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Identity Analytics - "User Provisioning" Case Study: Using Modelling and Simulation for Policy Decision Support

This paper extends and complements paper by providing additional details on how modelling and simulation can support the policy decision making process, for Identity and Access Management IAM. Specifically, the process of making IT security policy decisions, within organizations, is complex: it involves reaching consensus between a set of stakeholders...

Tags: User Provisioning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Analytics, Policy, Decision Support, Identity, IAM, Tools & Techniques, Data Mining, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-03-21

Imprivata and Courion Relieve Password and User Provisioning Woes

According to Moffitt's Vice President and Chief Information Officer, there were two challenges to solve. Their front-end challenge was, how do they provide single sign-on to a diverse set of anywhere from six to ten applications that have been running in their environment for many, many years while providing a...

Tags: User Provisioning, Password, Courion Corp., Imprivata, Authentication/Encryption, Security

Case studies 2008-06-01

User Provisioning and Access Compliance for Microsoft Environments

To address these key business priorities, today's IT budgets include significant funding for specific solutions such as password management, user provisioning, automated access compliance and role management. While the best known characteristic of IT infrastructures in general is their heterogeneity, many have turned to Microsoft as their strategic technology provider....

Tags: User Provisioning, Microsoft Access, Environment, Compliance, Courion Corp., Microsoft Corp.

White papers 2008-03-07

Access Control in Virtual Environments

Rapid growth in the use of virtualization tools means system administrators are now able to isolate processes in exclusive run-time environments. While helping reduce issues stemming from program conflicts, software compatibility, and security concerns?. This trend is also multiplying access control and user provisioning problems in the data center. Without...

Tags: User Provisioning, Virtual Environment, Access Control, Fox Technologies, Cloud Computing, Security Administration, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Security, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-02-12

User Provisioning: The Business Imperative

The challenges facing those who manage and support IT users have never been greater than they are in the current business environment. Today's IT manager needs to consider that organizations have employees joining and leaving at a rapid rate, and that current employees rarely remain in one position within the...

Tags: User Provisioning, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., IT Department, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-09-01

User Provisioning

User provisioning is the core component of a successful identity management program. Organizations need to control who has access to enterprise resources, what level of access individuals have, and who is authorized to grant access. This paper details best practices for developing a user provisioning and access management strategy, key...

Tags: User Provisioning, Courion Corp.

White papers 2007-09-01

ADHB Finds Cost-Effective Cure for Provisioning Headaches

ADHB was being bogged down by simple provisioning tasks such as setting up new users and fulfilling password change requests. The turnaround time was reducing productivity across the organisation and inhibiting the ability to forge ahead with other projects. Project One Touch was conceived to address three key areas: desktop...

Tags: User Provisioning, Provisioning, Password Change

Case studies 2007-07-16

User Management Resource Administrator 7.4 build 1227 (Windows)

UMRA offers sys-admin software for controlling and updating user account information across any OS, user directory and application. Using the powerful built-in drag-and-drop scripting actions, even the most complex user management tasks can be performed. UMRA offers a solution for the following user management areas: 1) Mass updating - mass...

Tags: User Provisioning, Network Administration, Administrator, User Account, Microsoft Windows, Tools4ever, UMRA, Networking

Software downloads 2006-03-24

Centralizing UNIX Authentication and User Provisioning With Oracle Internet Directory

Burlington Coat Factory BCF is a major garment retailer, based in the Northeast. BCF uses Linux workstations for conducting their core business with employees and customers. They use Star Office for their word processing needs and Oracle ERP and other applications also run on Linux and some Unix variants. There...

Tags: User Provisioning, Oracle Corp., Oracle Internet Directory, Burlington Coat Factory, Linux Workstation, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

White papers 2005-09-01

IAM Executive Briefing Series: Addressing the User Provisioning Challenge

Organizations are facing an increasing challenge in the provisioning and management of users in their IT environment. The challenge is primarily driven from regulatory compliance, cost reduction, customer satisfaction, and risk reduction drivers which are impacting all areas of the business, not just IT. Addressing these challenges can require significant...

Tags: User Provisioning, Provisioning, Computer Associates International Inc.

Webcasts

Select Identity - Automated User Provisioning

Automate the time-consuming process of managing user privileges across multiple technology systems, instantly allowing end users access to the right IT resources according to predetermined policies and processes. HP's OpenView's Select Identity helps companies centralize control of security policy while simultaneously putting identity management capabilities in the hands of business...

Tags: User Provisioning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Identity, Identity Management, Select Identity, Authentication/Encryption, Security

Webcasts

Additional Resources

SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

Think the conclusions are a bit flawedI think we can all agree that SaaS saves operational expenses, increases agility and improves the user experience. I don't think the fact that Salesforce.com has been successful can be held against the category.The shelfware point is a bit more subtle. The...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, shelfware

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Google defends itself as FCC asks for more information

Per Wikipedia Google Voice IS a Telecommunications Service "Google Voice formerly GrandCentral is a telecommunications service by Google[1] launched on March 11, 2009. The service provisions a U.S. phone number, chosen by the user from available numbers in selected area codes,"and as such they should be required to play by...

Tags: Federal government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP, Google Inc., FCC, phone, GrandCentral

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?

Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

College System to Cut Deployment Costs for Disaster Recovery Site by Nearly 80 Percent

campuses and more than 100,000 students that depend on online access. To better serve them, KCTCS wanted a more flexible IT infrastructure and improved stability, but it also needed an affordable solution. KCTCS is meeting these goals by implementing Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V virtualization technology. By deploying virtual...

Tags: Deployment, Server, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, KCTCS, Disaster Recovery, Data Management

Case studies 2009-09-01

TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualization

Simply put, there is no value in itand a massive number of headaches.RE: TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualizationWell I see lots of advantages.1) IF the workstation do not have hard drives, this will reduce the cost per seat. Most Desktop hard drives...

Tags: Desktops, Virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization, VDI, Emory Healthcare

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Wanova Desktop Virtualization

A while ago, I had the opportunity to speak with several representatives of Wanova, a newcomer to the desktop virtualization market. On the line with me were Jack Norris, VP Marketing; Issy Ben-Shaul, Co-founder, CTO; and  Ilan Kessler, CEO and Co-Founder. The company claims to have developed a new way...

Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Environment, Wanova Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-20

SAP unplugged: Vishal Sikka and John Schwarz on deck

Jeff Nolan and Vinnie Mirchandani have done a sterling job in reporting our meeting Vishal Sikka, SAP's CTO and John Schwarz, executive board member in charge of BusinessObjects. To my eternal shame, I was asleep for most of the meeting with Vishal having completely miscalculated the effects of jetlag, turning...

Tags: SAP AG, Leadership, Financial Planning, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-27

What Networking of Information Can Do for Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is making it possible to separate the process of building an infrastructure for service provisioning from the business of providing end user services. Today, such infrastructures are normally provided in large data centres and the applications are executed remotely from the users. One reason for this is that...

Tags: Network, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2009-07-09