (SSO), more sophisticated password management technology and workflow integration with provisioning systems.

CA solidified its lead position in IAM market with the 2004 acquisition of Netegrity and its SiteMinder Web SSO products.

"CA products address a wide range of platforms, ranging from the mainframe to the desktop in Windows, UNIX and Linux environments," the IDC report stated. "The company is committed to open standards and is continually tuning and enhancing to deliver software that is SOA-ready. The company will be leveraging its considerable expertise in the areas of IAM, security and systems management to ensure its customers a path of continual

According to Bill Bartow, senior vice president of identity and access management at CA, "IDC report confirms that CA offers a compelling solution for customers seeking to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of their IAM operations."

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