Along with new application security software, IBM has reinforced its identity management capabilities worldwide.
IBM has opened four new Trusted Identity Centers of Excellence based in Dallas, TX; San Jose, CA; Bangalore, India; and La Gaude, France. They extend IBM’s identity management capabilities, helping customers organizations to better manage the identity lifecycle of their customers and workforce. Identity and access management software — which helps organizations define IT system user roles and manage who has access to what applications and information — was a $3.1 billion worldwide market in 2007, expected to grow to $5.3 billion by 2012 (IBM citing IDC Worldwide Identity and Access Management 2008-2012 Forecast and 2007 Vendor Shares, August 2008).
