We’ve been working with most of the leading Identity Management/Provisioning tools since 2003. Most of the products have been acquired or rolled up into a larger suite of products. This process brought maturity, stability, and added investment to the industry. This helped the products and industry establish a place in the IT infrastructure that’s here to stay.

When we first meet with a prospective client we always ask the question, “What’s driving your need for provisioning?” Most organizations will talk first about audit compliance forcing these initiatives. And although this driver has finally elevated the effort to become a budget priority, the fact is that most companies wanted to do the project years ago simply to improve the overall security of the organization. And that can still be done pretty quickly.

So what if you’re one of those organizations that still can’t seem justify the project? Let me suggest you consider a streamlined, rapid approach that will enable you to realize value quickly — I mean in a matter of weeks vs. months or years! Read more